(Sports Spectrum) The New York Liberty WNBA team may have found their star of the future in Oregon point guard Sabrina Ionescu.
As was widely anticipated, the Liberty drafted Ionescu No. 1 overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft held virtually on Friday due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her new Liberty jersey sold out within an hour of her being drafted No. 1.
She was raised in a Christian home by Romanian parents who would pray with her every night before bed. That practice is something Ionescu carried on with her teammates at Oregon.
“We pray as a team before every game,” she told Sports Spectrum, adding, “I love my teammates, love my coaches. I do everything for them and try to have Christ live through me.”