Valkyries begin road swing with loss to Minnesota

The Golden State Valkyries got a close look at the WNBA s elite Saturday night in a - road loss to the Minnesota Lynx Hoping to become the first club to beat Minnesota on its home floor the Valkyries led - in the third quarter until the Lynx and MVP candidate Napheesa Collier took over The league s leading scorer at points per encounter Collier scored points to lead Minnesota with Courtney Williams adding Minnesota has the league s best record at - and is - at home The Valkyries - were led Tiffany Hayes with points and Kayla Thornton with It was the first of a four-game road trip for Golden State which is - away from Chase Center The Valkyries play their next three games on the road before returning home Golden State tied it - on a running layup by Tami Fagbenle and then took its first lead since the first quarter at - on a layup by Stephanie Talbot with left in the third quarter The Lynx however pushed their lead back to - with a - run over the last four minutes of the quarter Minnesota led by as countless as points in the first half but the Valkyries closed it to - when they held the Lynx without a shot on their last possession Thornton had points and Hayes with Collier scoring in the first half for Minnesota It wasn t until remained in the second quarter that a athlete other than Thornton or Hayes scored a point It came when Kate Martin hit a baseline -pointer to cut Minnesota s lead to - At that point Thornton had points and Hill Related Articles It was heartbreaking Why Valkyries moved on from Julie Vanloo after EuroBasket stint Valkyries superfan Podziemski takes Warriors rookies to WNBA challenge Atmosphere was unbelievable Golden State Valkyries waive Julie Vanloo others as roster shuffle continues WNBA expanding to Cleveland Detroit and Philadelphia over next five years Valkyries lose star contestant but not their edge in second-half surge against Storm Nakase happy for Vanloo Guard Julie Vanloo waived by the Valkyries upon her return from representing Belgium in EuroBasket was signed by the Los Angeles Sparks which was good news to Nakase I m happy for her Nakase explained She deserves to be in this league I m just so happy for her and we wish her all the best The Valkyries went - in Vanloo s absence