Dallas Wings beaten by powerful Minnesota in final 4 seconds of home opener

Sylvia Fowles scored 27 points and Seimone Augustus hit the tie-breaking jumper with 4.3 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Lynx to an 89-87 win over the Dallas Wings on Saturday night at College Park Center on the UT Arlington campus.

After Augustus knocked down the 15-footer from the left elbow, Skylar Diggins-Smith made 1 of 2 free throws for the Wings with two seconds left and Maya Moore did the same for the Lynx with 1.3 to go. Allisha Gray’s desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer came up short.

Moore hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points and Augustus had 18 points. Rebekkah Brunson grabbed 11 rebounds for Minnesota (3-0) to become the fifth player in WNBA history to surpass 3,000.

Diggins, the former Notre Dame star whose first season in Arlington was shortened by offseason knee surgery, had 22 points with eight assists. Gray scored 15 points for Dallas (1-1).

The Tulsa/Dallas franchise, in its second year based in Arlington, has lost 14 straight home games to Minnesota.

The Lynx made 12 straight free throws in a 14-4 run the produced a 49-37 lead at the half, but the Wings charged back to lead 68-67 after three quarters and the lead changed hands eight times in the fourth quarter.

This story was originally published May 20, 2017 at 11:08 PM with the headline "Dallas Wings beaten by powerful Minnesota in final 4 seconds of home opener."