Aces Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum Headline WNBA Skills Challenge Saturday

July 8, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Las Vegas Aces News Release

CHICAGO - The WNBA announced today that Las Vegas Aces guards Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young are taking part in the WNBA Skills Challenge on Saturday as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022.

The WNBA Skills Challenge and the MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will air live on ESPN on Saturday, July 9 at 12 pm PT. Both events will take place inside McCormick Place in front of a special group of participants from the Nike Tournament of Champions and Nike Girls Nationals. The WNBA Skills Challenge and MTN DEW 3-Point Contest are closed to the public, but can be seen at a special viewing party hosted by DJ Shale outside McCormick Place within the grounds of WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank.

Plum and Young are being joined by New York's Sabrina Ionescu, Connecticut's Jonquel Jones, Chicago's Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens, Atlanta's Rhyne Howard, and Indiana's NaLyssa Smith.

The Skills Challenge includes eight teams, each consisting of one WNBA player and one athlete from the Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) participating in the 2022 Nike Nationals. The teams will compete head-to-head in an obstacle course relay competition that tests dribbling, passing, agility and shooting skills.

A three-round, bracket-style event, the Skills Challenge will feature two teams competing simultaneously on an identical course. The team that successfully completes the course first shall be deemed the winner of that matchup and advance to the next round of the competition. Following the first round, four teams will advance to the second round. The winners of the second round will advance to the championship round and compete for the title. In the event of a tie in any head-to-head competition, the tied teams shall repeat the course.

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