After a rare shock, Minnesota Links will try to avoid another loss on Friday when they face Atlanta’s dream in college park, GA.
Minnesota (12–2) has moved forward 3–2 as it has a 9–0 beginning, which has fallen on the road on the road on Tuesday in 68-64 against Washington mystics. Despite Alana Smith’s career-high 26 points, Links had only nine fourth quarter points and shot 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) on 3-point attempts in disadvantages.
Minnesota’s head coach Cheryl Reev said, “It is definitely disappointing. It is disappointing for everyone.” “It is probably more disappointing for those who want the ball to go into the hole.”
In his second year with Minnesota, Smith scored his career with six blocks, which increased to her average to 2.5, A’Sa Wilson (2.6) finished second in the league behind.
Smith will be asked to hold a large load in the coming weeks, with a low back injury for links with the league’s leading scorer Neeffa Kolier (24.4 points per game).
“When you are remembering a player like Neeffa, you feel that you have to fill that hole, but to be honest, how I see every game defensively, don’t try to score your player,” Smith said.
Kayla McBrid added 15.2 points per game, followed by 12.8 of Curtian Williams and 11.1 of Smith
Atlanta (10-5) is coming out of one of its most disappointing outings of the season, as hosts Dallas Wings on Tuesday stopped the two-game winning streak with Dream’s upset with 68–55.
Atlanta shot a season-first of a season-23.4 percent (15 out of 64) and 3-pointers (7 out of 34) for their biggest loss of the year.
Atlanta’s head coach Carl Smaceco said, “We were struggling to get anything.” “We haven’t seen many shots falling yet, and we got a little disappointed with it. I give a lot of credit to Dallas, but we have to take a look at it and see what we can do better.”
Elisha Gray, who shot 3 -for -16 at the disadvantage on Tuesday, pace Atlanta with 19.7 points per game. The Rhyne Howard adds 17.7 PPG as well as team-agni average 4.7 assistance and 1.6 styling per game.
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