Friday, April 12, 2002
WNBA Fact

For the fourth consecutive year, the WNBA season will consist of a 32-game schedule for each team. In the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997, each team played 28 games. The following year, the schedule was increased to 30 regular-season games. The league implemented the 32-game schedule at the beginning of the 1999 campaign.



Thursday, April 11, 2002
Lynx Spotlight

Lynn Pride finished her collegiate career at Kansas fifth all-time in points (1,774), third in rebounds (863), fourth in steals (279), fourth in blocked shots (93) and third in minutes (3,789). She joined four-time All-American Lynette Woodard as the only Kansas players to reach 1,700 points, 850 rebounds and 250 steals. As a high school senior, Pride was ranked as one of the nation's top five players by Blue Star Report.



Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Trivia of the Week

Whose WNBA single-game scoring record did Lynx forward Katie Smith break when she scored 46 points at Los Angeles on July 8, 2001?
A. Cynthia Cooper
B. Jennifer Gillom
C. Sheryl Swoopes
D. Tina Thompson

Click here for the answer.



Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Photo of the Week

Lynx players and coaches pose in front of a house they helped build with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity's WomenBuild project in June 2001.

Monday, April 8, 2002
Quote of the Week

"In the NBA, if you're doing bad in November, you can be a different team in April. That's probably the hardest... we don't have that time to grow up and grow together."
—Lynx forward Maylana Martin. The quote appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Aug. 7, 2001.