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UNCASVILLE – Taj McWilliams-Franklin got off a plane in Connecticut 21 years ago, and immediately noticed one thing. It was cold. She wasn’t in Orlando any longer, and nor was her team.
New Boston University women’s basketball coach Katy Steding added yet another prestigious assistant coach to her staff Thursday with the announcement that Taj McWilliams-Franklin will join her on the ...
After Connecticut, Taj went on to Los Angeles and Washington before joining the Detroit Shock, which won the WNBA title in 2008. She also played for the New York Liberty.
She led the Tigers to the Final Four from 2004-06. McWilliams-Franklin was on the 2011 Lynx team with Moore and Augustus. She also previously had won WNBA titles with the Detroit Shock in 2006 and ...
Taj McWilliams-Franklin had 24 points and 16 rebounds and hit the go-ahead jumper in overtime, helping the Connecticut Sun beat the Sacramento Monarchs, 77-70, last night in Uncasville, Conn., to ...
UNCASVILLE – The Connecticut Sun celebrated the raising of former All-Star Taj McWilliams-Franklin’s number and spoiled Washington Mystics first-year coach Eric Thibault’s return to ...
* Probable starters: Mystics -- F Chamique Holdsclaw, F Murriel Page, C Vicky Bullett, G Nikki McCray, G Annie Burgess. Miracle -- F Nykesha Sales, F Brooke Wyckoff, C Taj McWilliams-Franklin, G ...
McWilliams-Franklin doesn’t have any stories like that, but she does have four worn-out, dog-eared passports with all of their pages filled with stamps after 22 winters and springs playing in ...
SAN ANTONIO — Someone finally figured out how to stop Deanna Nolan. Katie Smith and Taj McWilliams-Franklin were more than enough to help the Detroit Shock make up for it. Smith scored 25 points ...
Thomas moved past Taj McWilliams-Franklin (3,019) into third on the Sun’s career scoring list with 3,027 points, behind Asjha Jones (3,336) and Nykesha Sales (3,955).
McWilliams-Franklin has career-averages of 11.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 407 career games over 13 seasons. For more news and notes on the team follow the Minnesota Lynx on Twitter.