Jamison Battle and Braeden Carrington combined for 38 points and nine three-pointers to help pull away from Arkansas-Pine Bluff late in the second half, with Carrington scoring a game-high 20 points.
Wild coach Dean Evason called Calen Addison's past two games on defense "the best we've seen him do that."
Minnesota wasn't hitting enough shots, getting enough rebounds or making enough stops until late in the third quarter. Guards Mara Braun and Katie Borowicz led the charge.
Matt Ryan, a 37% three-point shooter with the Lakers, could help the Timberwolves from beyond the arc.
Defensive coordinator Ed Donatell said the Vikings need to "take some of the air out of the coverage" of a last-place defense after allowing 34 points and 464 yards in Detroit.
Justin Jefferson is only 133 yards shy of breaking Randy Moss' franchise single-season record of 1,632 yards set in 2003, which he could reach Saturday against the Colts.
The Twins took a shot at signing Carlos Correa to a big-money deal, but the All-Star shortstop chose San Francisco instead. With few options remaining, the Twins need to be thinking trade.
A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national security and cybersecurity threats with public officials and private sector actors who run U.S. critical infrastructure. The hacker posted samples they said were from the database to an online forum popular with cybercriminals last weekend and said they were asking $50,000 for the entire database.