Canada's Bridget Carleton, pictured in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, averaged a career-high 29.9 minutes per game for the Lynx this season, scoring 9.6 points per game. 'I'm really proud of how far I've come as a professional,’ says the Chatham-Kent, Ont., resident.
This past summer, a WNBA fan stopped Bridget Carleton on the street in Minnesota to reveal a tattoo of the Canadian player's name and jersey number on their arm. It was another example of the league's growing popularity in its most successful season ever.Canada's Bridget Carleton, pictured in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, averaged a career-high 29.9 minutes per game for the Lynx this season, scoring 9.6 points per game.
"We try to show our personalities, be more than just the athletes we are. I think that's what's special about it and they get to know us."It started with a hotly anticipated draft where NCAA scoring sensation Caitlin Clark was selected first overall by the Indiana Fever. The Chicago Sky took rebounding wiz Angel Reese seventh overall in that same draft, which American sports broadcaster ESPN said averaged 2.
The excitement continued on the court as Las Vegas Aces centre A'ja Wilson set a new WNBA record with 26.9 points per game, Reese set the new rebounding mark with 13.1 per game, and Clark fed into a rivalry with Reese over rookie of the year honours with a league-best 8.4 assists per game. When Clark's Fever played Reese's Sky on June 23 it was the most-watched regular-season game in WNBA history, averaging 2.3 million viewers.Canada's Bridget Carleton sinks clutch free throws to secure Lynx's win over Liberty, force Game 5
Carleton averaged a career-high 29.9 minutes per game for Minnesota, scoring 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and a steal per game. She finished third in voting for the league's Most Improved Player Award, helping the Lynx reach the playoffs for a 15th time.
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