THEY TRADED UP TO PICK HER. REESE AND CARDOSO NOW ON THE SAME TEAM. AND THREE PLAYERS FROM MISSISSIPPI WERE DRAFTED TONIGHT AS WELL. REBELS STANDOUT GUARD MARQUESHA DAVIS PICKED 11TH OVERALL IN THE FIRST ROUND BY THE NEW YORK LIBERTY. AFTER GOING INTO OXFORD THE LIBERTY GO INTO STARKVILLE WITH THEIR SECOND ROUND PICK-SELECTING JESSIKA CARTER AT 23. AND THEE I LOVE HAS A PLAYER GOING TO THE W. TWO TIME SWAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR ANGEL JACKSON WAS SELECTED BY THE DEFENDING CHAMPION LAS VEGAS ACES WITH PICK 36. WE’RE BACK WITH SPORTS. OLE MISS BASEBALL CLINCHED ITS FIRST SERIES WIN OVER MISSISSIPPI S
Three Mississippi players drafted by WNBA Teams
Ole Miss guard Marquesha Davis, Mississippi State forward Jessika Carter and Jackson State center Angel Jackson were all drafted in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Updated: 1:34 AM CDT Apr 16, 2024
Monday night in New York was a special one for women’s basketball as the WNBA held it’s 2024 Draft. By the end of the night three players from Mississippi were drafted. Ole Miss guard Marquesha Davis was selected 11th overall in the first round by the New York Liberty. New York continued to mine the Magnolia State by drafting Mississippi State forward Jessika Carter 23rd overall in the second round. And on the final pick of the drafted Jackson State center Angel Jackson was selected by the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. Jackson is the second player in the last three seasons to become a WNBA Draft pick from JSU. Ameshya Williams was drafted 25th overall by the Indiana Fever in 2022.
Monday night in New York was a special one for women’s basketball as the WNBA held it’s 2024 Draft. By the end of the night three players from Mississippi were drafted. Ole Miss guard Marquesha Davis was selected 11th overall in the first round by the New York Liberty. New York continued to mine the Magnolia State by drafting Mississippi State forward Jessika Carter 23rd overall in the second round. And on the final pick of the drafted Jackson State center Angel Jackson was selected by the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. Jackson is the second player in the last three seasons to become a WNBA Draft pick from JSU. Ameshya Williams was drafted 25th overall by the Indiana Fever in 2022.
