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Jewell Loyd of the Seattle Storm named the WNBA Rookie of the Month for July

Jewell Loyd of the Seattle Storm named the WNBA Rookie of the Month for July

Jewell Loyd of the Seattle Storm was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month presented for games played in July. Loyd led all rookies in points (10.5 ppg) and minutes (28.1 mpg), placed second in…

Illinois: Investigation into women’s basketball program finds allegations unsupported

[Read the full Illinois report (PDF)] Release from Illinois Athletics: An outside investigation has concluded that allegations of racism within the University of Illinois women’s basketball program are unsupported. The investigation, conducted by the law…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 07-27-2015 to 08-02-2015

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 07-27-2015 3-team trade: Lynx acquire Sylvia Fowles; Gray, Dantas go to Atlanta +2016 1st-round pick; Erika de Souza goes to Sky http://t.co/XJacsNOKis -> LOL! https://t.co/RnH52Quyx8 -> Pokey Chatman: “Sylvia was…

Atlanta Dream forward Cierra Burdick to undergo surgery for stress fracture

Atlanta Dream forward Cierra Burdick will undergo surgery on Wednesday morning at Emory Hospital in Atlanta to repair a stress fracture in her left foot. Burdick is expected to be sidelined 4-6 weeks. She was…

Maya Moore leads Minnesota in 86-80 win over Tulsa

Maya Moore leads Minnesota in 86-80 win over Tulsa

The Minnesota Lynx (15-4) beat the Tulsa Shock 86-80 Saturday night at the BOK Center in front of 4,776 fans. The Lynx have dominated the season series against the Shock (10-10) for six straight years.…

Lynx smash the Dream, 86-70

The Lynx defeated the Atlanta Dream 86-70 tonight, marking their sixth-straight win against the Dream at Target Center. Minnesota is now 7-1 on the season when scoring 80+ points and 8-2 when holding teams below…

Washington wins fifth straight with road rout over San Antonio, 88-53

The Washington Mystics (11-6) extended their win streak to five in a dominating win over the San Antonio Stars (6-13) Friday night in Texas, 88-53. Center Kia Vaughn came off the bench and led the…

Stephanie Mavunga transfers to Ohio State, All-ACC center last of heralded UNC class to go

THE Ohio State University ! ?????? #Blessed ???? pic.twitter.com/oXVboYhZao — Princess StephMav ? (@SMavunga_23) August 1, 2015 Official announcement Former North Carolina player Stephanie Mavunga, an All-ACC forward, has transferred to Ohio State. Her departure…

Phoenix overcomes halftime deficit to take down the Shock in Tulsa, 78-66

Phoenix overcomes halftime deficit to take down the Shock in Tulsa, 78-66

The Phoenix Mercury (11-7) fought back from a halftime deficit to defeat the Tulsa Shock, 78-66, Thursday night at the BOK Center in front of 4,637 fans. After a slow start, the Shock (10-9) led Phoenix…

All-Star game viewership increases by double-digit percentage compared to 2014 broadcast on ESPN

The 2015 WNBA All-Star Game 2015 broadcast on ABC delivered double-digit viewership increases over last year’s telecast on ESPN. According to the network: The 2015 All-Star Game delivered a 23 percent viewership increase over 2014 (when it…

Adidas becomes an official partner of Pac-12

The Pac-12 Conference and Adidas announced a three-year partnership. The company becomes the official apparel and footwear partner of the conference, all Pac-12 Championship events and the weekly Pac-12 Sports Report broadcast. We are thrilled to reach a…

Western Conference matchup: Tulsa looking to end skid in game vs. Phoenix

Phoenix Mercury (10-7) at Tulsa Shock (10-8) Thursday, July 30, 8 p.m. ET, BOK Center, Tulsa, OK No TV. Streaming on WNBA LiveAccess Promotion: Health and Wellness night sponsored by  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma to…

