COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Five former Maryland women's basketball stars are playing for a WNBA Championship over the next two weeks. Alyssa Thomas ('14), Brionna Jones ('17) are playing with the Connecticut Sun. Kristi Toliver ('09), Tianna Hawkins ('13) and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough ('17) are playing with the Washington Mystics.
The teams will play a best of five series. The WNBA Finals schedule is below:
Sunday, Sept. 29 | Washington 95, Connecticut 86
Tuesday, Oct. 1 | Connecticut at Washington | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN
Sunday, Oct. 6 | Washington at Connecticut | 3:30 p.m. ET | ABC
Tuesday, Oct. 8 | Washington at Connecticut | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN2
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Thursday, Oct. 10 | Connecticut at Washington | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN2
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Washington entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed with a record of 26-8. Connecticut entered as the No. 2 overall seed with a record of 23-11.
These five Terrapin alums are all in the top 15 of Maryland's all-time scorers - 1. Alyssa Thomas (2,356) -
leads men and women; 4. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (2,156); 5. Kristi Toliver (2,078); 6. Brionna Jones (1,928) -
tied with Vicky Bullett; 13. Tianna Hawkins (1,595). Thomas (1,235), Jones (1,209) and Hawkins (1,086) are among Maryland's top five all-time rebounders. Walker-Kimbrough (45.9%) and Toliver (40.8%) own the top three-point FG percentages in program history.
Toliver and former Terrapin Crystal Langhorne have both won WNBA titles. Toliver won the 2016 WNBA championship with the Los Angeles Sparks and Langhorne was a part of last year's WNBA championship team with the Seattle Storm.
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