Overseas Updates 2023

Welcome to the Chicago Sky’s 2022-23 off-season overseas page. All stats, player and team info is below.

REBEKAH GARDNER

TEAM: Spar CityLift Girona – Spain

Team Instagram: @unigirona

Position: G
Height: 6-1 ft
Birthdate: July 9, 1990
WNBA Experience: 1

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
OCT 5	Spanish League	Valencia	W	68-62	1-0	12	6	5	0	1	31
OCT 12	EuroLeague	Villenueve ESBVA-LM	L	57-69	2-1	15*	5	3	0	4*	31*
OCT 15	Spanish League	Ensino Lugo	W	75-54	2-0	10	1	1	0	2	23
OCT 19	EuroLeague	Villenueve ESBVA-LM	W	66-43	4-1	12	5	3	0	4*	28
OCT 22	Spanish League	Innova-TSN Leganés	W	100-70	3-0	14	6	2	0	2	21
OCT 29	Spanish League	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	W	65-49	4-0	20*	4	1	0	3*	25
NOV 2	EuroLeague	Schio	W	83-63	3-1	14*	4	1	0	2	28*
NOV 6	Spanish League	Casademont Zaragoza	L	60-61	4-1	12	5	1	0	1	28
NOV 10	EuroLeague	Kangoeros	L	67-77	3-2	4	8*	6*	1	2	29*
NOV 12	Spanish League	Spar Gran Canaria	W	75-71	5-1	20*	5	4*	1	2	33
NOV 15	EuroLeague	Sopron	W	63-60	4-2	14	5	1	0	1	28
NOV 18	Spanish League	Move Students	W	87-75	6-1	13	10*	1	0	1	26
DEC 1	Spanish League	Kutxabank Araski	L	62-64	6-2	22*	6	2	0	2	27*
DEC 4	Spanish League	Jairis	W	79-71	7-2	10	5	7*	0	0	27
DEC 8	EuroLeague	Miskolc	L	58-64	4-3	21*	7	5*	0	1	30
DEC 11	Spanish League	Avenida	W	76-72	8-2	14	1	2	1	2	26
DEC 14	EuroLeague	Mersin	L	50-64	4-4	7	3	2	1	1	26
DEC 18	Spanish League	IDK Eustotren	W	68-53	9-2	22*	11*	2	0	2	25*
DEC 21	EuroLeague	Avenida	W	74-48	5-4	19*	4	2	1	2	24
DEC 23	Spanish League	Cadi La Seu	W	67-57	10-2	16*	4	4*	0	3	34*
DEC 27	Spanish League	Bembibre	W	81-64	11-2	9	1	7*	2*	1	24
DEC 30	Spanish League	Tenerife	W	96-59	12-2	10	3	3	0	2	17
JAN 4	EuroLeague	Landes	W	65-54	6-4	15	4	4	0	1	30*
JAN 8	Spanish League	Estudiantes	W	72-62	13-2	14	5	1	1	1	28
JAN 12	EuroLeague	Schio	L	65-70	6-5	15*	2	0	0	3*	26
JAN 15	Spanish League	Barca CBS	W	65-58	14-2
JAN 18	EuroLeague	Kangoeroes	W	71-59	7-5
JAN 21	Spanish League	Gernika	W	75-53	15-2
JAN 25	EuroLeague	Sopron	L	60-62	7-6
JAN 28	Spanish League	Araski	W	76-57	16-2	5	2	3	1	0	18
JAN 31	EuroLeague	Miskolc	W	74-56	8-6	14	5	4	0	0	29
FEB 4	Spanish League	Zaragoza	W	72-69	17-2	15	3	0	1	1	32
FEB 16	Spanish League	Valencia	L	62-77	17-3	8	7	5*	0	2	33*
FEB 19	Spanish League	Gran Canaria	W	85-66	18-3	17*	6	3	0	1	30
FEB 22	EuroLeague	Mersin	L	73-75	8-7	24*	4	1	0	4*	36
FEB 25	Spanish League	Avenida	L	76-78	18-4	21*	3	0	0	3*	30
MAR 1	Spanish League	Avenida
MAR 5	Spanish League	Jairis
MAR 11	Spanish League	Ensino
MAR 19	Spanish League	Tenerife
MAR 26	Spanish League	IDK Eustotren
APR 5	Spanish League	Bembibre
APR 9	Spanish League	Leganes
APR 15	Spanish League	Cadi La Seu
	*Denotes team-high

