Two Atlanta Dream teammates, Jordin Canada and Allisha Gray, made a bet on which of their former teams would win the women’s basketball NCAA title in April.
Canada played for UCLA for all four seasons of her career from 2014-18. Cori Close, who led UCLA to the NCAA title this season, took over as head coach in 2011, so Canada has close ties to the championship coach.
Meanwhile, Gray played the third and final season of her collegiate career at South Carolina. She played under current head coach Dawn Staley during the 2016-17 season.
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As a Bruin and a Gamecock, Canada and Gray went head-to-head once on Dec. 18, 2016. Then-No. 6 South Carolina ultimately defeated then-No. 9 UCLA 66-57, and Canada fouled out of the game. Before fouling out, Canada, who was UCLA’s leading scorer that season, scored a team-leading 15 points. Gray scored 11 points and grabbed three rebounds in 23 minutes for the Gamecocks.
Now, Canada and Gray are teammates on the Dream and former top-five WNBA Draft picks.
The pair made a bet that whoever’s former team lost in the NCAA championship had to wear gear representing the winner’s former team. The Bruins won the NCAA title, which meant Gray had to wear UCLA merch to the Dream’s season opener on May 9.
“Gamecocks lost in the national championship, so I gotta wear this mess,” Gray said to the Dream’s social media team as she entered the stadium for the game.
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