While one Connecticut Sun player came up just short in the skills competition, another just could not miss in hers.
MONEY 💰👌 @strick40 tallies 23 points in the final round of the @MountainDew 3-Point Contest at @ATT #WNBAAllStar Friday Night! #MtnDew3PT pic.twitter.com/l7SpTGYqNN
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 27, 2019
🏆🏆🏆@strick40 is crowned CHAMPION of the @MountainDew 3-Point Contest at @ATT #WNBAAllStar Friday Night! #MtnDew3PT pic.twitter.com/MVz09q9qCi
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 27, 2019
Sharp-shooter 🚨@strick40 celebrates becoming @MountainDew 3-Point Competition CHAMPION in #PhantomCam #WNBAAllStar #MtnDew3PT pic.twitter.com/8OjIO4TMnN
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 27, 2019
Jonquel Jones just barely lost in the final round of the Skills Challenge to Diamond Deshields of the Chicago Sky, but her Sun teammate Shekinna Stricklen scored 23 points in the final round of the 3-point competition, preventing a win by the Las Vegas Aces’ Kayla McBride who posted a 22 in her final round.
🎥 @kaymac_2123 goes for a first round-high 22 PTS at the @MountainDew 3-Point Contest at @ATT #WNBAAllStar Friday Night! 👌 #MtnDew3PT
📺: @espn pic.twitter.com/kvSqwmiqBq
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 26, 2019
Stricklen started her competition with a 21 in the opening round. To the surprise of many, the Chicago Sky’s Allie Quigley, the two-time defending champion of the 3-point contest only put up 19 points in the first round and could not advance to the final.
It is also the second consecutive year that McBride was defeated in the final. She was bested by Quigley at last year’s 3-point contest final which occurred at halftime of the All-Star Game at Target Center in Minneapolis.
✅Compete in #WNBAAllStar Three-Point Contest
Way to go @EWeezy_For3eezy! First of many more!#FeverAllStars #WNBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/hheUfTH7ux
— Indiana Fever ⛹️♀️🏀 (@IndianaFever) July 27, 2019
Chelsea Gray (Los Angeles Sparks), Kia Nurse (New York Liberty) and Erica Wheeler (Indiana Fever) also took part.
Stricklen won $10,000 for Room 29:11 – a charity that helps children in foster care.
🗣️ Introducing your @MountainDew 3-Point Contest participants! #MtnDew3PT @ATT #WNBAAllStar
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— WNBA (@WNBA) July 26, 2019
Thanks to @TheWNBPA for adding to the celebration tonight for donating $10K to the charity of @strick40‘s and @diamonddoesit1‘s choice! pic.twitter.com/VdWcJJrXfb
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 27, 2019
