Lynx Activate Guard Stacey Thomas

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Minneapolis/St. Paul - The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has activated guard Stacey Thomas and placed forward Svetlana Abrosimova on the Suspended List.

Abrosimova, who is returning to Russia to play for the national team, played in 31 games (all starts) this season for the Lynx, and averaged 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

The Lynx acquired Thomas on July 30 in the deal that sent Katie Smith to the Detroit Shock. She averaged 7.8 minutes in 17 games with the Shock prior the trade.