The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame had a huge Minnesota feel to it with the induction of Maya Moore and Seimone Augustus getting enshrined on Saturday night. Moore and Augustus helped the Minnesota Lynx win four WNBA championships and the U.S. to Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 16. Augustus was also part of the 2008 Olympic team that won gold.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Maya Moore and Seimone Augustus gave the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony a huge Minnesota feel.“I’m hard pressed to think of another dynasty that had a better combination of talent, character, and visible chemistry on the court and the league’s teams that I played for,” Moore said Saturday night.
Other inductees included former players Taj McWilliams-Franklin, who played her final two years with the Lynx, and Rita Gail Easterling; former official Violet Palmer, the first woman to referee an NBA game; and coaches Sue Phillips and Roonie Scovel. She went 150-4 in her career at UConn. The two-time AP Player of the Year and four-time All-American was a key part of the Huskies’ 90-game winning streak that was the longest ever until the school had a 111-game run a few years later.
Easterling played for Mississippi College from 1973-77, helping the team make the 1974 AIAW national championship game. She had a short career as well in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, a precursor to the WNBA.
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