Lynx Forward Maya Moore Named Western Conference Player of the Week

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The WNBA today named Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, July 28 through Sunday, August 3. The honor is Moore's fourth consecutive Player of the Week, fifth this season and 10th of her career. Moore becomes first person in WNBA history to win Player of the Week four consecutive times.

Moore started off her week by leading all scorers with 20 points in the July 31 victory over Phoenix. She netted 12 of those points in the fourth quarter to help Minnesota snap the Mercury’s franchise-best 16-game winning streak. The victory was the Lynx’ 10th in a row at Target Center, the second-longest home streak in franchise history. She also added nine rebounds and four steals.

The 6-0 forward poured in a game-high 40 points, including 28 in the second half, shooting 14-of-22 from the field and 4-of-7 from beyond the arc in the Aug. 2 win at Tulsa, the Lynx' ninth consecutive win. Moore joined Katie Smith (2001) and Diana Taurasi (2006) as the only players in WNBA history to register two 40+ point outings in the same season. The Tulsa contest marked her 11th 30+ point game this season, setting a WNBA record for most 30+ point games in a single-season.

This season Moore leads the league in scoring and minutes played, averaging 24.7 points and 35.2 minutes per game. She also ranks eighth in rebounds (8.2 rpg), sixth in steals (1.96 spg), 15th in field goal accuracy (48.2%) and fifth in free throw accuracy (89.2%).

New York’s Tina Charles was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

The Lynx are now 22-6 on the season, including 13-1 at home, and have already secured homecourt advantage for the first round of the 2014 WNBA Playoffs. Minnesota remains within 1.5 games of first-place Phoenix Mercury (23-4) in the Western Conference standings.

Minnesota will be in action on Tuesday, August 5 in Indianapolis taking on the Indiana Fever. Indiana comes in to Tuesday’s game with a 13-15 record while the Lynx are on a current season-best nine game winning streak. The game is set to tip at 6 p.m. (CT).