Storm center Ezi Magbegor will miss Sunday's Game 1 against the Aces because of a concussion that forced her to miss the final three games of the regular season.
Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points and Ezi Magbegor had a double-double as the visiting Seattle Storm topped the Washington Mystics 83-77 on Tuesday. Magbegor bundled 13 points and 14 rebounds for Seattle, which led 44-30 at halftime before allowing Washington to close within a possession multiple times in the second half.
France gave Team USA everything they had—and more. However, the Americans dug deep to the win their eighth gold medal in a row. In the third-place match, a breakout game from Ezi Magbegor delivered the bronze to Australia.
Since its inception in 1997, the WNBA has seen 28 draft picks go first overall, counting the inaugural season's Elite draft, which selected already graduated players who had already been playing professionally on other American teams or overseas. How many of these 28 players can you name?
The final day of competition on Sunday started with the bronze medal game and both teams put on a show. The duo of Julie Vanloo and Emma Meesseman led Belgium again, but Ezi Magbegor was incredible, helping Australia to the 85-81 win.
Team USA is gunning for Olympic glory in the women's basketball tournament, but the field as a whole is a star-studded one filled with formidable talents.
Jordan Horston and Ezi Magbegor aren’t often asked to do as much for the Seattle Storm as the team’s veterans, but they’ve shown to be plenty capable of rising to the occasion when necessary.
Ezi Magbegor scored 18 points and Jordan Horston added 16 to fuel the host Seattle Storm to an 81-70 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday. Magbegor and Horston each made 8 of 11 shots from the floor to help the Storm (16-8) finish their WNBA-record nine-game homestand with a 7-2 mark.