WASHINGTON (AP) -- Katie Smith's three-pointer with 43.5 seconds left helped the Washington Mystics earn a 61-58 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.
Lindsey Harding led the Mystics (18-12) with 15 points and Smith added 11 points. Crystal Langhorne finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds.
With the win, they improved to 10-4 at home, swept the season series from the Lynx and tied a franchise mark for most wins in a season.
Lindsay Whalen and Monica Wright scored 13 points for the Lynx (11-19).
Minnesota led 40-29 at halftime, but scored only 18 points and shot 20.5 percent from the field in the second half en route to dropping their second straight tight game in two nights.
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The Mystics made their first five shots of the second half and went on a 13-4 run to pull within 44-42. They didn't get over the hump until a wide-open Smith made a shot from the left wing, her third three-pointer of the game.
After the Lynx missed two shots, Langhorne made two free throws with 15.7 seconds left, but then missed a pair 7 seconds later.
Whalen, who finished the first half in style with a running double-clutch three-pointer at the buzzer, had a similar look from the top of the key in the closing seconds but this time it went in and out.
