Kayla McBride is the new WNBA single-game 3-point queen.

The 13-year veteran became the first player in league history to hit double-digit 3-pointers in one game, knocking down 10 triples in the Minnesota Lynx’s 103-90 win over the Dallas Wings. McBride set her career-high with 43 points Sunday, setting the single-game regulation scoring record for the Lynx franchise.

McBride was unconscious for most of the day, making her first four field-goal attempts and 12 of her first 13, which included six 3s. She went into a bit of a heat check after that stretch, missing three jumpers in a row to close the third quarter. But she rediscovered her form in the final frame, nailing four more triples to set the record and clinch the victory on the back-to-back for Minnesota.

“I love this game and it’s been so good to me,” McBride said on the broadcast postgame. “When I have opportunities like that, I want to give it back.”

Her 10th 3-pointer came on an assist from Napheesa Collier, McBride’s longest-tenured teammate in Minnesota.

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The Lynx ran one more set for her to extend the record before giving her a curtain call with just more than a minute remaining. The Target Center crowd chanted “Kayla” after McBride went to the bench, and she became emotional on the corner of the court after time expired, taking in the love from the home fans.

“It’s crazy, I’ve been in this league for 13 years, and choosing to come back here in the offseason, I didn’t know — we didn’t know what it was going to look like,” McBride said on the broadcast after the game. “Moments like this, times like this, you realize you made the right decision.”

She is enjoying the most prolific shooting season of her career, taking and making more 3s than ever and averaging the most points (18.4) of her 134 seasons. Her 3-point percentage of 42.4 is the second-highest of her career, behind her final season in Las Vegas in 2019.

She ranks first in the WNBA in total made 3s and third in 3s per game behind Rhyne Howard and Marina Mabrey, both of whom have also drained nine 3-pointers in game (Mabrey has done so twice in 2026). Seven players, on nine occasions, had hit nine 3-pointers in a game before McBride’s record.

With the win, the Lynx earned a season series sweep over the Wings, who were playing without Azzi Fudd for the second consecutive contest. They have already clinched a playoff spot and are now 3 1/2 games ahead of Golden State atop the WNBA standings.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers…

Premier League

Manchester United and Arsenal are among several clubs chasing Club Brugge left-back Joaquin Seys – The Sun

West Ham have made an opening offer understood to be worth around £15m for AZ Alkmaar striker Troy Parrott and are exploring a deal for Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson – Daily Mail

Diego Simeone has reiterated that Arsenal target Julian Alvarez is not for sale after Atletico Madrid crushed his ‘dream’ of a transfer – Daily Mirror

Newcastle midfielder Joe Willock remains a target for Besiktas – Daily Mail

Arsenal are unlikely to consider selling Gabriel Martinelli after Galatasaray opened talks regarding a potential switch – Daily Express

Free agent defender Axel Tuanzebe is attracting interest from Saudi Pro League and Premier League sides – Daily Mail

Ruthless Jose Mourinho has told Bernardo Silva that he ‘has to improve’ and criticised the new Real Madrid star’s ‘low level’ of fitness – Daily Mirror

Scottish Football

Swedish sides Sirius and Gothenburg are chasing Scottish striker Rory Wilson – The Scottish Sun

Snooker

Shaun Murphy broke Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 12-year record for the most unanswered points in a professional match as he thrashed Matthew Selt 6-0 at the China Open – The Independent

Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon and Malawi have all qualified for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Morocco is also acting as a qualifying tournament for next summer’s tournament, with any country that makes the semi-finals earning their places at the World Cup.

Algeria beat 10-player Ivory Coast 2-1, with goals from Ines Khiri and Amira Ould Braham – after N’Sira Oudraogo was sent off when the Ivorians were 1-0 ahead – to reach the Wafcon last four and qualify for a Women’s World Cup for the first time.

Goals from Sakina Ouzraoui Diki and Hanane Ait El Haj helped Morocco defeat South Africa 2-1 to claim their place, with Cameroon securing a 1-0 victory over Nigeria thanks to a spectacular 30-yard free-kick from 19-year-old Myriam Nyadjou.

The fourth spot was taken by Malawi, 153rd in the world rankings, who caused a huge shock by beating Ghana 2-1, coming from behind with goals from Temwa Chawinga and Rose Kadzere.

The Wafcon semi-finals will take place on Wednesday with Morocco taking on Cameroon before Algeria meet Malawi.

The four nations that lost in the Wafcon quarter-finals – Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Africa – still have a chance to qualify for the World Cup.

On Thursday, Ivory Coast play Ghana and Nigeria will face South Africa with the two winners going into the 10-nation intercontinental play-offs in November and December.

Out of those 10 countries in the play-offs, three will qualify for next summer’s World Cup, which begins on 24 June and ends on 25 July.