Sabrina Ionescu wins WNBA 3-point contest
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Year: 2011 Players: Courtney Vandersloot, Maya Moore, Liz Cambage, Danielle Adams
Wings guard Paige Bueckers, Mystics guard Sonia Citron react to arriving in Indianapolis for first career WNBA All-Star Game nod
Sonia Citron will get a generous gesture from a league vet after the 3-point contest, Kiki Iriafen learned an early lessons after a play involving Sophie Cunningham, and Paige Bueckers looked back on her career.
The former Harvard-Westlake and Stanford star had a goal of playing in the WNBA, but being an All-Star in Year 1? “Not even on my radar.”
Mystics rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen, as well as the Wings' Paige Bueckers, talked about being named WNBA All-Stars.
The past few seasons, it was players like Shakira Austin and Aaliyah Edwards who were helping the Mystics elevate as a franchise. The trend has continued this season as rookies Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron have both been leading factors in Washington’s success.
But what really won over fans, and Lobo, was what Ionescu did after the contest. True to a promise she made while sitting on the bench, Ionescu pledged to give half her prize money to rookie Sonia Citron, 21, who bravely competed in the contest as the youngest participant.
For her first WNBA All-Star Weekend, Mystics' Rookie Sonia Citron rocked a custom All-Star colorway of the unreleased Nike Ja 3.