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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NDSU Women’s Basketball Releases 2018-19 Summit League Slate

ELMHURST, Ill. – The Summit League released its women's basketball schedule for the upcoming 2018-19 season on Thursday, July 26.

North Dakota State will play a 16-game, double round-robin league schedule beginning on Dec. 28. The league slate increased by two games compared to seasons past due to the addition of the University of North Dakota to The Summit League.

The Bison will open their league slate with back-to-back home games on Dec. 28 and 30 against Purdue Fort Wayne and South Dakota, before traveling to Omaha Jan. 6 for their first league road test.

NDSU returns home for a contest against Western Illinois Jan. 11 prior to trekking to Denver Jan. 17.

North Dakota comes to the Scheels Center at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex for the first time as a league foe Jan. 20.

The Bison go on the road for four consecutive league games Jan. 23 through Feb. 7, beginning with contests at South Dakota State and Oral Roberts Jan. 23 and 26, and ending with games at Western Illinois and North Dakota Feb. 3 and 7.

NDSU returns home for a four-game homestand in Fargo Feb. 9 through Feb. 23, hosting Denver Feb. 9, Oral Roberts Feb. 13, South Dakota State Feb. 16 and Omaha Feb. 23.

Road games at South Dakota Feb. 28 and Purdue Fort Wayne March 2 wrap up North Dakota State's league schedule.

The 2018-19 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship will be played March 9-12 in Sioux Falls, S.D., at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.

The complete 2018-19 NDSU women's basketball schedule will be released at a later date. For the most up-to-date information, please check www.GoBison.com and follow @NDSUwbb on Twitter.

(via NDSU Athletics)