16 THE FREEPORT NEWS Friday, August 24, 2018 SPORTS CONNECTICUT’S JONQUEL JONES Named 2018 WNBA Sixth Woman of The Year onnecticut Sun for- on ESPN2. ward Jonquel Jones Jones averaged 11.8 points, yesterday was 5.5 rebounds, a career-high named the 2018 1.7 assists and 1.24 blocked WNBAC Sixth Woman of the shots per game this season. She Year, earning the honor as the tied for ninth in the WNBA in league’s top reserve for the first blocks and ranked fifth in field time in her three-year career. goal percentage (55.0) and sec- Jones, who was voted last sea- ond in three-point son as the 2017 WNBA Most percentage (46.7). With 50 Improved Player, becomes the three-pointers made, she sur- first player to win both the passed her total from the pre- Sixth Woman and Most Im- vious two seasons combined proved awards. (36). Jones received 20 votes from During the Sun’s 9-1 finish a national panel of 38 sports- to the season, Jones averaged writers and broadcasters who 18.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. selected the Sixth Woman of That stretch included four the Year. forward games of 20 or more points for Cheyenne Parker finished sec- the 24-year-old Jones. ond with eight votes and Atlan- Jones was selected by the ta Dream guard Brittney Sykes Los ngeles Sparks with the was third with three votes. sixth overall pick in the 2016 To be eligible for the award, WNBA Draft before Connecti- players had to have come off cut acquired her draft rights in the bench in more games than a trade that night. Last season, they started. Jones came off the she was selected to her first All- bench in 18 of her 34 games Star Game, earned All-WNBA this season. Second Team honors and won A 6-6 forward from The Ba- the WNBA rebounding title. hamas, Jones helped the Sun In honor of being named the post a 21-13 record in the reg- WNBA Sixth Woman of the ular season, including nine Year, Jones will receive $5,000 victories in its final 10 games. and a specially designed trophy As the No. 4 seed in the 2018 by Tiffany & Co. WNBA Playoffs, Connecti- Below are the voting results cut will host the fifth-seeded for the 2018 WNBA Sixth in a sec- Woman of the Year and a list of ond-round, single-elimination past recipients. 2018 WNBA SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS

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JONQUEL JONES Saluting ‘best’ of sports icons always a delicate undertaking •First Published on February 7, 2014

Clifford Rahming, the vice president of the Bahamas Bas- ketball Federation (BBF), has Sports been placed in the position of being the chief organizer of the proposed celebration of the ‘40 greatest’ event later this year. The decision by BBF President Scope Charles ‘Softly’ Robins is in keeping with the all-inclusive By Fred Sturrup concept and the elimination of any inkling of conflict in the base, with others on board to a former star who I now have a general process of all that sur- help him duck the rocks which renewed friendship with, Basil ALL-TIME WNBA SIXTH rounds the ‘40 greatest’ affair. are sure to be thrown. Following ‘The Kid’ Sands, was livid be- Rahming points out: “I will are my top three teams, which cause he was not selected by me WOMAN OF THE YEAR WINNERS have the detractors. There will I am sure, will heighten the de- for any of the three teams. be those who you just can’t bate all over again: I also have to live with the fact please. Well, you can’t please that I left out of my all-time se- everybody every time in any First team all-time lections two others in particular, event. What I am about howev- Fred ‘Papa’ Smith (point); who, were in the starting class of er, is getting a nucleus of knowl- Tyrone ‘Acre’ Strachan (two 1962 at St. Augustine’s College, edge, past and present, to deal guard); Charles ‘Cow Wheeler’ with ‘Papa’ and I. I refer to Peter with all of the categories that Thompson (power forward); Brown and Jayson ‘Pegs’ Mox- will be a part of our ‘40 greatest’ Rick Fox (small forward); My- ey. Brown was steady like a rock celebration and we’re going to chal ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson at the point on some of the great have fun doing it.” (). Cougars’ teams. There also, was He has the right mindset. This Moxey, who must have been un- initiative of the BBF follows Second team all-time derstudied by James Worthy. five years after I collaborated Sharon ‘The General’ Storr Just how Worthy would fly in with one of the country’s all- (point); Cecil Rose (two guard); from the wing or be the closer time outstanding Dexter Cambridge (power for- on the fast break with ‘Mag- players, Ray McKenzie, to pres- ward); Ian Lockhart (small for- ic’ Johnson and company, that ent his 50 best and my top three ward); Sterling ‘Robert Lloyd’ was Moxey taking passes from all-time teams. Let me quote Quant (center). ‘Papa’ or Peter, a decade earli- my position expressed back in er. They were “show time” be- April of 2009 when I produced Third team all-time fore the Lakers’ popularized the the ‘All-Time Greatest in Local Osborne ‘Goose’ Lockhart phrase. I certainly wish my two Basketball/Top Teams’ feature: (point); Godfrey ‘Pro’ Pinder SAC colleagues better luck this “I expect to hear from many (two guard); Elisha McSweeney time around. on my picks. I’m also person- (power forward); Bennet Davis So, indeed, unfortunately ally troubled that I had to leave (small forward); Peter Gilcud some will be left out. This is some really good players out (center). what Rahming and those he sur- of my top 15, including a few I selected Gladstone ‘Moon II’ rounds himself with, face on the very good friends of mine, but McPhee as the First Team coach. road to a bit of celebration im- that’s how it is with making se- Kevin Johnson and Steve ‘Bul- mortality for basketball in this lections of this sort. At the very la’ Pinder, I selected as the other country. least, McKenzie’s top 50 and coaches, and Vince Ferguson as Tomorrow, in this space, to my choices for the three all-time the all-time team manager. fuel further debate, I will high- teams will make for lively dis- Yes, I got my share of criticism. light Ray McKenzie’s 50. cussions.” McPhee, who is also a persistent Rahming is in a similar situ- telephone communicator, called •To respond to this column, ation today. He proposes how- me shortly after publication of kindly contact Fred Sturrup at ever to have a broader selection the special feature to tell me that [email protected].