The Washington Mystics’ second-year forward Aaliyah Edwards rattled the women’s hoops world back in February by coming within a handful of points of claiming Unrivaled’s inaugural one-on-one title.
The startup league hosts a midseason one-on-one tournament, where Edwards, who was mostly a defense-minded role player as a rookie last year in the WNBA, debuted a never-before-seen offensive bag.
After skunking Breanna Stewart 12-0 in the opening round, Edwards embarked on a Cinderella run to the tournament finals, where she fell to reigning Defensive Player of the Year Napheesa Collier.
Nobody saw Edwards’ vault to near-glory coming.