HIGHLIGHTS:

DANA EVANS

TEAM: Besiktas – Turkey

Team Website

Team Instagram: @besiktaswbb

Position: G
Height: 5-6 ft
Birthdate: August 1, 1998
WNBA Experience: 2

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
OCT 9	Turkish League	Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol	L	69-71	0-1	28*	1	7	0	1	39
OCT 16	Turkish League	Nesibe Aydin	L	45-88	0-2	12	2	4*	0	0	35
OCT 22	Turkish League	Galatasaray	L	58-72	0-3	11	4	2	0	4*	38*
OCT 29	Turkish League	Çankaya Üniversitesi	L	66-82	0-4	23	3	1	0	0	38
NOV 5	Turkish League	Antalya 07 Basketbol	L	52-73	0-5	2	3	2	0	1	37
NOV 13	Turkish League	Hatay Büyüksehir	W	84-81	1-5	37*	2	3	0	4	45*
NOV 19	Turkish League	Rize Belediyesi	W	76-59	2-5	20*	6	10*	0	1	40*
NOV 30	Turkish League	OGM Ormanspor	L	79-87	2-6	33*	2	6*	0	1	40*
DEC 4	Turkish League	ÇBK Mersin Yensehir Belediyesi	L	87-92	2-7	41*	1	7	0	1	39
DEC 10	Turkish League	Fenerbahce	L	57-92	2-8	22*	7	5*	0	1	40*
DEC 18	Turkish League	Botas	W	79-68	3-8	25*	1	5	0	1	40*
DEC 24	Turkish League	Emlak Konut	W	77-56	4-8	23*	5	8*	0	1	39*
DEC 30	Turkish League	Bursa Uludag Basketbol	W	104-64	5-8	16	4	12*	0	3	29*
JAN 8	Turkish League	Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol	W	84-81	6-8	39	2	4	0	0	40*
JAN 15	Turkish League	Nesibe Aydin	W	65-60	7-8	29	1	8*	0	0	40*
JAN 21	Turkish League	Galatasaray	L	65-81	7-9	25*	3	7*	0	1	40*
JAN 29	Turkish League	Cankaya	L	66-73	7-10	14	1	7*	0	0	40
FEB 4	Turkish League	Antalya 07 Basketbol	W	76-66	8-10	28*	5	4	1	2	40*
FEB 16	Turkish League	Hatay Büyüksehir
MAR 6	Turkish League	Rize Belediyesi
MAR 9	Turkish League	Ormanspor
MAR 11	Turkish League	Mersin
	*Denotes team-high

