WNBA rookies are stepping up, as league debuts and scoring breakouts defined a competitive Memorial Day weekend lineup.
Seattle fans got a first look at No. 3 pick Awa Fam on Sunday. The 19-year-old became just the second teenager to score 10+ points in her WNBA debut, adding 10 points off the bench in the 97-85 win over the Washington Mystics.
“It was amazing, it was another dream come true,” Fam said postgame. “I feel really, really, really good.”
Another top draft pick also stepped into the spotlight. Dallas’s No. 1 selection Azzi Fudd scored a career-high 24 points in Sunday’s 91-76 win over New York.
Fudd put up six 3-pointers to break teammate Paige Bueckers’s single-game franchise record. She also notched three steals and two blocks.
“She was drafted number one for a reason — her shot and her release is so quick, and so deadly,” Liberty star Breanna Stewart said of Fudd. “People are going to start to see that as her game grows.”
Seattle Storm and Dallas Wings WNBA Games This Week
Seattle and Washington face off again on Wednesday at 10 PM ET (WNBA League Pass), while Dallas takes on Las Vegas on Thursday at 8 PM ET (Prime).
