@MizzouWBB’s Cunningham Selected to 2019 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships
4/1/2019 2:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball
All-Star event held at Minneapolis’ Target Center to air live on ESPN on April 4
CHICAGO – Mizzou Women's Basketball guard Sophie Cunningham has been selected to the Women's 3-Point Championship roster for the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Minneapolis' Target Center on Thursday, April 4, Intersport announced today. Cunningham is one of eight women's college basketball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN at 8 p.m. CT. She was invited to take part in the Women's 3-Point Championship after being recognized as one of the nation's finest shooters from 3-point territory.
At Mizzou, Cunningham led the Tigers to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances while becoming the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,187 career points. Cunningham was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2016, and earned All-SEC First Team honors in three consecutive seasons from 2017-19, becoming the first player in program history to earn three All-Conference First Team honors. In 2018-19, Cunningham was the only player in the nation to average 17.0 ppg, make 80 three-pointers, make 150 free throws and record 200 rebounds. The decorated Tiger is a finalist for the 2019 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award and the 2019 John R. Wooden Award.
Intersport, producers of the event, invites 24 of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships (eight dunkers, along with eight men's and eight women's shooters). The program showcases the dunking and sharp-shooting talents of the nation's top college basketball players during the Men's and Women's 3-Point Shooting Championships, the Reese's Puffs Battle of the Champions, the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championship and the Applebee's Team Shootout.
A complete roster of participants will be released at a later date.
Over the last 30 years, several of the top players in college basketball have competed in the College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships including: Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Kyle Korver, Bobby Hurley, Michael Finley, Allan Houston, Wesley Matthews, Yogi Ferrell, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Gearlds, Kristi Toliver, Tiffany Hayes and Ariel Atkins.
