{"id":36417,"date":"2021-01-21T10:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=36417"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:53:24","slug":"british-womens-basketball-top-three-wnba-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/01\/21\/british-womens-basketball-top-three-wnba-players\/","title":{"rendered":"British Women\u2019s Basketball: Top Three WNBA Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British women\u2019s basketball team hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and almost qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. They did not win a game in the 2012 Summer Olympics but have steadily improved into one of the top European basketball nations in the world. Throughout the WNBA, they had three players represented in the WNBA, including two in the last few years.<\/p>\n

The Top Three WNBA Players for British Women\u2019s Basketball<\/h2>\n
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    Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (2020-Present)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mikiah Herbert Harrigan<\/a><\/strong> was born in the Island Harbour, Anguilla. She was selected sixth overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2020 WNBA Draft. In the 2020 WNBA season, she averaged 3.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. She also had a 42.4 three-point shooting percentage. According to Chaunte’l Powell of Sports Illustrated<\/a>, pundits questioned the Lynx\u2019s decision to draft Powell high in the draft. However, Lynx management was impressed with Harrigan according to Lynx player Sylvia Fowles<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou definitely want somebody alongside of you playing at the four who can do as much as they can to try to make your job easier [but] that\u2019s not why we were looking at her,\u201d she said. \u201cI think just her aggressiveness and what she brings to the table I think was our main goal of her being picked at six.\u201d<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/twitter.com\/DBWilson2\/status\/1251298591907491842<\/p>\n

    While Harrigan will need to play more seasons to contend with the top two WNBA players, she will get the chance to move up the ladder in British women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n

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      Temi Fagbenle (2017-19, 2021-Present)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Temi Fagbenle<\/strong><\/a> is a British-Nigerian, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but grew up in England according to the WNBA<\/a>. She was selected 35th<\/sup> in the 2016 WNBA Draft by the Lynx. In the 2017 WNBA season, she averaged 1.2 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

      Fagbenle won the 2017 WNBA championship with Minnesota. She would improve on these stats in 2018 and have a career-year in 2019. In that year, she averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds. She also had a 51.9 field goal percentage in 2019. This is what Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said of Fagbenle according to Huw Hopkins of Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      “We’re excited about Temi, I think she’s someone that can help our team, and she’s maturing, she’s so coachable – anything you tell her she does.”<\/p>\n