Indiana Fever guard latest WNBA player to commit to Unrivaled
Unrivaled has announced Player No. 35, and it’s Indiana Fever guard Katie Lue Samuelson.
Samuelson, a five-year WNBA veteran, has averaged 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game since being drafted 4th overall by the Chicago Sky in 2019. She was a standout player at the University of Connecticut, where she averaged 16.7 points across four seasons and shot 41.5% from three.
The 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league, which has been rolling out names of participating WNBA players for months, is set to officially tip-off on January 17th in Miami, with games taking place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays for 9 weeks. Several of Samuelson’s Fever teammates, including Lexie Hull and Aliyah Boston, will participate in the league. In college, Samuelson was also teammates with Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, the league’s co-founders.
Samuelson had a difficult 2024 campaign after missing the 2023 season due to pregnancy. She averaged just 4.3 points in 18.2 minutes per night for Indiana after averaging 9.7 points in 29.5 minutes per night on the Sparks in 2022. Still, at her best, she’s an elite forward who can stretch the floor and do a little bit of everything.
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