This March’s Unmatched semifinals will probably be staged at Barclays Middle after a profitable street present in Philadelphia.
It doesn’t matter what occurs on the WNBA labor entrance, a Breanna Stewart-branded property is assured to take the ground at Barclays Middle this season.
Unmatched, the home three-on-three league co-founded by Stewart and Napheesa Collier, introduced on Friday that the semifinals will probably be staged in Brooklyn’s Barclays Middle on March 2. It’s going to mark the second time the Miami-based Unmatched takes its skills outdoors South Seashore, following a profitable foray in Philadelphia at Xfinity Cellular Area final month.
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Friday’s announcement additionally unveiled the Unmatched playoff schedule: the Brooklyn enterprise journey will probably be sandwiched between the primary spherical and championship matches at Sephora Area in Miami, set for Feb. 28 and March 4, respectively. Tickets for the semifinals went on sale on Friday, whereas first-round and championship tickets will probably be out there beginning on Monday.
As well as, Unmatched introduced that the winners‘ prize pool has been elevated to $600,000.
Brooklyn, in fact, is house to Stewart’s different skilled squad, the New York Liberty of the WNBA. Stewart, a Syracuse native, has spent the previous three seasons in New York and helped information the franchise to its first WNBA championship in 2024 with a five-game victory over Collier’s Minnesota Lynx.
Unmatched’s Progress and Surging Reputation
Along with Stewart, who reps Mist BC, Unmatched additionally options present Liberty guard Natasha Cloud of Phantom BC. Homegrown franchise face Sabrina Ionescu shouldn’t be partaking in on-floor actions this winter however has known as video games as a visitor analyst for TNT Sports activities alongside Ros Gold-Onwude, who has known as native Liberty video games for a number of seasons.
The Brooklyn occasion may also characteristic a pop-up activation fashioned along with founding companion Ally Monetary. A launch from Unmatched hints at interactive experiences and particular visitor appearances, which will probably be introduced at a later date.
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Additional Unmatched growth was probably inevitable after the profitable cease in Philadelphia: a crowd of 21,490 watched a pair of video games headlined by the involvement of Metropolis of Brotherly Love natives Cloud and Kahleah Copper earlier than Marina Mabrey stole the present with a record-breaking scoring output.
The primary skilled girls’s basketball showcase within the metropolis since 1998 set an attendance document for Xfinity Cellular Area. Philadelphia is scheduled to welcome a WNBA crew in time for the 2030 season.
Unmatched is at present engaged in its second annual one-on-one match down in Miami. Second spherical motion will get underway on Friday evening (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT/TruTV).
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