The Wings and Mystics walked into College Park Center eager to snap out of their four-game losing streaks. Both teams, having traded away key players to build for the future, faced off in a matchup filled with quite a lot of intrigue among the fans. And of course, there was a Rookie of the Year discourse to be had as well—Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen going up against Paige Bueckers. But in the end, it was the Mystics’ rookie duo who stepped up and proved they’re the real deal. And Coach Koclanes was sympathetic towards his talisman after the game.
Paige finished the game with 17 points, but that wasn’t enough to help the Wings win. In the post-game conference, Chris Koclanes said, “I think they were aggressive with her at the point of attack, you know? So, they’re going to challenge other people to beat you, right? When you can bring two people to her, it’s—let’s get her off the ball and make other people have to beat you. Then you can put her off the ball and try to get her on the move. Citron’s top blocking and just being really physical makes it really hard for her to get touches… But credit to Paige that she is just going to continue to fight, continue to keep moving, and do whatever she has to do to help the team win, even if it’s not getting as many shots as we’d like her to get.“
(This is developing news….)
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