Lauren Betts' Career Night for Mystics, Capped by Sonia Citron's Buzzer Beater, Proves Haters Wrong
Sonia Citron scored 17 points and hit the winner as Washington overcame Marina Mabrey’s 27-point effort and a late Toronto rally.
- Sonia Citron hit a buzzer-beater to lift the Washington Mystics over the Toronto Tempo 86-85 on Friday night in Washington.
- With Kiki Iriafen sidelined by an ankle injury, rookie Lauren Betts played a career-high 21 minutes and scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting.
- Marina Mabrey led Toronto with 27 points, including 18 in the fourth quarter, while Brittney Sykes added 20 and the Tempo recorded a season-high 18 steals.
- The Mystics prepare to start a four-game road trip Sunday facing the New York Liberty, seeking momentum from Friday's victory.
- Toronto Tempo hosts the Atlanta Dream on Sunday after the close defeat to Washington, aiming to rebound with defensive intensity.
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Citron hits winning jumper at the buzzer as Mystics trip Tempo 86-85
Sonia Citron scored 17 points and made the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting, and the Washington Mystics beat the Toronto Tempo 86-85 on Friday night in Washington D.C.
Citron hits winning jumper at the buzzer, Betts scores career-high 18 as Mystics beat Tempo 86-85
Sonia Citron scored 17 points and hit the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Washington Mystics beat the Toronto Tempo 86-85
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Sonia Citron's buzzer-beater ruins Tempo rally against Mystics
Sonia Citron swished an 18-foot turnaround fadeaway at the buzzer to give the Washington Mystics an 86-85 victory over the visiting Toronto Tempo on Friday night.
Citron hits winning jumper at the buzzer, Betts scores career-high 18 as Mystics beat Tempo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 17 points and made the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Washington Mystics beat the Toronto Tempo 86-85 on Friday night.
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