According to a report by Mike White of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Megan McConnell has signed a WNBA contract.
McConnell has signed with the Phoenix Mercury, according to White.
“Another chapter to the McConnell family story,” White wrote on Twitter. “It just keeps going. Last night, T.J. McConnell and the Indiana Pacers earned a spot in the NBA Finals. This morning, T.J.’s sister, Megan, signed with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.”
Check out White’s report here.
McConnell, who went undrafted in the recent WNBA Draft, earned a training camp invitation to the Phoenix Mercury organization in the WNBA shortly after the draft concluded. She then competed with the Mercury in the WNBA Preseason. Weeks ago, she hit a huge shot late in a preseason game with the Mercury.
Trailing 77-72 with 1:10 remaining, McConnell’s teammate Temira Poindexter grabbed an offensive rebound off of a missed free throw. Then, she found McConnell on the right wing, wide open for a three. McConnell drained the shot, cutting the deficit to two points with one minute to play. Watch the play here.
McConnell’s team went on to lose the matchup and fell to 0-2 in preseason action. McConnell finished the game with 10:28 of playing time, going 1 for 3 from the field and 1 for 2 from three-point range. She finished with three points, one assist, and one turnover in the game.
“Honestly, I couldn’t believe it when I got that call from my agent,” McConnell said in a press release from Duquesne. “He said that Phoenix was excited about me and that they wanted to offer me to a training camp, and I accepted it. And I just couldn’t be happier. I just can’t wait to go there and prove myself that I belong there. To be here at the Cooper Fieldhouse with my coaches and my teammates, I wouldn’t want it any other way, and that’s why I asked them to be by my side tonight. They’ve been there for me through the good and the bad, and just to have that support means the world to me.”
