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Before a game, Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike jogs with a basketball in her right hand and a slight smile on her face.

How Nneka Ogwumike has continued her impressive form in her 14th season — and rewritten the record books

By Bella Munson / July 5, 2025

Most recently, Ogwumike moved into seventh in WNBA history in career points

Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard has her head up as she dribbles the ball with her right hand.

Rhyne Howard’s game has grown — and so has her impact for the Atlanta Dream

By Wilton Jackson / June 22, 2025

Howard: ‘I want to be on an All-WNBA team and WNBA All-Defensive team’

Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes extends her left arm in front of her to shoot an underhanded layup. New York Liberty center Jonquel Jones is a step behind her and tries to contest it.

Brittney Sykes reached 3,000 career points on Friday. What’s made her elite as a scorer this season?

By Jenn Hatfield / May 31, 2025

Sykes ranks fourth in the WNBA in scoring as the top option on a young Washington Mystics team

Harvard guard Harmoni Turner clenches her fists and yells while looking off to her right.

In perfect Harmoni: Turner’s 44 points help Harvard upset Princeton in Ivy League Tournament semifinals

By Jenn Hatfield / March 15, 2025

Turner and No. 3 seed Harvard will face No. 1 seed Columbia in Saturday’s championship game

Drexel's Amaris Baker splits a pair of Towson defenders and dribbles inside the arc.

‘She’s relentless’: How Drexel’s Amaris Baker became the CAA’s leading scorer

By Rob Knox / February 3, 2025

Baker: ‘You just read the defense. You never want to fight it’

Close-up photos of UCLA's Kiki Rice and Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson are shown side-by-side. Both players are shown at about a 45-degree angle, so they appear to be somewhat facing each other. The text "Future top 5 draft picks" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked On Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Why Kiki Rice and Ta’Niya Latson have been two of the nation’s best guards

By The Next / January 4, 2025

Lincoln Shafer: ‘It’s just been really encouraging and heartening to kind of see [Latson] put it together’

Columbia guard Kitty Henderson extends her right arm to lay the ball up underhanded. She has gotten by the Duke defense and is uncontested.

‘She’s the example’: How Columbia senior Kitty Henderson has stepped up as a scorer

By Jenn Hatfield / December 2, 2024

Henderson and ‘mini Kitty,’ first-year Mia Broom, stood out in Lions’ loss at Duke

Columbia guard Riley Weiss shoots a right-handed jump shot. A Providence defender contests it tightly with her arms extended straight up.

When Columbia’s Riley Weiss focused less on outcomes, she found her blueprint for success

By Jenn Hatfield / November 27, 2024

Weiss: ‘How you move on to the next thing is what will keep your confidence higher’

Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins-Smith and several teammates walk off the court. Their backs are to the camera.

Skylar Diggins-Smith feels like she belongs in Seattle — and it’s showing on the court

By Bella Munson / September 1, 2024

Diggins-Smith: ‘I haven’t painted my masterpiece … but I definitely feel more settled in’

DeWanna Bonner shoots the basketball over a defender

Inside the remarkable longevity of DeWanna Bonner 

By Noa Dalzell / July 15, 2024

‘She could probably roll out the bed and drop 20’