Let’s dive into week two of the Unrivaled season.
It has been two weeks since the start of the Unrivaled season and the clubs are getting into the swing of things.
Club Standings
The Laces have the best record five games into the season with four wins and one loss. The Breeze, Mist, Phantom and Rose are all 3-2. Vinyl is currently 2-3 and Hive and the Lunar Owls are both 1-4.
Connecticut Sun Players
Aaliyah Edwards of the Lunar Owls scored 22 points in their game against the Mist on Jan. 17. During that game, she also had seven rebounds and three assists. In Monday night’s game on Jan. 18, Edwards had a great night defensively. Along with scoring 13 points, she has 18 rebounds, 12 of which were defensive, three blocks, and two steals. Despite the Lunar Owls only winning one game this season, Edwards has played a big role for the team.
In the same game on Jan. 17, Marina Mabrey had amazing numbers. In addition to scoring 27 points, she had 10 defensive rebounds and eight assists. Edwards and Mabrey scored 49 of the team’s 65 points in this game. On Jan.18, playing against Vinyl, Mabrey helped lead her club to their first win of the season, scoring 31 out of the club’s 68 points.
Saniya Rivers from Hive had 14 points in her 11 minutes of play in Friday night’s game. She also had nine rebounds and two blocked shots. On Sunday, Jan. 18, Rivers had a quieter night. She played for eight minutes and had two points, two rebounds and one assist.
Top Players of Week Two
Chelsea Gray from Rose, yet again, is dominating every game she plays in. On Jan. 16, Gray set an Unrivaled record. She became the first player in league history to score 400 points and 100 assists. During that game, Gray scored 36 points and was 10-for-17 in field goals.
Laces’ club captain Jackie Young had an amazing performance against Rose on Jan. 18. She scored 35 points, had three assists and one rebound. Young had the game-winning shot, pushing her club to the winning score of 70 points.
Paige Bueckers had an incredible game on Monday night and led Breeze to their third win of the season. She recorded a new season high for points, scoring 37 points as well as eight defensive rebounds. At the conclusion of the game, Bueckers officially won the Unrivaled free-throw challenge. In their club’s first five games of the season, the player who had the highest free-throw percentage would win $50,000. She had a free-throw percentage of 100% and was 13-for-13.