Kent Youngblood

3 days ago | bismarcktribune.com | Kent Youngblood

Her season in Europe over, Karlie Samuelson was making her way from Madrid to North Carolina last Monday. She had just finished playing — along with Lynx starter Bridget Carleton — in the EuroBasketball Final Six for CBK Mersin, which won the tournament. It was a long flight on which, unfortunately, the Wi-Fi didn’t work. So she didn’t know she’d just been traded to the Lynx. “It was probably the first time the Wi-Fi on the plane didn’t work, which is funny,” Samuelson said via Zoom on Thursday.

3 days ago | startribune.com | Kent Youngblood

The Gophers women's basketball team added another player via the NCAA's transfer portal in forward Tracey Bershers, who comes to Minnesota from Alabama-Birmingham. The 6-2 Bershers, from Fort Smith, Ark., has a year of eligibility remaining. She is the older sister of Zoey Bershers, a 6-3 center who will be a freshman for the Gophers this fall. Tracey Bershers played two seasons at UAB with their older sister, Sara.

3 days ago | startribune.com | Kent Youngblood

By Kent Youngblood A while back Lynx president of basketball operations and head coach Cheryl Reeve said forward Jessica Shepard was interested in returning to the WNBA. The Lynx announced the 6-4 Shepard has re-signed with the team after taking last season off while fulfilling contract commitments with her club in Italy. Last winter, Shepard earned Eurobasket.com's Greek A1 League player of the year honors after helping Athinaikos Qualco reach the A1 finals for the first time in eight seasons.

6 days ago | big10central.com | Kent Youngblood

The Gophers women’s basketball team has added a veteran guard to their roster via the transfer portal. Brylee Glenn, a 5-11 graduate student guard from Kansas State, has chosen the Gophers for her final year of eligibility, sources confirmed. The Kansas City native is coming off a redshirt year, so she has not played since the 2023-24 season. Glenn started 93 of 102 games in her first three seasons with the Wildcats, averaging 7.6 points and 1.4 steals.

6 days ago | startribune.com | Kent Youngblood

The Gophers women's basketball team has added a veteran guard to their roster via the transfer portal. Brylee Glenn, a 5-11 graduate student guard from Kansas State, has chosen the Gophers for her final year of eligibility, sources confirmed. The Kansas City native is coming off a redshirt year, so she has not played since the 2023-24 season. Glenn started 93 of 102 games in her first three seasons with the Wildcats, averaging 7.6 points and 1.4 steals.