WNBA All-Star Weekend: Sabrina Ionescu sets 3-Point Contest record; Aces win Skills Challenge in 2023

Sam Jarden

WNBA All-Star Weekend: Sabrina Ionescu sets 3-Point Contest record; Aces win Skills Challenge in 2023 image

The 2023 WNBA All-Star Weekend tipped off on Friday with the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest from Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas. 

Some of the league's brightest stars took the court to showcase their skills on the hardwood as well as their sharpshooting ability.

The hometown Team Aces (Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum) took the top prize in the Skills Challenge to begin the afternoon after posting times of 45.9 and 46.0 seconds. They took down Team Wings and Team Liberty to be crowned 2023 champions.

In the second competition of the day, Sabrina Ionescu lit up the 3-Point Contest with a stunning score of 37 points in the final round to take the title. That score, which included 14 straight made shots, is the highest in 3-Point Contest history — NBA or WNBA. 

The Sporting News was tracking all the results and highlights from the two events below. 

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WNBA Skills Challenge results, highlights

Field

Team Players
Las Vegas Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum
Atlanta Allisha Gray, Cheyenne Parker
New York Sabrina Ionescu, Courtney Vandersloot
Dallas Arike Ogunbowale, Satou Sabally

FIRST ROUND 

Ionescu and Vandersloot (47.8 seconds) def. A. Gray and Parker (58.7 seconds)

C. Gray and Plum (45.9 seconds) def. Ogunbowale and Sabally (52.6 seconds)

FINAL ROUND

C. Gray and Plum (46 seconds) def. Ionescu and Vandersloot (58 seconds)

WNBA 3-Point Contest results, highlights

Field

Player Team
DiJonai Carrington Connecticut Sun
Sabrina Ionescu New York Liberty
Kelsey Mitchell Indiana Fever
Arike Ogunbowale Dallas Wings
Sami Whitcomb Seattle Storm
Jackie Young Las Vegas Aces

FIRST ROUND 

(Top three scores advance to finals.)

Whitcomb: 28 points

Ionescu: 26 points

Ogunbowale: 21 points

Carrington: 18 points

Young: 15 points

Mitchell: 15 points

FINALS

Ionescu: 37 points

Whitcomb: 24 points

Ogunbowale: 11 points

WNBA All-Star schedule 2023

WNBA All-Star Weekend spans across two days, with the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest taking place on Friday, July 14 before the All-Star Game itself tips off on Saturday, July 15.

Date Time (ET) Program / Commentators Platform
Friday, July 14 4 p.m.

Kia WNBA Skills Challenge & WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest

Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe

ESPN
Saturday, July 15 8 p.m.

WNBA Hoop Stream presented by Google

Christine Williamson, Terrika Foster-Brasby, Sam Ravech

ESPN app, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
  8 p.m.

WNBA Countdown presented by Google

LaChina Robinson, Andraya Carter, Ros Gold-Onwude, Carolyn Peck

ABC
  8:30 p.m.

AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2023

Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe

ABC

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Sam Jarden joined Sporting News as an intern in 2020 and returned as a content producer in 2022. In between, he spent a year and a half at Turner Sports, managing the social media accounts for Bleacher Report, NBA on TNT, NBA TV and others. A proud UNC alumnus, he spends his free time following the Tar Heels, Buffalo Bills and Newcastle United FC, and has been known to occasionally hit the links.