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Published October 22, 2012, 06:46 AM

Fever win WNBA title

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tamika Catchings scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA championship with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night.

By: Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tamika Catchings scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA championship with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night.

Catchings, who was the MVP of the Finals, averaged 24.8 points in the series, which the Fever won 3-1 over the defending WNBA champions.

Seimone Augustus, Minnesota's leading scorer in the playoffs, had eight points on 3-for-21 shooting. Lindsay Whalen scored 22 points and Maya Moore added 16 points for the Lynx, who were vying to become the first team to win consecutive titles since Los Angeles in 2001 and 2002.

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