Liberty star Betnijah Laney-Hamilton is about to make her Unmatched debut Tuesday evening and anticipated to sq. up in opposition to a well-known face.
Laney-Hamilton signed a reduction participant contract this week with the Laces, who’ve been tormented by accidents. She’ll swimsuit up Tuesday evening when the Laces play Sabrina Ionescu’s Phantom at 8:45 p.m. on TNT.
Laney-Hamilton will stay within the league’s reserve participant pool for the rest of the season, which means she could possibly be referred to as to play for different groups when rostered gamers aren’t obtainable.
The Laces, coached by new Liberty assistant coach Andrew Wade, are one of many groups which were particularly hit exhausting by accidents.
Alyssa Thomas and Jackie Younger have each suffered knee accidents this season. Thomas has been out since Jan. 24, however Younger lately returned to the workforce and performed within the Laces final two video games, however is questionable for Tuesday’s recreation with a lower-body harm.
Tiffany Hayes and Kate Martin additionally received’t play Tuesday.
Hayes stays in concussion protocol, and Martin is listed on the workforce’s availability report as “out” with a left leg harm.
In the meantime, Kayla McBride is questionable with a left leg harm.
With not less than three of the 5 gamers unavailable for Tuesday’s recreation, Laney-Hamilton obtained the call-up. She’ll be joined by Natisha Hiedeman and probably Kiki Jefferson, who’re each in Unmatched’s reduction participant pool.
Laney-Hamilton, 30, is coming off her ninth WNBA season and fourth with the Liberty. She helped New York seize its first skilled basketball title in additional than 50 years, averaging 11.8 factors, 4.2 rebounds and three.3 assists in 28 video games.
