Notre Dame Ring of Honoree Kayla McBride has historic day for Minnesota Lynx
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The 2026 WNBA season continues to be a standout one for Notre Dame women's basketball alumnae, as Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride set a new league record Sunday, Aug. 9 for single-game 3-pointers with 10 in a 103-90 win against the Dallas Wings. The victory also helped the 27-7 Lynx become the first WNBA team to clinch a playoff spot this season.
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McBride's barrage from beyond the arc moved her atop the leaderboard beyond a trio of fellow former Irish standouts in Toronto Tempo guard Marina Mabrey, Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale and Las Vegas Aces guard Jewell Loyd — as well as Aces guard Chelsea Gray, Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell — who are all tied for the previous record of nine 3-pointers in a game.
Mabrey joined that club earlier this season during her WNBA record-tying 53-point game in June.
McBride's electric performance also gave her a new career high with 43 points, which places her tied with five others for 18th all-time for single-game scoring performances. McBride's previous season high in scoring was 37 points against the Phoenix Mercury in July, and her best 3-point scoring outburst this season was six, which happened in that same game against Phoenix then against the Seattle Storm just a week later.
McBride, who was the No. 3 overall pick out of Notre Dame in the 2014 WNBA Draft, is a five-time WNBA All-Star in 12 professional seasons. This year, she's averaging 17.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game on 40.5% shooting from 3-point land.
At Notre Dame, McBride was a First Team All-Conference selection in 2013 and 2014, was a Third Team AP All-American in 2013 and a First Team AP All-American in 2014. The Irish made it to the NCAA Tournament National Championship game three out of McBride's four seasons with the program, losing in all three tries. In 2013, Notre Dame fell to eventual National Champion UConn in the Final Four.
McBride, who has the 10th most points in program history with 1,876, was inducted into Notre Dame's Ring of Honor at Purcell Pavilion in 2017.
Kyle Smedley is a sports reporter at the South Bend Tribune. Contact him via email at [email protected] or follow him on X @KyleMSmedley.
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