Collier, Miles, Williams help Lynx beat Tempo 104-72 for 9th consecutive win

TORONTO (AP) — Napheesa Collier, Olivia Miles and Courtney Williams each scored 16 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Toronto Tempo 104-72 on Thursday night for their ninth straight victory.

Kayla McBride added 13 points, Dorka Juhasz had 12 and Natasha Howard finished with nine points eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks for the WNBA-leading Lynx (24-6).

Laura Juskaite led the expansion Tempo (10-18) with 19 points. Marina Mabrey added 16, and Nyara Sabally had 10.

Toronto has lost five straight, which includes a 100-93 loss at Minnesota in Collier’s season debut Tuesday night, and nine of 10.

Minnesota had a season-high 14 steals and scored 31 points off the Tempo's season-worst 24 turnovers.

Collier scored seven points in a 20-6 second-quarter run that gave the Lynx a 14-point lead with 2:31 left and it was 50-41 at halftime.

Miles, the No. 2 pick in the 2026 draft, did not have an assist for the first time in her WNBA career.

Brittney Sykes (foot) and Isabelle Harrison (knee) did not play for Toronto.

Lynx: Host Indiana on Sunday.

Tempo: At Golden State on Sunday.

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Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) drives around Toronto Tempo forward Laura Juskaite (2) in the second quarter of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles (5) drives around Toronto Tempo forward Maria Conde (10) to shoot in the fourth quarter of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota Lynx Olivia Miles (5) Toronto Tempo Marina Mabrey (3) vie for the ball during first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams (10) reaches for a loose ball during first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Ten international climbers led by a renowned Nepal-born mountaineer were missing after an avalanche struck Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains in northern Pakistan.

The Alpine Club of Pakistan received initial reports that the avalanche struck the team led by Nirmal Purja and the climbers have been out of communication since then, club Vice President Karrar Haidri said in a statement late Thursday.

The expedition includes five Nepalese climbers, Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi of Hunza, Omani climber Nathira, American climber Mallory Geis, a Chinese climber identified as Wang, and another foreign climber, Haidri said.

The club's president, Maj. Gen. Irfan Arshad, and its senior leaders were in contact with government officials to facilitate an immediate search-and-rescue operation.

The club said every effort was being made to mobilize helicopters and other rescue resources quickly, subject to weather and operational conditions.

Nirmal Purja, whom the club identified by a second name, Nims Dai, is a Nepal-born British citizen who scaled the world's 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019, holding a record for the fastest climb until a Norwegian woman and her Nepali Sherpa guide set a new record in 2023. Purja’s climbs were made into a popular Netflix documentary, “14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible.”

The 8,047-meter (26,401-foot) Broad Peak in the Karakoram range is the world's 12th highest mountain. Pakistan is home to several top mountain peaks and climbers flock from all over the world to attempt to scale the summits.

“The Alpine Club of Pakistan is closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with all concerned stakeholders,” the statement said. It added that the club stands in solidarity with the climbers’ families and the international mountaineering community.

FILE - Nirmal Purja, one of the team member of the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter, gestures as the team arrives at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)