On the positive side, blue is an amazing color but not for those representing Team Blue early on in Athletes Unlimited Basketball. However, this Team Blue, led by Dallas Wings forward Isabelle Harrison, became the first team wearing blue jerseys to earn a victory this season.
The blue jerseys lost the first four games of the season before their win over Team Gold, led by Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud in Game 10. Team Blue got the win over Team Gold by a score of 95-89.
Overall, Team Cloud snagged more boards than Team Harrison by a 37-35 margin. It is the fifth occurrence in the last six Athletes Unlimited basketball games a team has lost despite holding the rebound advantage. Team Harrison went 55.9 percent from the field, making the highest single-game field goal percentage by a squad this season.
What’s more, it is the seventh time a team has gone 50.0 percent or more from the field this season. Altogether, the teams went 18-of-42 (42.9 percent) from beyond the arc, including a 10-for-19 (52.9 percent) effort by Team Blue.
On the whole, there have been 155 three-pointers in the first ten games of this Athletes Unlimited Basketball season. This year, aspiration will sow ten trees for each three-pointer hit as part of its “Trees for Threes” initiative.
Team Harrison (Team Blue)
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Unquestionably, for Team Blue, WNBA All-Star Guard Courtney Williams went off, scoring 30 points on 13-of-18 shooting from the field, including a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range. She became the sixth player to put up a 30-point game this season. The number eight overall pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft added nine rebounds and six assists.
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Nonetheless, Harrison netted her fourth 20-point game of the season after scoring 24 points on 10-of-14 (71.4 percent), shooting from the field and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Moreover, the Team Blue captain also snagged eight rebounds with five assists. Next, guard Dominique Wilson came off the bench to score a season-high 17 points.
The former NC State Wolfpack went 6-of-10 in field goal attempts, including four threes, and had two rebounds and two assists. She scored four points in her first four appearances in Athletes Unlimited Basketball this season.
Team Cloud (Team Gold)
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On this occasion, Team Gold came up short in this game. Meanwhile, center Kalani Brown created her first double-double of the season with 13 points and a season-high 11 rebounds. The former Los Angeles Sparks player has reached double figures in scoring in four consecutive games. Furthermore, she went 6-for-8 from the field and made her lone free throw attempt.
Cloud notched 16 points in the loss for her squad, marking her fifth consecutive double-digit scoring effort. She also added seven rebounds and seven assists.
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Guard Ty Young came off the bench to score a season-high 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field. The 12-year WNBA veteran scored 10 of her points in the first quarter and added six rebounds.
Correspondingly, guard/forward DiJonai Carrington posted her third 20-point game in the last four games after scoring 24 points with five rebounds and three assists. The Connecticut Sun player finished the game going 9-for-21 from the field and was 3-of-9 from three-point range in this Athletes Unlimited contest.
Athletes Unlimited Basketball: Game 10 MVPs (Total Points)
MVP 1: Williams (Team Harrison) – 90 points (673 points)
MVP 2: Harrison (Team Harrison) – 60 points (550 points)
MVP 3: Wilson (Team Harrison) – 30 points (340 points)
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