{"id":43654,"date":"2023-09-27T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/sabally-wins-wnbas-mip-award"},"modified":"2023-09-27T17:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:37:04","slug":"sabally-wins-wnbas-mip-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sabally-wins-wnbas-mip-award","title":{"rendered":"Sabally wins WNBA\u2019s MIP award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Satou Sabally of the Dallas Wings was named the WNBA\u2019s Most Improved Player on Thursday after averaging career bests with 18.6 points, 81. rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The fourth-year pro set a franchise record with seven consecutive double-doubles early in the season and finished with 14 double-doubles \u2014 fifth in the league \u2014 and her first career triple-double.<\/p>\n<p>Sabally and the Wings reached the playoffs for the third consecutive year and won a postseason series for the first time since moving to the Dallas area from Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the 2016 season. They swept Atlanta in a best-of-three and are set to play defending champion Las Vegas in the best-of-five semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>The second overall pick in the draft by Dallas in 2020 out of Oregon, Sabally averaged 11.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 11 games last season. She shot a career-high 43.5% from the field this season after shooting 39.8% a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old\u2019s 3-point percentage jumped to 36.1% from 23.3% last season.<\/p>\n<p>Sabally finished ninth in scoring, 10th in rebounding and fourth in steals (1.8 per game) and was an All-Star Game starter for the first time in her second appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Satou Sabally of the Dallas Wings was named the WNBA\u2019s Most Improved Player on Thursday after averaging career bests with 18.6 points, 81. rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. 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