After consecutive 10-24 seasons and three straight years without a playoff appearance, it was clear that the Minnesota Lynx needed help in this year's WNBA draft.

Less than two months later, it's already clear they got it.

The league's lone remaining unbeaten team will look to extend its franchise-best start Friday when Minnesota visits the Connecticut Sun.

Minnesota's dramatic turnaround isn't difficult to explain considering three of its top four scorers are rookies the Lynx drafted without making a trade.

Candice Wiggins, Nicky Anosike and Charde Houston are three of five Lynx players scoring in double figures. The trio - averaging 14.8, 12.4 and 11.2 points, respectively - also comprise three of the top four rookie scorers in the league, trailing only No. 1 overall pick Candace Parker of Los Angeles.

Wiggins, the No. 3 pick out of Stanford, had 22 points in the second half of Minnesota's 85-81 win at Atlanta Tuesday, when Anosike added 20 points and 12 rebounds and Houston hit two free throws with 38 seconds left to put the Lynx (5-0) ahead for good.

Their scoring has aided Seimone Augustus, a third-year player who's averaging a career-low 19.8 points but shooting a career-best 51.4 percent from the field. Augustus had 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting Tuesday.

"I just played off of my teammates, seeing what the defense gave me," Augustus said. "Early I know I didn't score a lot but I stayed involved and my teammates got involved early on. I think Nicky Anosike did a great job for us."

Anosike was a second-round pick who won two national championships at Tennessee, with her Volunteers beating Wiggins' Stanford team in this year's title game.

Houston, meanwhile, will be making something of a homecoming Friday, as the Lynx drafted her in the third round out of Connecticut.

Minnesota's last four wins have come against teams that are currently a combined 3-18, but the Sun (5-1) will provide a difficult test as they seek their third straight victory.

Connecticut has six rookies on its roster, but is anchored by veterans Lindsay Whalen and Tamika Whitmore, each of whom had 19 points in the team's 75-73 win at Chicago Sunday.

"There's a lot of things we can get better at, a few execution things down the stretch, but this was a huge win for us," said Whalen, who added seven assists.

The Lynx and Sun have split 16 all-time meetings, with each winning on their own home floor last year.