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Bradley Central grad Rhyne Howard in Unrivaled title game

AP photo by Rebecca Blackwell / Vinyl wing Rhyne Howard, center, powers forward under pressure from Lunar Owls wing Allisha Gray, right, and guard Skylar Diggins-Smith in an Unrivaled semifinal Sunday in Medley, Fla.
AP photo by Rebecca Blackwell / Vinyl wing Rhyne Howard, center, powers forward under pressure from Lunar Owls wing Allisha Gray, right, and guard Skylar Diggins-Smith in an Unrivaled semifinal Sunday in Medley, Fla. AP photo by Rebecca Blackwell / Vinyl wing Rhyne Howard, center, powers forward under pressure from Lunar Owls wing Allisha Gray, right, and guard Skylar Diggins-Smith in an Unrivaled semifinal Sunday in Medley, Fla.

By ALANIS THAMES / The Associated Press 3 min read

MEDLEY, Fla. — Rhyne Howard scored 23 points, Jordin Canada added 21, and the fourth-seeded Vinyl beat the top-seeded Lunar Owls and Napheesa Collier, who was named Unrivaled’s MVP earlier Sunday, 73-70 in a semifinal for the inaugural postseason for the 3-on-3 women’s professional basketball league.

Dearica Hamby added 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Vinyl, and her layup over Collier sealed the Vinyl’s comeback victory in the semifinals. Chelsea Gray led the second-seeded Rose to a 63-57 win over the third-seeded Laces in their semifinal earlier Sunday.

The Rose and the Vinyl will meet Monday for Unrivaled’s championship crown, with each player from the winning club going home with $50,000. TNT will televise the 7:30 p.m. game, with truTV showing alternate DataCast coverage of the title matchup.

“We’ve kind of been counted out the entire season, considered ourselves underdogs,” said Hamby, who plays her 5-on-5 hoops for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks. “But that didn’t show in our locker room. We never stopped believing in ourselves.”

Howard, a former Chattanooga-area prep standout at Bradley Central, plays for the Atlanta Dream. She was the No. 1 pick of the 2022 WNBA draft and the league’s rookie of the year, as she is a two-time WNBA All-Star. Howard also has international experience in the 3-on-3 game, having helped the United States win bronze at last summer’s Paris Olympics.