The GIST: The first week of Unrivaled’s sophomore season is nearly in the books and the high-energy 3v3 league is already grabbing headlines. From record-tying performances to undefeated showdowns, scroll on for the 411 on the basketball league bringing the heat in Miami. Dale.
🔥 Phantom BC’s Kelsey Plum ties league record for single-game points: Plum Dawg brought the bark on Saturday, scoring 38 points in her Phantom’s 94–60 win over the Lunar Owls, tying Napheesa Collier and Chelsea Gray for the league’s single-game point record. But that’s not all: Plum also recorded eight rebounds and 11 assists, nearly notching the league’s first triple-double.
🤝 Chelsea Gray’s Rose BC hands Paige Bueckers’ Breeze BC first loss of the season: Flower power was in full effect last night as the defending champs topped the Breeze 73–69 behind 37 points from Gray, who currently leads the league in scoring. They don’t call her the Point Gawd for nothing.
👀 Star-powered Monday night double-header on deck: Speaking of undefeated squads, Breanna Stewart’s 2-0 Mist BC will face Plum’s short-handed Phantom at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by Alyssa Thomas’ middling Laces BC vs. the struggling Lunar Owls at 8:45 p.m. ET. Sounds like a whole lot of buckets.
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