Skylar Diggins-Smith, point guard for the Seattle Storm, was left in awe of Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles of the Notre Dame women’s squad after the unit defeated the UNC Tar Heels. On Sunday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish met the North Carolina Tar Heels and won the game with a final score of 76-66.
In that game, Hannah Hidalgo chalked up a total of 24 points, grabbing three rebounds and assisting five times, while Olivia Miles managed 19 points with seven boards and five helpers. Meanwhile, Liza Karlen and Cassandre Prosper each matched nine matched nine points for the team, while Liatu King managed to contribute eight points, with a whopping 15 rebounds, the highest in this category.
“TUH” Skylar Diggins-Smith commented on Ballislife’s Instagram post.
Skylar Diggins-Smith is also a former Notre Dame Fighting Irish player and then managed to get into the WNBA after being drafted by the Tulsa Shock back in 2013. Currently, the player is an integral part of the Seattle Storm, and averaged 15.1 points in each game, with 2.6 rebounds per matchup and 6.4 helpers in every clash played.
Skylar Diggins-Smith Loves Unrivaled League’s Lunar Owls Jersey
Skylar Diggins-Smith seems to be really digging the Unrivaled League jerseys. The Seattle Storm will play for the Lunar Owls in the 3-on-3 tournament and recently dropped a comment on a clip which showed all the jerseys of the league.
“They cute”, Diggins-Smith commented on the video.
The tournament which is set to start on the 17th of January this year will be the very first of its kind. The Unrivaled League was founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart to allow female basketball players to earn a lot of money, while also getting some playing time during the WNBA offseason.
The league currently has six teams, and the Lunar Owls has Skylar Diggins-Smith, Courtney Williams, Allisha Gray, Napheesa Collier, Cameron Brink, and Shakira Austin in it. However, Cameron Brink will not be playing in the first season of the Unrivaled League as she still needs to fully recover from her ACL injury. Meanwhile, the other players are getting ready to play from Jan 17th while being coached by DJ Sackmann.
Sackmann has been known in the world of basketball for his innovative coaching techniques and has worked with multi-national sports corporations like I’m Possible Training where he quickly rose to become one of the best trainers in the team. Sackmann has also created an online basketball-training module with a program called ‘HoopStudy’.
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