From the league: Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has been suspended one game without pay for receiving her seventh technical foul of the 2016 season, it was announced today by Renee Brown, Chief of Basketball…
The Australian Women’s Olympic basketball team that will compete for gold at the 2016 Rio Games was announced today. The squad includes three members from the London 2012 team (Laura Hodges, Elizabeth Cambage and Rachel…
From the Mercury: The three-time WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury today announced the re-signing of Spanish guard Marta Xargay (CHAR-guy), who was the team’s starting point guard for much of 2015 and will represent Spain in…
The Phoenix Mercury signed veteran point guard Lindsey Harding today. Harding began the season with the New York Liberty. She averaged 3.6 points and 4.2 assists in 22.9 minutes per game in five games before…
G=games played MIN=minutes played MPG=minutes per game FGM=field goals made FGA=field goals attempted FG%=field goal percentage 3PM=three points made Points Per Game PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA FG% PTS Candace Parker 1 32.0 12.0 20.0…
According to ESPN, Saturday’s tipoff of the 2016 WNBA season was the highest-rated, regular-season WNBA game on the network (excluding ABC) since 2011, and the highest-rated, regular-season weekend WNBA game on the ESPN networks (excluding…
Recent WNBA Transactions WNBA Preseason Schedule WNBA Draft Results 2016 WNBA Key Dates Eastern Conference Atlanta Dream NUM PLAYER POS HEIGHT EXP FROM 10 Matee Ajavon G 5-8 8 RUTGERS/US 11 Cierra Burdick F 6-2…
[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app. Also available on iTunes and Google Play Music. Taped Wednesday, May 11, 2016 This week’s podcast features respected basketball analysts Christy Winters-Scott and…
Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) and Sancho Lyttle (Atlanta Dream) led UMMC Ekaterinburg to the team’s 3rd EuroLeague title Sunday beating Nadezhda 72-69. Taurasi led UMMC in scoring with 22 points while Lyttle finished with a double-double of…
Captain Obvious and a UConn Sweep #1: Seattle Storm select Breanna Stewart (UConn) #WNBADraft pic.twitter.com/sAjKeCcWBz — Hoopfeed.com ? (@hoopfeed) April 14, 2016 The 2016 WNBA Draft took place Thursday night and no one was surprised…
Draft Results || Social Media Recap First Round PICK TEAM PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION 1 SEATTLE STORM Breanna Stewart CONNECTICUT CENTER 2 SAN ANTONIO STARS Moriah Jefferson CONNECTICUT GUARD 3 CONNECTICUT SUN Morgan Tuck CONNECTICUT FORWARD…
The Phoenix Mercury signed 6-2 forward Sonja Petrovic (Belgrade, Serbia). Petrovic is in her second season with ZVVZ USK Praha in the Czech League, and has one full year of WNBA experience after spending the 2012 season with…
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The Phoenix Mercury signed Isabelle Harrison, a 6-foot-3 center out of the University of Tennessee. Harrison, the Mercury’s first-round selection (12th overall) in the 2015 WNBA draft, missed last season for rehabilitation after suffering a…
DeWanna Bonner has re-signed with the three-time champion Phoenix Mercury. From the Mercury: “There are not a lot of players in the league who can defend the other team’s best player on one end and…
The Phoenix Mercury announced the re-signing of Penny Taylor, one of the top players in franchise history. The team has not revelaed terms of its contract with the veteran forward. Taylor, who did not play in…
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The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury re-signed reserve forward Mistie Bass. “Players who do the little things on the floor can sometimes have big impacts, and Mistie Bass is one of those players,” said Mercury…
As we say goodbye to another calendar year and make resolutions for 2016, it seems like a good time to look back at what made 2015 a great year for women’s basketball. It was also…
From USA Basketball: USA Basketball today announced that Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury), who pled guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and entered a diversion program, will be suspended for 20 percent of the next USA Basketball…
The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 67-60 in game one of the Western Conference finals at the Target Center Thursday night in Minneapolis in front of 8,732 fans. The Lynx started off slow, trailing…
Western Conference Finals Schedule Game 1 – Thursday, Sept. 24, Phoenix at Minneapolis, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Game 2 – Sunday, Sept. 27, Minneapolis at Phoenix, 3 p.m., ESPN2 Game 3* – Tuesday, Sept. 29, Phoenix…
The Phoenix Mercury defeated the Tulsa Shock 91-67 Saturday night to advance to the Western conference finals. The victory ended Tulsa’s postseason hopes as they played their last game at the BOK Center before the franchise…
Attendance: 8,509 By the numbers Box score Points in the Paint: Shock 22, Mercury 42 Second Chance Points: Shock 11, Mercury 9 Fastbreak Points: Shock 5, Mercury 11 Biggest Lead: Shock 3, Mercury 34 Lead…
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was named the 2015 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. It is the second straight DPOY for Griner. Last season she was the first player in Mercury history to win…
