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WNBA Final Score: Lynx 76, Dream 64: McBride’s 12-Point 3rd Quarter Leads Minnesota to Victory
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The Minnesota Lynx traveled from Washington to take on a hungry Atlanta Dream team that is vying for a playoff spot with just a few games left. Rhyne Howard was coming off three straight 30-point games as she looked to upset the Lynx and continue chasing down the Chicago Sky for the final playoff spot. Meanwhile, Minnesota looked to further their playoff positioning and win their fourth straight game.
It was a slow start for both sides, as neither team was able to buy a basket. Napheesa Collier and Alanna Smith got a couple buckets before two Dream triples gave them a two-point lead in the first three minutes. During Collier’s slow start, Smith and Courtney Williams picked up the slack to rebound the Lynx to a 13-8 lead heading into the first television timeout. Minnesota held strong the rest of the quarter and were able to keep the lead 20-14 as the buzzer sounded. Smith and Carleton led the way with 6 points each. Bridget Carleton also hit two three pointers in the frame.
A 7-2 run to start the second quarter for the Dream had the Lynx lead down to one just three minutes into the second period. Minnesota consistently held their small lead despite Phee’s struggles. Carleton scored a couple baskets and Myisha Hines-Allen handed out two assists, helping the Lynx gain a five-point lead heading into the final two minutes of the half. As the clock ran down, a buzzer-beating layup by Allisha Gray cut the Lynx lead to just three at halftime. Carleton lead the way with 11 points on 4 of 4 shooting, with Williams using her mid-range game to notch 10 points.
Heading into halftime, the Lynx lead the Dream 41-38.
Bridget Carleton leads Minnesota with a game-high 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting from the field and 3-of-3 shooting from three.
— Lynx PR (@Lynx_PR) September 11, 2024
Atlanta started the third quarter strong with a couple of buckets off of second chance opportunities, taking a 42-41 lead for their first lead since the opening quarter. After the Dream took the lead, McBride answered with a small five-point flurry to stop their run. The game continued to be within one possession until Hines-Allen dished another great backdoor pass to McBride for a layup, then following it up with a steal and fastbreak layup to take a six-point lead with 2:30 left in the third. After this, Minnesota broke out a nine point lead heading into the final frame. McBride took over in the period, scoring 12 points after having just two points in the first half.
Collier, the most recent Western Conference Player of the Week, came out in the fourth quarter looking to close things out as she scored the first two buckets of the quarter. Stifling defense by the Lynx helped them increase their lead to 14 as they held the Dream scoreless for nearly four minutes. Minnesota continued to showoff their dominant defense for the extent of the final quarter and closed the game out with their fourth straight win.
Key Takeaways
Stifling the Stars
Atlanta has a few high profile scorers that they rely on to give them the offense they need to win games. All of Rhyne Howard, Tina Charles and Allisha Gray are capable of putting up big numbers on any given night and can give defenses fits with their scoring prowess. The Lynx knew this and shut them down at every turn. The trio did combine for 44 points but shot a combined 13/48 from the field (27%). The Lynx made it very uncomfortable for all three and it resulted in preventing Howard from continuing her 30 point streak (had reached that mark in her previous 3 games), holding them scoreless for nearly four minutes in the 4th quarter and only allowing 64 points on 30% shooting for the team. The offense is what draws fans to the Lynx but the defense is just as good.
Kayla McBride’s 3rd Quarter
K-Mac has had a quiet few games as of late for the Lynx taking a backseat to some of her teammates and that continued into the first half of this one. But when the third quarter started, she was a completely different player. She scored 12 points and helped Minnesota break out a nine point lead by the end of the period. McBride is a lethal shooter and can put so much pressure on the defense with her ability to shoot the ball. When she is in a zone like she was in the third, watch out.
Passing Clinic
The Lynx have been the best passing team in the league all season. They lead the league in assists per game 23.2 assists per game and assist percentage with 76.8%. Tonight was no different. They dished 24 assists on 32 made baskets but what made this stat pop was looking at it compared to the Atlanta Dream. Atlanta only had 12 assists on 21 made baskets and it was apparent from watching the game that they were playing a lot of iso basketball. Part of what makes the Lynx so difficult to guard is their ability to share the basketball and that was on full display tonight.
Up Next
The Lynx will head home to take on the Chicago Sky on Friday, September 13th at 6:30pm CT at the Target Center. They will look for their fifth win in a row and chase the 30 win mark on the season against a team that just lost one other best players in Angel Reese. The game will be televised on ION.
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Sustainable Airline Fuel production inching closer to reality in Minnesota
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MINNEAPOLIS — A breakthrough in the fight against climate change is happening in Minnesota.