RUTHY HEBARD

TEAM: Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd – Hungary

Team Website

Team Instagram: @kscszekszard

Position: F
Height: 6-4 ft
Birthdate: April 28, 1998
WNBA Experience: 3

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
SEPT 24	Hungary League	Ujbuda BEAC	L	66-71	0-1	15	11	0	0	0	23
SEPT 28	Hungary League	Cegledi	W	80-66	1-1	16	7	0	0	2	26
OCT 1	Hungary League	Vasas Csata	W	69-64	2-1	8	6	0	0	1	27
OCT 5	Hungary League	PINKK-Pecsi	W	91-51	3-1	10	8	1	0	0	21
OCT 8	Hungary League	BKG Prima	W	98-52	4-1	7	3	1	0	0	16
OCT 17	Hungary League	Miskolc	L	74-75	4-2	10	7	1	0	1	25
OCT 22	Hungary League	FCSM Csata	W	84-63	5-2	16	7	0	0	1	25
OCT 26	EuroLeague	USK Praha	L	71-82	0-1	11	12	1	1	0	30
OCT 29	Hungary League	PINKK-Pecsi	W	97-60	6-2	10	11	2	1	3	17
NOV 2	EuroLeague	Fenerbahce	W	103-101	1-1	11	12	1	1	0	44
NOV 5	Hungary League	TFSE-MTK	W	94-71	7-2	16	7	0	0	1	13
NOV 9	EuroLeague	Valencia	L	59-74	1-2	8	7	1	0	1	32
NOV 12	Hungary League	Sopron	W	70-68	8-2	12	6	0	1	1	31
NOV 15	EuroLeague	Olympiacos	W	78-69	2-2	15	8	0	0	1	29
NOV 30	Hungary League	Cegledi	W	91-58	9-2	19	7	3	0	1	28*
DEC 3	Hungary League	PEAC-Pecs	L	65-67	9-3	10	8	1	0	2	27
DEC 7	EuroLeague	Bourges	L	62-83	2-3	15	11*	1	1	0	36
DEC 10	Hungary League	Uni Gyor	L	64-78	9-4	15	8	2	0	0	32
DEC 14	EuroLeague	Bologna	W	73-64	2-4	19*	6*	0	2*	1	34
DEC 17	Hungary League	Ujbuda BEAC	W	92-63	10-4	9	2	1	0	2	17
DEC 21	EuroLeague	Polkowice	L	56-89	2-5	7	6*	1	3*	2	30
DEC 30	Hungary League	Vasas Csata	W	86-53	11-4	11	10*	0	0	1	24
JAN 4	EuroLeague	USK Praha	L	56-95	2-6	2	1	1	0	0	26
JAN 7	Hungary League	BKG Prima	W	92-65	12-4	22*	6	6	0	0	29
JAN 11	EuroLeague	Fenerbahce	L	71-91	2-7	6	10*	2	1	0	28
JAN 15	Hungary League	Miskolc	L	66-71	12-5	7	7*	0	0	2	25
JAN 18	EuroLeague	Valencia	L	54-75	2-8	14	13*	0	0	1	27
JAN 22	Hungary League	FCSM Csata	W	75-70	13-5	29*	6	0	0	1	29
JAN 25	EuroLeague	Olympiacos	L	68-87	2-9	16	7*	1	1	0	27
JAN 31	EuroLeague	Bourges	L	61-77	2-10	13	10*	0	0	2*	30
FEB 19	Hungary League	TFSE-MTK	L	75-81	13-6
FEB 22	EuroLeague	Bologna	L	59-89	2-11
FEB 26	Hungary League	Sopron	L	57-65	13-7
MAR 1	EuroLeague	Polkowice
MAR 4	Hungary League	PEAC-Pecs
MAR 18	Hungary League	Uni Gyor
	*Denotes team-high

ELIZABETH WILLAMS

TEAM: CBK Mersin — Turkey

Team Website

Team Instagram: @cukurovabasketbol

Position: F-C
Height: 6-3 ft
Birthdate: June 23, 1993
WNBA Experience: 8

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
FEB 3	Turkish League	Kayseri	W	70-56	16-2	12	6	1	0	4*	27
FEB 22	EuroLeague	Girona	W	75-73	9-4	12	4	0	1	0	32
MAR 1	EuroLeague	Kangoeroes
MAR 3	Turkish League	Nesibe
MAR 6	Turkish League	Galatasaray
MAR 9	Turkish League	Cankaya
MAR 11	Turkish League	Besiktas

