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Oregon Star Sabrina Ionescu Puts WNBA on Hold, Returns to Ducks for Senior Season

Oregon junior guard Sabrina Ionescu has chosen to return for her senior season rather than enter the 2019 WNBA draft, she announced on Saturday.

Ionescu was projected as potentially the No. 1 pick in the draft had she declared. She had 24 hours after the Ducks' 72–67 loss to Baylor in the Final Four on Friday night to decide if she would enter the draft or return to school.

She announced her decision in a piece for The Player's Tribune.

"I came back to the University of Oregon as a junior in 2018-2019.