Lauren Jackson has 34 points as Storm beat Lynx 96-71

Lauren Jackson scored a season-high 34 points, including 16 in the first quarter, as the Seattle Storm rallied from an early 15-2 deficit to beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-71 on Saturday night.

Jackson hit 15 of 22 from the floor, including 7 of 11 during the first quarter. Her last basket of the game was a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Storm (11-7) a 72-51 lead with 2:14 left in the third quarter. She sat out the final 12 minutes as Seattle's lead never slipped below 20.

Jackson had set her previous season high of 33 points on Thursday in an 84-71 victory at home against New York.

Seattle's point total was its highest of the year. Its previous best came on May 22 in an 87-83 victory at Phoenix.

Sue Bird handed out a season-high 11 assists for the Storm, with eight of those going to Jackson. Bird also chipped in 12 points.

Rookie Nicky Anosike had 15 points to lead the Lynx (9-9), who hit seven of their first eight shots to take the early 13-point advantage before Seattle went on a 21-8 run to get into a 23-23 tie by the end of the first quarter.

The Storm went ahead to stay at the outset of the second quarter on a 3-pointer from the right of the lane by Katie Gearlds, who tied her career high with 17 points.

A 19-6 third-quarter scoring run, the last seven of those points supplied by Jackson, gave Seattle a 21-point lead, and the Lynx never got within 20 the rest of the night.

The Storm improved to 10-1 at home, second only to Detroit's undefeated 7-0 homecourt record.

Seimone Augustus added 14 points for Minnesota, five below her season average of 19.3. Augustus hit 6 of 10 from the floor.

Candice Wiggins also had 14 for the Lynx, who came in having won three of their previous five after a five-game losing streak.

After hitting just one of their first seven shots during Minnesota's early run, the Storm wound up shooting a season-high 57.6 percent (38 of 66). Their field goal total also was a season-high.

Minnesota, which hit seven of its first eight shots on the way to its 15-2 lead, wound up at just 41.8 percent (23 of 55).