MARINA MABREY

TEAM: Schio — Italy

Team Website

Team Instagram: @familabasketschio

Position: G
Height: 5-11 ft
Birthdate: September 14, 1996
WNBA Experience: 4

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
FEB 18	Italian League	Moncalieri	W	93-66	21-1
FEB 23	EuroLeague	Kangoeroes	W	74-73	9-4	19*	8*	1	0	2	29*
FEB 26	Italian League	Campobasso	W	65-62	22-1	32*	3	0	0	4	32
MAR 1	EuroLeague	Sopron
MAR 5	Italian League	Lucca
MAR 8	Italian League	Venezia
MAR 12	Italian League	Brescia
MAR 19	Italian League	Valdarno
MAR 26	Italian League	Sassari

ASTOU NDOUR-FALL

TEAM: Schio — Italy

Team Website

Team Instagram: @familabasketschio

Position: F-C
Height: 5-11 ft
Birthdate: August 22, 1994
WNBA Experience: 6

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
FEB 19	Italian League	Moncalieri	W	93-66	21-1	16	6	1	0	0	21
FEB 23	EuroLeague	Kangoeroes	W	74-73	9-4	9	5	1	0	0	19
FEB 26	Italian League	Campobasso	W	65-62	22-1	8	5	1	0	1	28
MAR 1	EuroLeague	Sopron
MAR 5	Italian League	Lucca
MAR 8	Italian League	Venezia
MAR 12	Italian League	Brescia
MAR 19	Italian League	Valdarno
MAR 26	Italian League	Sassari

ALANNA SMITH

TEAM: Gorzow Wlkp. — Poland

Team Website

Team Instagram: @azsajpgorzow

Position: F
Height: 6-4 ft
Birthdate: September 10, 1996
WNBA Experience: 3

DATE:	LEAGUE:	OPPONENT:	W/L:	SCORE:	RECORD:	PTS:	REBS:	AST:	BLKS:	STLS:	MINS:
FEB 20	Poland EBLK League	Torun	W	101-50	17-1	28*	10	2	4*	2	23
MAR 4	Poland EBLK League	Sosnowiec
MAR 8	Poland EBLK League	Poznan

EMMA MEESSEMAN

TEAM: Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu Istanbul – Turkey

See Kahleah Copper, Emma Meesseeman, and Julie Allemand as they compete in the FIBA World Cup in Sydney, Australia from September 22nd to October 1st, 2022

Kahleah Copper

TEAM USA

FIBA WEBSITE | Team Website

Position: G-F
Height: 6-1
Birthdate: August 28, 1994
WNBA Experience: 6

FIBA GAMES:	DATE:	SCORE:	W/L:	PTS:	REB:	AST:
USA vs. Belgium	Sept 21	87-72	W	11	5	1
USA vs. Puerto Rico	Sept 22	106-42	W	16	4	4
USA vs. China	Sept 23	77-63	W	6	4	2
USA vs. South Korea	Sept 25	145-69	W	11	5	1
USA. vs. Bosnia/Herzogovina	Sept 26	121-59	W	11	6	1
USA vs. Serbia	Sept 29	88-55	W	2	1	1

Player Update: Copper left the Quarter-Final game with 2:59 left in the second quarter with an apparent hip injury. She was then taken into the locker room and for evaluation and did not return to play, per USA Basketball. Heading into the Semi-Final game, Copper was ruled QUESTIONABLE before being upgraded to OUT, per USA Basketball.

Highlights:

Making her 2022 FIBA World Cup debut
Led the Chicago Sky in points per game (16.8 ppg) and steals per game (1.6 spg)
Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 21, 2022
2x WNBA All-Star
2021 WNBA Finals MVP
Started all 32 games for the Sky in 2021
Drafted No. 7 in 2016 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics
2021-22 Awarded the EuroLeague MVP and named to All-EuroLeague Women First Team after averaging 22.5 PPG and 6.1 RPG on CB Perfumerias Avenida in Spain
2019-20 earned FIBA’s Top Performer honors and was voted MVP when she dropped 33 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and grabbed four steals to kick start her team’s EuroCup campaign with InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow Wielkopolski in Poland
Re-signed with the Sky on a multi-year deal in January 2022

