WNBA Tips Off Friday Night

The 2018 WNBA season tips off tonight with four North Carolina Tar Heels listed on opening-day rosters around the league. Jessica Breland, Camille Little, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt and LaToya (Pringle) Sanders will represent the Tar Heels on the opening weekend of the season.

In fact, Little's Phoenix Mercury take on Dallas tonight on NBA TV in the first game of the season at 10 p.m. ET.

Breland and her new club, the Atlanta Dream, begin the season on Sunday against Dallas at 3 p.m. ET and will be streamed on Twitter.

Sanders and Ruffin-Pratt's Washington Mystics squad host Indiana on Sunday at 1 p.m. on NBA TV.

Jessica Breland
Atlanta Dream
F

First season in Atlanta and seventh overall in the WNBA • Spent the last four years playing with the Chicago Sky • Started 33 of 34 games in 2017 with the Sky, averaging 9.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. In 176 career games in the league, Breland owns career averages of 7.0 points and 5.2 boards a game.

Camille Little
Phoenix Mercury
F

Member of the 2010 WNBA Champion Seattle Storm • Ranks 30th on the WNBA's all-time rebounds list with 1,673 career boards • One-of-five active players in the WNBA with 1,500 career rebounds and 150+ made three-pointers (Diana Taurasi, Monique Currie, Candace Parker and Lindsay Whalen) • Second season in Phoenix and 12th overall for the veteran forward • Started all 34 games in Phoenix during the 2017 campaign and has appeared in all 34 games in seven of her 11 WNBA seasons (missed five games in entire career) • Averaging 7.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 2017 • Little has guided her team to the playoffs eight times • She has played in 369 career games with five different teams and has averaged 9.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt
Washington Mystics
G

Started all 34 games for the first time in her career in 2017 • Averaged 24.3 minutes per game and 7.3 points per game • Ranked fourth on the team with 6.3 rebounds per game • Scored a team-high 17 points in a preseason win over Minnesota on May 6, 2018 • Now in her sixth season in Washington, Ruffin-Pratt owns career averages of 6.2 points and 3.7 boards in 166 games.

LaToya (Pringle) Sanders
Washington Mystics
F/C

Sanders returns for her sixth season in the WNBA and third overall with Washington • She has played in 93 career games, averaging 4.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game • Sanders has also spent significant time playing on the Turkish National Team and as a member of the Turkish team TED Keyseri.

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