{"id":509045,"date":"2026-03-02T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/509045\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T07:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:49:09","slug":"indiana-fever-send-message-to-wnba-guard-after-championship-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/509045\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever Send Message to WNBA Guard After Championship News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Odyssey Sims was told, “This is your year,” a few days before the final stage of Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball, and the Indiana Fever<\/a> guard did exactly that by winning the crown in dominant fashion.<\/p>\n

The WNBA<\/a> star had finished in second place over the past two seasons, but on Sunday, she finally reached the top and was declared the 2026 champion<\/a> after garnering 6,764 leaderboard points. She led second-place finisher Aneesah Morrow by 1,420 points.<\/p>\n

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Rebekah Gardner placed third, while Tina Charles finished fourth.<\/p>\n

“I’m just happy,” Sims said while celebrating her win.<\/p>\n

“Like, I finally did it. This means more to me than anything else right now.”<\/p>\n

\"Indiana<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever guard Odyssey Sims orchestrates the offense during a gameLucas Peltier-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

The 2026 title reflects the brilliance and dedication Sims displayed throughout the competition and since its inauguration. She erased any possibility on the final week when she posted an AU career-high 44-point performance. She became the first player in AU Pro to surpass 30,000 career leaderboard points.<\/p>\n

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She is currently the tournament’s all-time leader in career leaderboard points, win points, stat points, and MVP points.<\/p>\n

The Fever, who acquired Sims through a hardship contract last August, made sure to celebrate their veteran guard’s accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Sims became a champion in an AU Pro season that implemented a slightly different format. The 2026 edition featured 41 players switching teams. The league also increased the challenge by requiring players to assume a different role each week.<\/p>\n

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The 33-year-old star said her previous experiences made it easier<\/a> for her to adjust.<\/p>\n

“You have to get the hang of it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The biggest thing is just being able to adjust to every situation. I’ve gotten the hang of it because this is year five for me.”<\/p>\n

Related: Indiana Fever React to Aliyah Boston News<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 2, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odyssey Sims was told, “This is your year,” a few days before the final stage of Athletes Unlimited…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[52985,49,48,6003,2803,38383,199456,82,8611,630],"class_list":["post-509045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aneesah-morrow","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fever","tag-indiana-fever","tag-odyssey-sims","tag-rebekah-gardner","tag-sports","tag-tina-charles","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}