Lynx guard Seimone Augustus moved up two spots in wnba.com's weekly Race to the MVP feature. She is sixth this week after three season-highs against New York on Thursday. She had 26 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
Oh, she also was four for four on three-point shots. Augustus is shooting 51.4 percent from the floor and 48.3 percent on threes. Those stats, if the season ended now, would be career highs.
The Lynx beat the Liberty 102-70 to improve to 11-1.
The top three in the MVP race are L.A.'s Candace Parker, Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Connecticut's Tina Charles. ... Lynx forward Maya Moore is No. 9.
* Here's an oddity: Chicago is listed first in the Eastern Conference standings, but is actually one-half game behind Connecticut. The Sky at 7-2 have a better winning percentage than the Sun (9-3) who have played three more games.
* Lynx assistant coach Shelley Patterson will on KARE's Saturday Show, which starts at 8 a.m., talking about Title IX. Tomorrow is the 40-year anniversary of it becoming law. Patterson's segment is expected to air about 8:20 a.m.
* Cynthia Cooper, who led the Houston Comets to the first four WNBA titles from 1997-2000, will be honored during Saturday's game at Target Center as one of the pioneers of the WNBA. She was the league's MVP in 1997 and '98 and the WNBA Finals MVP all four years her team won the league title.
Cooper will be on the Lynx radio broadcast of the Chicago game during the second quarter. Then she will join ESPN for its national broadcast of the game during the third quarter.