Last year, Xcel Energy Executive Vice President Brett Carter told WCCO that transportation is the “largest carbon-emitting industry in the country.”
Carter — along with leaders from the airline, science and banking industries — made a goal of operating the first large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) chain in the United States.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was picked as a SAF Hub due to Minnesota’s “combination of air demand, existing biofuels infrastructure, a strong agricultural economy and strong research assets,” according to Greater MSP CEO Peter Frosch.
SAF is a safe and certified alternative jet fuel that can reduce lifestyle carbon emissions by 80%.
According to Virgin Atlantic, SAF is made from a combination of used cooking oil, non-food crops, solid waste and industrial waste gases. No retrofitting is needed for the fuel to be used in airplanes, and it can travel through existing pipelines.
When the Minnesota SAF Hub was created, partners made a goal for commercial aviation to reach net zero by 2050. Delta Airlines said last year it wanted 10% of its fuel at MSP Airport to be SAF by 2027, and half by 2035.
That’s a feat that doesn’t happen overnight, but leaders on Tuesday were eager to announce several milestones toward making that dream a reality.
One of the highlights includes plans to develop the state’s first SAF blending facility at a refinery in Rosemount that will blend up to 30 million gallons.
Another milestone is the establishment of SAF production with a grant that will convert an existing ethanol fuel facilty to an integrated alcohol-to-jet-fuel facility in Luverne.
The hub is also working to make SAF cost-competitive with pledges from prominent companies like Delta and Bank of America to purchase it. And leaders are working with the University of Minnesota to eventually make it out of next-generation feedstocks.
“Together I think that we’re creating a one-of-a-kind model here in Minnesota. A lot of people around the world are talking about SAF, not too many are doing it,” said Christophe Beck, Ecolab’s chairman and CEO. “Once again, here in Minnesota, we’re making it happen and we’re changing the world for the better.”
With the industry just starting out, there isn’t enough SAF being produced right now to fuel the world’s airline for a single week.
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Smash-and-grabs in Minnesota being investigated for ties to Felony Lane Gang
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MINNEAPOLIS — There are at least eight victims across the Twin Cities metro of smash-and-grab thefts from cars and the forgery that follows. Some agencies, including the FBI, are investigating the cases as part of an organized crime ring.
Andrea walked out of a workout class in Savage to a busted window and broken glass in mid-July.
“I felt completely violated. I was kind of in shock. Did this really happen? And then I went down and saw my purse was gone, and like, okay, they just took everything,” Andrea said.
A few days earlier, that was the scene in the parking lot of a Nature Center in Dayton: broken glass strewn across a car seat and a mom with her purse stolen.
In May, it also happened to Karissa. The rear driver’s side window of her car was smashed outside her gym in Plymouth.
“You can see right out the windows. So it was, I mean, kind of like the audacity to be able to do that,” Karissa said.
The thieves left items in the car behind, even a cell phone. It appears the purse was the target. The victims shut down accounts and closed credit cards.
“Nothing really came about it right away, like no one tried to use credit cards, no one tried to use anything that I had that I could find, not until three months later in July,” Karissa said.
That’s when the women discovered their cases were connected.
“Well, the next morning, I got a Facebook message from this gal, Karissa, and she asked if my checks had recently been stolen,” Andrea said.
Someone wrote checks from Andrea’s account to the other victims, plus to a woman in Pennsylvania, and cashed them.
“They had written two checks for like, over two grand. One was almost three grand,” Andrea said.
They’re not the only victims in the metro or even the country.
Elk River police say they have 10 cases of theft and fraud spanning from January to June. They believe they’re connected to what’s called the “Felony Lane Gang.”
Investigators in Minnesota with active cases won’t talk about it, but a New York case explains the fraud scheme.
Last December, a judge sentenced three men and six co-conspirators to federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to documents, the men admitted to being part of a fraud scheme called the “Felony Lane Gang.”
They target cars parked by women, taking purses with checkbooks and IDs. Then they recruit women to impersonate the victims using drive-thru bank lines to cash stolen checks.
“They drive through the farthest lane in the drive-thru — they’re called the Felony Lane Gang for that reason — and they get checks cashed. They’ll wear wigs, they’ll do whatever they have to do to look like you or look enough like you to get the checks cashed,” Karissa said.
These women want to warn others and say they’ve changed what they leave in the car.
“I think that the awareness of that is, is great because I wasn’t thinking of it like that prior. Was probably pretty naive to it. Obviously, I had things in my car, and you probably shouldn’t have, so, you know, that was a big lesson learned for me,” Karissa.
None of the locations had cameras outside.
Police say it only takes seconds to smash a window and grab an item. They say it’s a good idea to take valuables with you or hide them in your car. Lock them in a glove compartment or in your trunk before getting to your destination and they say to remember to lock your door.
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