Latest Kelsey Plum News

Caitlin Clark's No. 22 to be retired during February ceremony at Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Dec. 18, 2024 12:17 PM EST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball player will wear Caitlin Clark's No. 22 again. The number will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Iowa athletic department announced Wednesday. Clark finished her college career last...

WNBA and players' union meet to discuss new CBA

Dec. 11, 2024 21:26 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and the league's players union met in person Wednesday to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. “Today’s meeting included preliminary conversations and constructive dialogue, with a mutual agreement to continue discussions for a...

Las Vegas guard Kelsey Plum says she won't play in new Unrivaled, 3-on-3 women's league

Nov. 29, 2024 13:59 PM EST

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Aces standout Kelsey Plum won't play in the new, 3-on-3 women's league, Unrivaled, saying wants to take more time for herself in the offseason. Plum posted her decision on social media this week. The Unrivaled league, co-founded by Napheesa Collier...

Kelsey Plum to become first Washington women's hoops player to have jersey retired

Nov. 01, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Kelsey Plum will become the first women's basketball player in Washington history to have her jersey retired. The school announced Friday that Plum's No. 10 jersey will be hung from the rafters on Jan. 18, 2025, when Washington takes on Purdue. Plum,...

Jackie Young's 24 points and Aces' 16-point run staves off elimination in 95-81 win over Liberty

Oct. 05, 2024 08:16 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — On the verge of elimination, the Aces showed Friday night as the two-time defending WNBA champions they weren't ready to go quietly. Las Vegas took control with a 16-point third-quarter run, held the Liberty without a point over a 7:36 stretch and won 95-81 to cut...

Basketball super fan Spike Lee takes in Liberty playoff game donning a Sabrina Ionescu jersey

Sep. 29, 2024 22:03 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu's relationship with Spike Lee goes back to when she was drafted by the New York Liberty. The basketball super fan was one of the first people to welcome her to New York when the Liberty took her No. 1 in 2020. “He was the first...

Stewart and Ionescu lead New York Liberty to 87-77 Game 1 win over the Las Vegas Aces in semifinals

Sep. 29, 2024 18:17 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart knows she wasn't at her best last year in the Finals when the Las Vegas Aces knocked off the New York Liberty. She made sure she that wouldn't happen in Game 1 of their semifinals series this year, scoring 34 points to help the Liberty beat the Aces...

Familiar foes: Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty set for WNBA Finals rematch in playoff semifinals

Sep. 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The stage is set for A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces to take on Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty in a star-studded rematch of last year’s WNBA Finals. This time it's a round sooner. The Liberty and Aces swept their first-round...

Aces close out Storm 83-76 and will make their sixth consecutive WNBA semifinal appearance

Sep. 25, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 29 points, A’ja Wilson had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the Las Vegas Aces closed out the Seattle Storm 83-76 on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. Las Vegas, which has won 11...