MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Former Minnesota high school star Kelly Miller scored 15 points as the Charlotte Sting beat the Minnesota Lynx 68-62 on Friday night to clinch a playoff spot.

Allison Feaster added 13 points to help Charlotte (16-14) move into a second-place tie with Washington with two games remaining in the regular season.

"It's all about focus," Sting coach Anne Donovan said. "Early in the season, when we were going well, we were talking about first place. Now, we're just trying to concentrate on one game at a time."

Katie Smith scored 24 points for the Lynx (10-20), who entered the game with a season-best three-game winning streak.

"It was the first time in 10 days that we may have wilted a bit," Minnesota coach Heidi VanDerveer said. "But I told our team it's a game of runs and you have to expect this is going to happen from time to time."

After Charlotte fell behind 28-20 at halftime, Feaster sparked the Sting by scoring seven points in the first two minutes of the second half.

"We need to be more intense from the start," Donovan said. "We were intense the entire game the other night in Detroit and won solidly. Tonight, we only did it in the second half. It was a good thing that our bench was hot."

Charlotte took the lead for good at 40-38 on Shalonda Enis' three-point play with 12:59 remaining. Miller, from Rochester, followed with a field goal and 3-pointer to make it 45-40.

"At halftime, we talked about picking up the pressure all over the floor," said Miller, who played only 15 minutes.

Miller was 5-of-6 from the field, hitting all three of her 3-point attempts. "I was open and felt good," she said. "The shots finally started to fall my way."

The Sting led by as many as 11 points before the Lynx cut it to three at 61-58 with 3:43 remaining.

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