Lynx' Maya Moore Named to All-WNBA Second Team

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The WNBA tonight announced that Lynx forward Maya Moore has been named to the All-WNBA Second Team. For Moore, she earns her second career All-WNBA Second Team honor (2012). 

The six-foot forward out of Connecticut has now been named to either the All-WNBA First or Second team in seven straight seasons. Moore finished 2018 starting all 34 games in her eighth WNBA season. She's now played in 271 of 272 games since arriving in Minnesota in 2011, with the Lynx winning 200 of those. Moore averaged 18.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.6 apg and 1.68 spg in 31.8 mpg, shooting 42.3% from the floor, 36.5% (66-for-181) from long range and 83.3% from the line. She led the WNBA in steals while ranking seventh in made three pointers, ninth in scoring and 11th in minutes. Over her final eight games of the season, Moore connected on 51.2% (22-for-43) of her trey attempts.

Moore tallied 30+ points on four occasions (including three times in her final six road starts), boosting her club-record career total to 24. Over the course of the 2018 season, she earned Western Conference Player of the Week accolades three times (June 25, July 2, Aug. 13), becoming the fifth player in WNBA history to garner 20 career weekly honors. Moore was named MVP of the 2018 All-Star Game on July 28 at Target Center after contributing 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists, becoming the first player in league history to win the award in three straight All-Star Games.

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MN Lynx Brunson and Fowles Named to WNBA All-Defensive Second Team

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The WNBA today announced that Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson and center Sylvia Fowles have been named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. For Fowles, the 2018 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year, this is her third WNBA All-Defensive Second Team selection (2008 and 2014) while Brunson earns her sixth career and second straight WNBA All-Defensive Second Team honor (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017).

Fowles started all 34 contests for Minnesota for the third straight year, averaging 17.7 points on a league-best 61.9 percent shooting, a WNBA-record 11.9 rebounds while adding a career-best 2.2 assists, a career-high 1.44 steals and 1.24 blocks in 31.9 minutes per game. The five-time All-Star led the WNBA in field goal accuracy and rebounding while ranking 12th in scoring, fifth in steals, ninth in blocks and ninth in minutes (31.9 mpg). She led the league while recording a franchise record 21 double-doubles in 2018, moving her career total to 149, passing Tina Charles for second on the all-time list. The Miami, Florida native not only set the WNBA single-season rebounding average record but compiled the most total rebounds (404) and the most defensive rebounds (282) in a single season in league history. Fowles became the sixth player in WNBA history to grab 3000 rebounds and moved past Taj McWilliams-Franklin into fifth on the WNBA's all-time list Aug. 17 at Connecticut. Among the various highlights in her 2018 season, Fowles picked off a career-high five steals on June 19 vs. Dallas and hauled in a club-record 20 rebounds on May 23 vs. Dallas, part of her third career 20+ point/20+ rebound performance.

Brunson, a WNBA All-Star this season for the fifth time in her career, averaged 7.2 points, 6.8 rebounds (14th in the WNBA) and a career-best 2.4 assists in 26.9 minutes per game. The Washington D.C. native totaled a season-high 15 points and 12 rebounds July 5 vs. Los Angeles, her 82nd career double-double, passing Yolanda Griffith for sixth on the WNBA's all-time list. With her 12-rebound performance in that July 5 contest, she overtook both Lisa Leslie (3307) and Tamika Catchings (3316) to become the WNBA's all-time leader in career rebounds.

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MN Lynx Complete 2018 Training Camp Roster

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Lynx today finalized the team’s 2018 training camp roster by signing 2018 draft selections Jill Barta and Carlie Wagner as well as signing forwards G’mrice (Juh-MARE-us) Davis and Camille Zimmerman and center Vionise (vee-uh-NEECE) Pierre-Louis. Minnesota’s roster now stands at 18 players.

Barta became the sixth player in program history to be named the West Coast Conference player of the year after averaging 18.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals in her final season at Gonzaga. In her three-season stint, the Fairfield, Montana native amassed 1,620 career points, 449 rebounds and 130 steals. She hold a school records with seven 30-point games and rebounds in a single game (22, Nov. 23 vs. Belmont).

At the University of Minnesota, Wagner averaged 18.7 points, on 43.2% shooting, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in her senior season. She collected 2,215 career points in 129 career games for the Gophers. The New Richland, Minnesota native finished her Gopher career ranked third on the all-time career scoring list and second in three-pointers made (307), three-pointers attempted (880), field goal attempts (2,109) and games in double figures (114).

Davis, a 6-2 forward from Fordham University, finished her final season second in the country with 10.2 defensive rebounds per contest, third with 13.4 rebounds per game and 27 double-doubles, and fourth with 429 total boards. The Philadelphia native became the second player in school history to record over 1,000 career points and rebounds, finishing with 1,497 career points and 1,199 rebounds, ranked fourth and second, respectively.

A Lake Worth, Florida native, Pierre-Louis averaged a team-high 15.9 points, on 61.1 percent shooting, 8.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in her senior campaign with the University of Oklahoma. She finished her career with the Sooners ranked third all-time with 221 blocks and a 56.2 field goal percentage and added averages of 10.2 points and 6.3 rebounds.

Zimmerman, a 6-1 forward from Mesa, Arizona, completed her career at Columbia University ranked fourth in Ivy League history in career points (1,973) while averaging 19.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in her senior season. She was the first player in program history to earn multiple All-Ivy First Team honors (2017 and 2018).  

The Minnesota Lynx will announce the team’s training camp plans at a later date.
The Lynx will tip off the team’s 20th season in the WNBA with their home opener – including the 2017 Championship banner and ring ceremony – on Sunday, May 20 at 4:00 p.m. at Target Center. Full-season memberships, which include tickets to all 17 home games, priority playoff seating and the ability to purchase tickets to the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, are still available by visiting www.lynxbasketball.com or by calling 612-673-8400.
2018 MINNESOTA LYNX TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Birthdate	College/Year	Yrs
33	Seimone Augustus	G	6-0	04/30/84	Louisiana State '06	12
21	Jill Barta	F	6-3	11/16/95	Gonzaga ‘18	R
32	Rebekkah Brunson	F	6-2	12/11/81	Georgetown '04	14
15	G’mrice Davis	F	6-2	06/14/96	Fordham '18	R
14	Temi Fagbenle*	C	6-4	09/08/92	USC '17	1
34	Sylvia Fowles	C	6-6	10/06/85	Louisiana State '08	10
12	Alexis Jones	G	5-8	05/08/94	Baylor '17	1
5	Lynetta Kizer	F	6-4	04/04/90	Maryland '12	6
7	Endy Miyem*	F	6-2	05/15/88	France	R
23	Maya Moore*	F	6-0	06/11/89	Connecticut '11	7
22	Vionise Pierre-Louis	C	6-4	10/17/95	Oklahoma '18	R
1	Breanna Richardson	F	6-1	08/04/95	Mississippi State '17	R
3	Danielle Robinson	G	5-9	05/10/89	Oklahoma '11	6
24	Carlie Wagner	G	5-10	05/16/95	Minnesota '18	R
13	Lindsay Whalen	G	5-9	05/09/82	Minnesota '04	14
30	Tanisha Wright	G	5-11	11/29/83	Penn State '05	12
9	Cecilia Zandalasini*	F	6-1	03/16/96	Italy	1
20	Camille Zimmerman	F	6-1	12/22/95	Columbia '18	R

*Fagbenle, Miyem, Moore and Zandalasini will be late arrivals to camp due to overseas team commitments