San Antonio Stars’ Danielle Adams suspended for violating league drug policy

The WNBA announced today that forward Danielle Adams of the San Antonio Stars has been suspended without pay for three games for violating the terms of the league’s and player’s union anti-drug program. “I sincerely apologize…

Players off the bench help Mystics continue win streak, beat struggling Storm 87-74

The Washington Mystics (10-6) extended their winning streak to four with an 87-74 victory over the Seattle Storm (5-14) Wednesday afternoon. Point guard Ivory Latta led the Mystics with 20 points. Tayler Hill finished with 18…

Indiana takes down New York 84-72, Liberty five-game winning streak ends

From the team: The New York Liberty had its five-game winning streak come to an end with an 84-72 loss at Indiana on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Tina Charles led New York (12-6)…

DeWanna Bonner’s game-high 34 points help Mercury outlast Chicago 89-87 in overtime battle

DeWanna Bonner’s game-high 34 points help Mercury outlast Chicago 89-87 in overtime battle

Notes | Quotes | By the Numbers In a rematch of the WNBA Finals, the Phoenix Mercury (10-7), defended their home court in an overtime contest against the Chicago Sky (11-7) Tuesday night, 89-87. The…

Stars waived Kalana Greene to make room for French forward Valeriane Ayayi

The San Antonio Stars signed 6-0 French forward Valeriane Ayayi. She most recently played with Basket Lattes Montpellier in France. In 12 Euroleague games, Ayayi averaged 12.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 28.3 minutes.…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 07-20-2015 to 07-26-2015

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 07-20-2015 Australia: Big names return for Opals 3-game series against Japan including Liz Cambage & Rachel Jarry http://t.co/IKW77ksFj9 #rio2016 -> #PanGames:Bronze medal game: Cuba vs Brazil, 4p ET | Gold…

USA beats Russia for 78-70 victory and sixth-straight U19 gold medal

USA beats Russia for 78-70 victory and sixth-straight U19 gold medal

Notes || Quotes || USA Photo Gallery The United States earned its sixth consecutive FIBA U19 Women’s World Championship gold after successfully holding off host nation Russia 78-70 in Sunday’s final. South Carolina Gamecocks sophomore A’ja…

Australian Opals drop Liz Cambage from qualifiying tourney after star misses camp to attend a music festival

Australian Olympian Liz Cambage will not play in the upcoming FIBA Oceania Championships because the team dropped her after she chose to attend a music festival instead of showing up for camp on time. She…

Transcript: WNBA president Laurel Richie meets the press at the 2015 All-Star game

Video of Richie’s opening comments THE MODERATOR:  Welcome everyone to Boost Mobile WNBA All?Star 2015, and WNBA president Laurel Richie. LAUREL RICHIE:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Welcome to 2015 WNBA All?Star presented by Boost Mobile.  We…

2015 WNBA All-Star Notes

2015 WNBA All-Star Notes

Hanging out at #WNBAAllStar with @catchin24 pic.twitter.com/or88LFSDBU — WNBA (@WNBA) July 24, 2015 Rosters || WNBA All-Star Infographic || League statistical leaders || All-Stars on social media at Mohegan Sun || All-Star voting returns || All-Star Game history 2015…

WNBA statistical leaders heading into the All-Star break

 Points GP PTS AVG 1 Elena Delle Donne (CHI) 17 416 24.5 2 Maya Moore (MIN) 16 331 20.7 3 Angel McCoughtry (ATL) 17 348 20.5 4 Tina Charles (NY) 17 292 17.2 5 DeWanna…

Injury replacements named for 2015 WNBA All-Star Game

Guards Kayla McBride of the San Antonio Stars and Riquna Williams of the Tulsa Shock along with center Jantel Lavender of the Los Angeles Sparks will fill the spots on the Western Conference roster vacated…

Two-game American Athletic-SEC Women’s Basketball challenge set for 2015

The American Athletic and the Southeastern Conference have announced the American-SEC Women’s Basketball Challenge. The two-game event will be held at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., site of the 2016 SEC tournament.…

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