Here’s what happened in the world of women’s basketball this past week:
Michael Winger now president of Mystics
Monumental Basketball, which owns the Washington Wizards, Mystics and Capital City Go-Go, has brought in Winger, who was previously the general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Isabelle Harrison to miss time
The Sky signed Harrison at $160,000 this offseason. Her career scoring average is 8.6.
Johnson started her career at Rutgers as the No. 6 Hoop Gurlz recruit. She averaged 17.6 points and 2.3 steals as a freshman before transferring to NC State for the past two seasons and averaging double figures both years. She upped her distributing to a career-best 3.5 assists per game in 2022-23. She has made 155 career threes at a 38.6 percent clip. Norfolk State is a mid-major and an HBCU.
Johnson had the following to say about her decision:
“A lot of people think you always have to go to Power Five schools to get to your (dream), going to the WNBA, going pro. But I don’t think it always has to be like that. You can go to HBCUs, mid-majors. I think you can develop there and still chase your dreams.”
Cimino comes over to the Big Green from St. Francis Brooklyn.
Alexis Morris calls out WNBA veterans, apologizes
Morris was frustrated about being cut by…
