Tempo snap 12-game skid with an 82-79 win over the Fire at Rogers Arena in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Isabelle Harrison had 25 points and 10 rebounds and the short-handed Toronto Tempo snapped a 12-game skid with an 82-79 win over the Portland Fire on Friday night.

The Tempo (11-25) won for the first time since a 93-91 victory against New York at the Bell Centre in Montreal on July 12.

The game drew a crowd of 12,414 at Rogers Arena. Toronto plays its second game in Vancouver on Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces, also at Rogers Arena.

The Fire (15-21) are 5 1/2 games behind the Dallas Wings for the eighth and final playoff spot. Portland has eight games remaining in the regular season. The Fire, who are at Dallas on Tuesday, split their two other games against the Wings this season, with the road team winning each game.

Kiki Rice scored a career high-tying 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and Laura Jukaite added 15 points for Toronto.

Bridget Carleton made five 3-pointers and scored 10 of her 18 points in the first quarter for Portland. Megan DiLeo had 14 points, Emily Engstler scored 13 and Serah Williams 10.

Nyadiew Puoch, Carleton and Engstler each hit a 3-pointer in a 13-0 run that gave Portland a 76-75 lead with 3:28 to play. Neither team scored again until Harrison made a floater about two minutes later and Toronto led the rest of the way.

Carleton air-balled a contested 3-point shot just before the buzzer.

The Fire led by as many as 13 points in the first quarter, and Rice converted a three-point play that gave Toronto a 75-63 lead with 6:26 remaining.

Toronto was without leading scorer Marina Mabrey (right adductor). Nyara Sabally (calf) and Maria Conde (calf) — who have 70 combined starts for the Tempo this season — did not play. Brittney Sykes left the game about 1 1/2 minutes in due to a foot injury and Aneesah Morrow (knee) left early in the second quarter.

Fire: Host Washington on Sunday.

Tempo: Face the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday again at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.

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Toronto Tempo's Aneesah Morrow (24) is helped off the court during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Portland Fire in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Laura Juskaite (2) drives for a layup shot as Portland Fire's Teja Oblak (7) defends during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Portland Fire's Bridget Carleton (6) defends against Toronto Tempo's Isabelle Harrison (21) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Kiki Rice (1) shoots the ball as Portland Fire's Carla Leite (0) defends and Nyadiew Puoch (13) watches during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Isabelle Harrison (21) shoots as Portland Fire's Serah Williams (25) defends during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

MACKAY, Australia (AP) — Mitchell Starc removed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam with the first ball of the match and the veteran Australian fast bowler took six wickets in the first innings of the second cricket test Saturday.

After Australia won the toss and decided to bowl, with captain Pat Cummins suggesting “the wicket looks pretty good, but if there is any moisture in it, it might be this morning.” Starc proved Cummins correct and Bangladesh was bowled out for 64 runs shortly after lunch.

Islam was caught in the gully off a leading edge to give Starc his record fourth career wicket on the first ball of a match. Starc removed Tanzid Hasan and had captain Najmul Hossain Shanto caught lbw in the third over to leave Bangladesh, which surprisingly won the first test of the two-test series, reeling.

Starc got his fourth wicket when Nathan Green made a grass-top catch to remove Mominul Haque for 9, the only Bangladesh batter to score a run among the first four batters Saturday. His fifth wicket came when he had Litton Das trapped lbw and his sixth after lunch.

Starc's figures were 6-12 in 10 overs and Cummins finished with three wickets. The Bangladesh total was the lowest while batting first in Australia since 1932 when South Africa was dismissed for 36.

“Six (wickets) in the first session, can't beat that,” Starc told his wife, television commentator and former Australia captain Alyssa Healy while walking off the field at lunch. “Obviously a little bit of anger."

Australia announced a 13-man squad earlier this week, with only one change for the second test. It dropped Jake Weatherald and recalled Matt Renshaw, who opened the batting but was out for 8 early in the Australian innings.

The match began under sunny skies at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, a coastal city in Queensland state about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of the capital Brisbane.

Bangladesh’s first test win in Australia put pressure on national cricket selectors for an overhaul, but the bulk of the aging squad was retained despite being outplayed in Darwin, where the likes of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Hasan made the most of the tropical conditions.

The two-test “Top End” series starts a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to South Africa, India and England.

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Mitchell Starc of Australia appeals unsuccessfully for a wicket during play on day two of the first cricket test against Bangladesh in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Aug.14, 2026, (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)

Travis Head of Australia walks from the field after he was dismissed during play on day three of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Saturday, Aug.15, 2026, (James Ross/AAPImage via AP)

Mehidy Hasan Miraz of Bangladesh celebrates after dismissing Beau Webster of Australia during play on day four of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Mehidy Hasan Miraz of Bangladesh takes a selfie with fans after defeating Australia on day four of the first cricket test in Darwin, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)