Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride named to All-Unrivaled first team

MEDLEY, Fla. — Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride were named First Team All-Unrivaled, while Rhyne Howard, Angel Reese and Skylar Diggins-Smith were named Second-Team All-Unrivaled on Thursday as the women’s basketball league approaches the final weekend of its inaugural season.

Collier – a league co-founder with Breanna Stewart of the Mist – led the No. 1 seed Lunar Owls to a 13-1 record during the regular season while leading the league in scoring at 25.7 points, 2.0 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.

Collier is also a favorite to win Unrivaled MVP, and a frontrunner for Unrivaled defensive player of the year. Both awards, along with the Unrivaled coach of the year award, will be announced later this week.

McBride was Unrivaled’s second-leading scorer at 22.2 points per game for the Laces, who finished a 7-7 record and the No. 3 seed in the postseason.

Gray led Unrivaled with six game-winning shots and 5.4 assists per game, while her 21.3 points was third in the league for the Rose.

Chelsea Gray brings up the ball against the Vinyl.

Gray and Reese were instrumental in the Rose’s five-game winning streak after a 1-4 start, securing the No. 2 seed in the Unrivaled playoffs with an 8-6 record.

Reese’s second-team honors comes as she was one of three players (along with Collier and Stewart) to average a double-double during the Unrivaled season.

Reese averaged 13.1 points, but led the league with 12.1 rebounds per game. She also produced the first 20-20 game in Unrivaled history, when she had 22 points and 21 rebounds against the Lunar Owls on Feb. 21.

Howard was fourth in Unrivaled scoring with 20.5 points per game, while being in the Top 5 in steals and blocks, helping the Vinyl secure the fourth and final playoff spot.

Diggins-Smith, also of the Lunar Owls, is second in Unrivaled with five-game winning shots, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while her 17.9 points ranked ninth in the league. Along with Collier and Allisha Gray, Diggins-Smith helped form arguably the best starting lineup in Unrivaled’s first season.

Four of the six Unrivaled teams were represented in the first- and second-team awards – the Mist and Phantom did not have a representative.

Unrivaled players, head coaches and assistant coaches, along with 19 media members submitted votes for All-Unrivaled teams. The voted were weighted: The players’ vote was 40%, coaches 35% and media 25%.

The Unrivaled two-day postseason begins Monday with two semifinal games: The Rose will face the Laces in the first game at 7:30 p.m., while the Lunar Owls will face the Vinyl in the second game. The semifinal winners will advance to the Unrivaled championship game Tuesday.

The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Unrivaled first-team and second-team honors: Here's who made the list

Topics

2025 NFL free agency: Cowboys reportedly make KaVontae Turpin league's highest-paid special teams player

Turpin was named first-team All-Pro after logging two returns for touchdowns in 2024.
Yahoo Sports - 2d
(Video): Struggling Chelsea star scores after mazy dribble to lift pressure on himself and the team

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall got a lot of abuse for his dreadful showing in the first leg of this Champions League tie against Copenhagen, and Chelsea’s poor performance in the first period here today ...
Yahoo Sports - 13h
Lynx's Napheesa Collier says WNBA players are prepared for possibility of lockout amid CBA negotiations

The players will opt out of the current CBA at the end of the 2025 season
CBS Sports - 1d
Republican Refers to Sarah McBride, Transgender Congress Member, as a Man

Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” and adjourned the session when challenged about it.
The New York Times - 1d
House Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride

Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, recognized McBride, D-Del., to speak and misgendered her in the process. McBride is the first openly trans member of Congress.
NBC News - 2d
All-Three Rivers Conference boys basketball team named

Mar. 13—Caledonia: Mason King, sr.; Garrett Konz, sr.; Reid Klug, sr.; Ethan Stendel, sr. Chatfield: Carson Harstad, so. Winona Cotter: Mateo Lopez-Amor, jr. Dover-Eyota: Mat Matejka, so. Fillmore ...
Yahoo Sports - 10h
Rashford returns as Tuchel names first England squad

Aston Villa forward Marcus Rashford named in Thomas Tuchel's first squad as England manager.
BBC News - 1h
“Then push” – Enzo Maresca claims poor first half vs Copenhagen was all part of the plan

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has claimed that the poor first half in last night’s game was just all part of the plan, as it was in the 1st leg.Chelsea beat Copenhagen 1-0 on Thursday night to advance ...
Yahoo Sports - 4h
Watkins, Bueckers, Hidalgo headline All-America team -- but who's player of the year?

Our experts name their women's college basketball player of the year, All-Americans and biggest surprise.
ESPN - 19h

Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray and Kayla McBride named to All-Unrivaled first team

Topics

Related

2025 NFL free agency: Cowboys reportedly make KaVontae Turpin league's highest-paid special teams player

(Video): Struggling Chelsea star scores after mazy dribble to lift pressure on himself and the team

Lynx's Napheesa Collier says WNBA players are prepared for possibility of lockout amid CBA negotiations

Republican Refers to Sarah McBride, Transgender Congress Member, as a Man

House Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride

All-Three Rivers Conference boys basketball team named

Rashford returns as Tuchel names first England squad

“Then push” – Enzo Maresca claims poor first half vs Copenhagen was all part of the plan

Watkins, Bueckers, Hidalgo headline All-America team -- but who's player of the year?

More from Yahoo Sports

Trafford called up by Three Lions

Facing Chelsea 'not an easy task' says Cushing

Six Nations permutations: How England could win title

Pick your England XI for World Cup qualifiers

Guerschon Yabusele on his journey: Three years after being drafted, I had no team

More in Sports

Trafford called up by Three Lions

Facing Chelsea 'not an easy task' says Cushing

Six Nations permutations: How England could win title

Pick your England XI for World Cup qualifiers

Men's pound-for-pound rankings: Where does Bivol land after win? How about 'Tank' Davis?