Sabrina Ionescu to miss first two weeks of WNBA season with injury
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Oregon women's basketball legend and New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu will miss the first two weeks of the season due to an injury, per several reports.
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Ionescu rolled her left ankle after attempting a reverse layup in the Liberty's preseason finale against the Connecticut Sun on May 3 and limped off the floor to the locker room afterward. Further examination, including an MRI, showed Ionescu avoided "significant injury," but that the star would be reevaluated in two weeks, per the New York Post.
That means Ionescu will miss both of the Liberty's road games against the WNBA expansion Portland Fire at the Moda Center May 12 and 14, New York's only trips to Oregon this season.
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Liberty coach Chris DeMarco said after the win that Ionescu had rolled her left ankle and will have an MRI on Monday. pic.twitter.com/N1gwOeNCFa
Oregon fans will still likely get to see Satou Sabally play, as the former second overall pick signed with New York this offseason to join Ionescu, Jonquel Jones and Breanna Stewart and pursue a WNBA championship.
While the Liberty don't return to Portland after May 12 and 14, they will visit the Seattle Storm June 25 and the Golden State Valkyries in San Francisco June 28.
The WNBA season begins this Friday, May 8.
Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football and women’s basketball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at [email protected].
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