Alexa Philippou, ESPNSep 30, 2024, 01:00 PM ETCloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA
Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant
Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerNEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu received the ball on the left wing from teammate Breanna Stewart and hoisted up the shot. The 3-pointer swished in, putting the New York Liberty up 11 over the Las Vegas Aces early in the fourth quarter in Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals. As Ionescu ran back on defense, she pointed to New York icon Spike Lee. Wearing a signed Ionescu jersey, Lee shot up from his courtside seat and pointed back in her direction.Ionescu wasn’t done.Not even 90 seconds later, she received the ball from Leonie Fiebich well beyond the top of the arc and with three-time MVP A’ja Wilson closing out on her, she drained a 30-footer, sending the Barclays Center crowd of 14,000 into a…
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