Napheesa Collier tops Aaliyah Edwards in Unrivaled 1-on-1 final - ESPN

MEDLEY, Fla. — Napheesa Collier of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx took home $200,000 on Friday after she beat Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards in the final of the Unrivaled 1-on-1 Tournament.

The winner's check was the largest one-day prize in women's basketball history, Unrivaled commissioner Micky Lawler said, a big payday that was among the goals of Collier and fellow WNBA star Breanna Stewart when they founded the 3-on-3 league.

Unrivaled gives WNBA players opportunities to compete in the United States and earn good salaries — an especially attractive option for players who for years suited up overseas in the offseason to supplement their income. Players earn an average salary of more than $220,000 during the eight-week season, which is close to the maximum base salary in the WNBA.

«My entire WNBA salary is what I just got in 30 minutes of playing one-on-one,» Collier said. «Which is insane to even say. And same for [playing] overseas. A lot of people, this is their full contract, so you're playing seven months for this kind of money.»

Collier, a No. 1 seed in the 30-player tournament, won the best-of-three series 2-1 over the eighth-seeded Edwards to become Unrivaled's first one-on-one champion.

Each game between the former UConn standouts was played to a winning score of 8, with Edwards coming from behind to take the opener and Collier winning the final two.

Collier's five Unrivaled teammates each received $10,000 from the tournament's $350,000 prize pool. Edwards got $50,000 for reaching the final.

Collier hopes women's basketball embraces the one-on-one format.

«You see guys or boys playing in the parks — like pickup or one-on-ones, and you don't see that on the women's side as much,» she said. «So that's