Natalie Nakase won over Golden State Valkyries owner Joe Lacob with her fire in a matter of two hours when they sat down last year for a formal interview.
The Atlanta Dream made a lot of moves in the offseason, hiring Karl Smesko from Florida Gulf Coast and bringing in Brittney Griner and Brionna Jones to complement Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray.
New Atlanta Dream star Brittney Griner says her one-year deal was based on more than just positioning herself for a bigger contract when the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement is expected to take effect in one year.
The WNBA now has all of its head coaching spots filled after there were eight open positions this offseason.
Florida Gulf Coast's women's basketball team this season has 16 players on the roster and they're all listed as having the same position.
Diamond Miller scored 24 points, and fourth-seeded Maryland used a 19-0 run spanning parts of both halves to pull away to a 89-65 win over 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast.
Karli Seay made a 3-pointer from the corner with 26 seconds remaining, and 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast ousted fifth-seeded Virginia Tech 84-81 despite a career-high 42 points by Elizabeth Kitley.
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(Brad Young/Florida Gulf Coast University via AP)Kierstan Bell had never even heard of Florida Gulf Coast at this time last year. Bell is averaging 25.2 points and 11.2 rebounds, joining Michigan’s Naz Hillmon as the only two players in Division I women’s basketball with those numbers. “Coach Smesko, he’s a great coach, been here for a long time, he knows what he’s talking about. FGCU has never had someone average 20 points for a full season; Bell is going to change that. Bell averaged 10.9 points last season at Ohio State, then decided to transfer for personal reasons.
