NIGER
0-2
MIN
2-0
NIGER · top performer
Ezinne Kalu
G · #23
25
Pts
4
Reb
2
Ast
MIN · top performer
Courtney Williams
G · #10
17
Pts
1
Reb
1
Ast
WNBA · NIGERIA at Minnesota Lynx · final
WNBA · Box scoreTRACKING
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | ||||||||
| 18 | 11 | 2-5 | — | 7-9 | -3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | — | -12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 22 | 8 | 4-10 | 0-1 | — | +5 | 7 | 2 | |
| 33 | 25 | 5-14 | 3-8 | 12-14 | -10 | 4 | 2 | |
| 30 | 5 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -14 | 2 | 5 | |
| Bench | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | — | — | — | -1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | — | — | — | +3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | — | — | — | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | — | — | — | +2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 6 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | 3-5 | — | 0-2 | -8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 29 | 16 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-6 | +3 | 7 | 2 | |
| Team | 79 | 24-60 | 4-18 | 27-37 | 36 | 11 | ||
| DNP: N. Enabosi, N. Ezike, S. Ijiwoye | ||||||||
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | ||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2-3 | +4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | — | +14 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2-5 | — | — | +5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 12 | 17 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 1-1 | +4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | 11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 5-8 | +1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Bench | ||||||||
| 10 | 0 | — | — | — | +10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1-1 | — | 3-4 | +6 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | — | — | — | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | — | — | — | -3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | 6 | 1-2 | — | 4-4 | +6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 8 | 3-11 | 2-10 | — | -3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 12 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | +5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | — | — | — | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 11 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 3-3 | +1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-5 | +3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Team | 88 | 29-58 | 8-25 | 22-29 | 25 | 23 | ||
| DNP: N. Collier, K. McBride | ||||||||
Stat compare
Headline stats · full table below
40
FG %
50
11
Ast
23
Team stats
NIGER
Away
Stat
MIN
Home
24-60
fieldGoalsMade-fieldGoalsAttempted
29-58
40
FG %
50
4-18
threePointFieldGoalsMade-threePointFieldGoalsAttempted
8-25
27-37
freeThrowsMade-freeThrowsAttempted
22-29
12
OR
6
24
DR
19
11
Assists
23
15
Turnovers
17
How it ended
MIN beat NIGER 88-79. C. Williams led with 17 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST.
Last play
End of Game
Starters vs bench
production by unitStarters(5)
51 PTS · 22 REB · 9 AST
GS 37
Bench(7)
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
GS 12
MINstarters 51% of ptsStarters(5)
45 PTS · 13 REB · 11 AST
GS 39
Bench(10)
43 PTS · 12 REB · 12 AST
GS 26
Linescore (quarters)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIGER | 26 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 79 |
| MIN | 27 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 88 |
Period scoring
NIGER won 0 · MIN won 4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Shooting comparison
40%
24-60
FG
50%
29-58
22%
4-18
3PT
32%
8-25
73%
27-37
FT
76%
22-29
Play-by-play · 447 plays
- Q4·0.0
End of Game
NIGER 79·MIN 88
- Q4·0.0
End of the 4th Quarter
NIGER 79·MIN 88
- Q4·4.7
Suzie Rafiu makes two point shot
NIGER 79·MIN 88
- Q4·6.1
Suzie Rafiu offensive rebound
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·10.1
Gabby White misses driving layup
·
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·23.3
Saylor Poffenbarger enters the game for Liatu King
·
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·23.3
Liatu King offensive foul turnover
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·23.3
Liatu King offensive foul
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·38.8
Gabby White makes free throw 2 of 2
·
NIGER 77·MIN 88
- Q4·38.8
Regina Donanu enters the game for Promise Amukamara
·
NIGER 76·MIN 88
- Q4·38.8
Nigeria offensive team rebound
NIGER 76·MIN 88
- Q4·38.8
Gabby White misses free throw 1 of 2
·
NIGER 76·MIN 88
- Q4·38.8
Liatu King personal foul
NIGER 76·MIN 88
- Q4·50.6
Liatu King makes free throw 2 of 2
NIGER 76·MIN 88
- Q4·50.6
Maryam Dauda enters the game for Victoria Macaulay
·
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·50.6
Jerni Kiaku enters the game for Ezinne Kalu
·
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·50.6
Suzie Rafiu enters the game for Blessing Ejiofor
·
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·50.6
Lynx offensive team rebound
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·50.6
Liatu King misses free throw 1 of 2
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·50.6
Blessing Ejiofor personal foul
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·1:01
Blessing Ejiofor makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot
NIGER 76·MIN 87
- Q4·1:17
Nigeria defensive team rebound
NIGER 74·MIN 87
- Q4·1:18
Lani White misses 24-foot three point jumper
·
NIGER 74·MIN 87
- Q4·1:29
Liatu King offensive rebound
NIGER 74·MIN 87
- Q4·1:33
Lani White misses 23-foot three point jumper
·
NIGER 74·MIN 87
- Q4·1:42
Ezinne Kalu makes free throw 2 of 2
NIGER 74·MIN 87
- Q4·1:42
Amaya Battle enters the game for Eliska Hamzova
·
NIGER 73·MIN 87
- Q4·1:42
Ezinne Kalu makes free throw 1 of 2
NIGER 73·MIN 87
- Q4·1:42
Lani White personal foul
·
NIGER 72·MIN 87
- Q4·1:58
Reigan Richardson makes free throw 1 of 1
NIGER 72·MIN 87
Recap · WNBA
innesota Lynx held off NIGERIA, 88–79.
ESPN didn't ship a closing line for this game; book settlement summary unavailable.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
Four factors · this game
Who won the possession battle
Dean Oliver’s four factors from this game’s box score — shooting, turnovers, offensive rebounding, free throws.
MINeFG%
shooting
TOV%
ball control
OREB%
offensive glass
FT rate
free throws / FGA
WNBA · Tonight’s standouts
3 of 6 players in cohort
Nia CoffeyMIN · FeFG%.60991
Olivia MilesMIN · GTS%.65191- Courtney WilliamsMIN · GAST/TO2.286
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
3 sub-models, blended.
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
48.2%
ensemble · NIGER favored
Elo Static
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(MIN win)
33%
weight
Elo Recent
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(MIN win)
32%
weight
Pace Efficiency
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(MIN win)
35%
weight
Disagreement
0.00 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
100% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
0 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.