Rebecca Allen and Michaela Onyenwere moved from the New York Liberty to the Chicago Sky and returned to Barclays Center as opponents. Onyenwere won Rookie of the Year during the Liberty's inaugural Brooklyn season in 2021, and Allen represented the franchise across Manhattan, Westchester and Brooklyn eras. Onyenwere shot 6-of-9 as one of four efficient Chicago starters, while Allen contributed late-game hounding defense. The Sky defeated the Liberty 91-85. Onyenwere praised the Liberty ownership for recruiting talent and investing in facilities and players, crediting that investment with producing a championship.
BROOKLYN- The basketball goddesses decreed that New York Liberty veterans Rebecca Allen and Michaela Onyenwere were destined to make a hardwood difference. They simply never specified where. Allen and Onyenwere, now members of the Chicago Sky, are fleeting memories of the start of the Liberty's Brooklyn era, stationed for the start of what became a lasting relationship between the ballclub and the borough.
"Coming here and being drafted here, it's something that always is touched in my heart, and obviously having the memories, experiences I had here as well, is something I'll never forget," Onyenwere said. "They did a really great job of recruiting great talent to come here, and really invested in the facilities, the players. You really love to see organizations do that."
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