Erie's Kayla McBride joins Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, others on WNBA All-Star roster

This may be the richest pool of WNBA talent ever assembled.

That includes Erie native Kayla McBride.

McBride was named Tuesday to her fourth WNBA All-Star team and first with the Minnesota Lynx. She’ll join Indiana’s Caitlin Clark, Chicago’s Angel Reese and 10 others on Team WNBA, which will compete against the USA Basketball Women’s National Team at the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix.

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McBride’s All-Star selection, her first since 2019, comes amidst a season where the 2010 graduate of Villa Maria Academy has posted career highs in assists per game (3.7) and 3-point shooting percentage (43.3%). She’s the 13th player in Lynx history to earn All-Star status.

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McBride’s season averages, as of Wednesday, included 15.8 points per game and three rebounds per game, in addition to her career-high assists average. Her 3-point shooting percentage ranked seventh in the WNBA and her 58 made 3-pointers were one shy of the league lead.

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McBride scored a season-high 32 points in a June 9 victory over Seattle in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup. That came two days after she scored 25 points against Phoenix and nine days after she did the same at Los Angeles.

McBride poured in 16 points and a season-high eight assists June 11 against Las Vegas, completing a five-game stretch during which she averaged 22.2 points. The Notre Dame alumna ranks second on the Lynx in scoring behind fellow All-Star Napheesa Collier (20.6 points per game).

McBride will battle Olympic team July 20

McBride and Team WNBA are scheduled for an 8:30 p.m. tip-off July 20 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. They’ll battle Collier and Team USA, which will soon after depart for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Joining McBride on Team WNBA are Clark, Reese, Connecticut’s Dewanna Bonner and Brionna Jones; Indiana’s Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell; Atlanta’s Allisha Gray, Los Angeles’ Dearica Hamby, New York’s Jonquel Jones, Dallas’ Arike Ogunbowale and Seattle’s Nneka Ogwumike.

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Team USA includes Collier, Kahleah Copper (Phoenix), Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas), Brittney Griner (Phoenix), Sabrina Ionescu (New York), Jewell Lloyd (Seattle), Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas), Breanna Stewart (New York), Diana Taurasi (Pheonix), Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas) and Jackie Young (Las Vegas).

The 20th WNBA All-Star game will be televised on ABC.

Contact Jeff Uveino at juveino@gannett.com . Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, @realjuveino .

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