JJ, Liberty Prepare For 2024 Season

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WNBA

Expectations loom large for Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty as the 2024 WNBA season gets underway.

We can yada yada over a forgettable first preseason game last night, but the Liberty are expected to once again contend for a return trip to the WNBA finals.

Entering her second season in New York, Jones said she and the other members of the roster are more comfortable in the system.

A productive training camp has set the tone for what is expected to be a deep postseason run.

In the first preseason game, Jones and the starters played sparingly in a 101-53 loss to the Chicago Sky. She finished with 5 points and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes. 

The Liberty will play the final preseason game tomorrow night against Jones’ former team, the Connecticut Sun.

New York will open the regular season Tuesday night on the road against the Washington Mystics.

Soccer

The Bahamas will once again have to work their way up the ladder in the CONCACAF Nation’s league.

The Bahamas was placed in League C, Group A, when the draw was released yesterday in Miami, Florida.

League C includes nine teams divided into three groups of three teams.

The Bahamas’ group also includes Barbados and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Group B includes Belize, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Anguilla, while Group C includes Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

Each team will play every team in its group twice during the FIFA match windows in September and October.

Group winners and the best second-place finisher overall will be promoted to League B.

The fourth edition of the CONCACAF Nations League will feature the 41 men’s senior national teams and will serve as the qualifiers for next summer’s 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

NCAA Baseball

Following a big week for his Memphis Tigers Daunte Stuart was recognized as the American Athletic Conference player of the week.

And what a week it was – Stuart hit .500 with 2 home runs, 4 RBI and scored 5 runs to lead the Tigers to a 3-1 record on the road.

Memphis is 21-27 on the season, 8-13 in the aac.

Stuart had hits in all four games, including two multi-hit games, highlited by a 3-5 performance with a home run in the  series-clinching win over the tulane green wave.

In his first season with the program, the senior infielder is leading the tigers in several offensive categories.

He’s started all 48 games leads the team with a .330 batting average 60 hits and 46 runs scored.