Recapping the fifth week of the Unrivaled season!
Club Standings
Clinching the first playoff spot, the Laces are still at the top with an 8-2 record. Phantom is right behind with 7-3. Mist is 6-4, and both the Breeze and Rose are 5-5 with Vinyl behind them at 4-6. Hive had their third win of the season, bringing them to 3-7. The Lunar Owls are 2-8 and have had two losses in a row.
Connecticut Sun Players
After missing two games with the Lunar Owls, Aaliyah Edwards came back on Feb. 6 with a strong performance. Playing against Rose B.C., Edwards scored 28 points, had 18 rebounds and one assist.
The Lunar Owls club had one game this week, but Marina Mabrey did not have any playing time.
Saniya Rivers appeared in two games for the Hive this week. On Feb. 2 against Vinyl, Rivers played for 10 minutes but was scoreless. She had two assists, two rebounds and two steals. On Feb. 6 against the Breeze, Rivers scored eight points, had four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
Top Players of the Week
Breanna Stewart had a big game with the Mist against Phantom on Saturday night. She scored 28 points and was 9-for-19 in field goals. Stewart had 10 rebounds and two assists.
Kelsey Plum has been helping lead the Phantom to be one of the top teams in Unrivaled. During Saturday’s game, Plum scored 28 points, had seven assists and six rebounds.
During Friday night’s game against the Hive, Paige Bueckers scored 28 points. She was 13-for-23 in field goals and had five assists. Bueckers has been a key piece for the Breeze. In the 10 games Breeze has played, Buckers has scored 22 points or more in eight of them.
Sonia Citron had an electric game on Feb. 2. She scored 32 points, had five assists and four rebounds. In Friday’s game on Feb. 6, Citron had another great game. She scored 17 points, had four assists and four rebounds. After being down for most of the game, the Hive had a huge comeback in the third quarter, scoring 27 points. Citron had the game-winning bucket and led the Hive to the biggest team comeback in league history
Unrivaled Trades
Aari McDonald from Breeze BC has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury. McDonald played in the first game of the season and has not been able to play since. Because of this, Breeze has received Courtney Williams from Vinyl. In turn, Saniya Rivers from Hive BC will be going to Vinyl. And the Hive will be getting Azurá Stevens from Rose BC.