The GIST: Sorry if we sound like an, ahem, broken record, but blame it on Unrivaled because the innovative women’s basketball 3v3 league just keeps setting new standards — and Week 4 isn’t even over. Let’s discuss yet another weekend of smashed ceilings.
🔔 Philly is definitely Unrivaled: History was made in Philadelphia on Friday as 21,490 fans packed Xfinity Mobile Arena, setting the mark for the most-attended regular-season women’s basketball game ever. Choosing Philly to host the league’s first Tour Stop was intentional: The city has a known appetite for hoops, but it isn’t a pro women’s basketball market…at least not yet.
- Philly hasn’t fielded a pro women’s team since 1998, so Unrivaled capitalized on that demand. And there’s more touring to come: The league will add more cities in 2027, while keeping Miami’s Sephora Arena as its hub. Consider the blueprint made.
🪣 Lunar Owl Marina Mabrey sets single-game scoring mark: As if one broken record wasn’t enough, the 29-year-old dropped a mind-boggling 47 points in the Owls’ 85–75 Friday win over Rose BC, breaking Vinyl superstar Dearica Hamby’s single-game record of 40 set just two weeks ago.
- Mabrey was incredibly efficient, knocking down an Unrivaled-record 10 three-pointers (on just 15 attempts), all in a mere 21 minutes of action. A bad day to be the crashout jar.
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