EMMA MEESSEEMAN

TEAM BELGIUM

FIBA WEBSITE | Team Website

Position: F
Height: 6-4 ft
Birthdate: May 13, 1993
WNBA Experience: 7

FIBA GAMES:	DATE:	SCORE:	W/L:	PTS:	REB:	AST:
Belgium vs. USA	Sept 21	72-87	L	4	4	4
Belgium vs. South Korea	Sept 22	84-61	W	9	10	7
Belgium vs. Puerto Rico	Sept 24	68-65	W	6	12	11
Belgium vs. Bosnia/Herzogovina	Sept 25	85-55	W	4	8	3

Highlights:

Making her second FIBA World Cup appearance (2018)
Led Belgium in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, averaging 26.8 points
Led the Chicago Sky in offensive rebounds per game (1.5 rpg)
2019 WNBA Champion
2021 WNBA Finals MVP
2x WNBA All-Star
2018 EuroLeague Final Four MVP
4x EuroLeague Champion
2x EuroLeague All First-Team
Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 13, 2016
Signed by the Sky in January 2022

JULIE ALLEMAND

TEAM BELGIUM

FIBA WEBSITE | Team Website

Position: G
Height: 5-8 ft
Birthdate: July 7, 1996
WNBA Experience: 1

FIBA GAMES:	DATE:	SCORE:	W/L:	PTS:	REB:	AST:
Belgium vs. USA	Sept 21	72-87	L	10	1	4
Belgium vs. South Korea	Sept 22	84-61	W	13	4	8
Belgium vs. Puerto Rico	Sept 24	68-65	W	9	5	6
Belgium vs. Bosnia/Herzogovina	Sept 25	85-55	W	7	1	9
Belgium vs. China	Sept 26	55-81	L	7	3	4
Belgium vs Australia	Sept 29	69-86	L	15	2	7

Highlights:

Making her second FIBA World Cup appearance (2018)
Appeared in her first WNBA Playoffs in 2022
Appeared in two FIBA Women’s EuroBasket (2019, 2021)
Appeared in three FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Qualifiers (2017, 2019, 2021)
Selected with the 33rd overall pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever
Became first player in WNBA history to be named to All-Rookie Team after being drafted in the third round
Started all 22 games her rookie season and became the first rookie in league history to average 8.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds
Acquired by the Sky in February 2022

LI YUERU

TEAM CHINA

FIBA WEBSITE | Team Website

Position: C
Height: 6’7
WNBA Experience: 1

FIBA GAMES:	DATE:	SCORE:	W/L:	PTS:	REB:	AST:
China vs. South Korea	Sept 22	107-44	W	9	7	3
China vs. Bosnia/Herzogovina	Sept 22	98-51	W	13	9	1
China vs. USA	Sept 23	63-77	L	4	6	0
China vs. Puerto Rico	Sept 26	95-60	W	16	8	2
China vs. Belgium	Sept 26	81-55	W	11	9	3
China vs. France	Sept 29	85-71	W	5	5	1
China vs. Australia	Sept 30	61-59	W	4	5	0

Highlights:

Making her second FIBA World Cup appearance (2018)
Made her WNBA debut in 2022 season with the Sky
Drafted in 2019 (Round 3, Overall Pick 35) by the Atlanta Dream
Won Bronze in 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Bangalore
Won Silver in 2019 FIBA Asia Cup in India
Won Silver in 2021 FIBA Asia Cup in Jordan
Finished 5^th with China in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, averaging 14.8 ppg and 8.3 rpg
Chicago Sky acquired rights from the Los Angeles Sparks in March 2022

Welcome to the Chicago Sky’s 2022-23 off-season overseas page. All stats, player and team info is below.

REBEKAH GARDNER

TEAM: Spar CityLift Girona – Spain

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Team Instagram: @unigirona

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TEAM: Besiktas – Turkey

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TEAM: Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd – Hungary

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TEAM: CBK Mersin — Turkey

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TEAM: Schio — Italy

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ASTOU NDOUR-FALL

TEAM: Schio — Italy

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