{"id":470998,"date":"2026-02-16T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470998\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:13:10","slug":"au-pro-basketball-season-5-week-3-draft-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/470998\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Pro Basketball Season 5 Week 3 Draft Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week 3 captains were determined by the top four point-earners on the Week 2 leaderboard. More information on the captain selection process is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guard Odyssey Sims, who finished with a league-best 1,966 leaderboard points in Week Two, will sit in the captain\u2019s chair for the first time this season and pilot Gold Rush during Week Three. The league\u2019s leading scorer with a 22.5 point per game average, Sims will be serving as a captain for the 14th time in her Athletes Unlimited career.<\/p>\n

Forward Natasha Mack will make her debut as a captain after placing second in the Week Two standings with 1,751 leaderboard points. The Athletes Unlimited newcomer stands as the league\u2019s leading rebounder through the first two weeks along with owning a league-best 20 blocked shots.<\/p>\n

Guard Rebekah Gardner remains in the captain\u2019s seat for Week Three, but will be leading Rhythm into the season\u2019s penultimate weekly segment. Gardner, who accumulated 1,506 leaderboard points during Week Two, became the sixth captain to post a perfect 3-0 record in their debut after guiding Glow.<\/p>\n

Guard Shey Peddy also makes her initial voyage into being a captain during Week Three as Eclipse\u2019s leader. Peddy, the reigning AU Pro Basketball Defensive Player of the Year, closed Week Two with 1,473 leaderboard points and ranks third in the circuit with 25 assists over six games.<\/p>\n

Week Three begins on Wednesday, Feb. 18 with a morning game between Rhythm and Glow at 11:30 a.m. ET \/ 10:30 a.m. CT on ESPN and the ESPN app. Gold Rush and Eclipse will tip off at 8 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. CT also on ESPN and the ESPN app.<\/p>\n

Meet the Week Three teams of AU Pro Basketball Season 5.<\/p>\n

*Teams are listed in the order in which they were drafted.<\/p>\n

GOLD RUSH<\/p>\n

Coach: Edniesha Curry<\/p>\n

Odyssey Sims, Guard (Captain)
\nKiah Stokes, Center
\nKierstan Bell, Guard
\nTe-Hina Paopao, Guard
\nBree Hall, Guard
\nAneesah Morrow, Forward
\nLexie Brown, Guard
\nGrace Berger, Guard
\nAerial Powers, Guard
\nAlaina Coates, Center<\/p>\n

GLOW<\/p>\n

Coach: Chaz Franklin<\/p>\n

Natasha Mack, Forward (Captain)
\nMercedes Russell, Center
\nKayana Traylor, Guard
\nSarah Ashlee Barker, Guard
\nAsia Taylor, Forward
\nDorie Harrison, Forward
\nJaylyn Sherrod, Guard
\nKiara Leslie, Guard
\nBria Hartley, Guard
\nRebecca Harris, Guard<\/p>\n

RHYTHM<\/p>\n

Coach: Kia Vaughn<\/p>\n

Rebekah Gardner, Guard (Captain)
\nKaitlyn Chen, Guard
\nEmma Cannon, Forward
\nTina Charles, Center
\nAaliyah Nye, Guard
\nZia Cooke, Guard
\nBrianna Turner, Forward
\nMcKenzie Forbes, Guard
\nDeja Kelly, Guard
\nIsabelle Harrison, Forward<\/p>\n

ECLIPSE<\/p>\n

Coach: Zak Buncik<\/p>\n

Shey Peddy, Guard (Captain)
\nAlysha Clark, Forward
\nKia Nurse, Guard
\nTeana Muldrow, Forward
\nNaLyssa Smith, Forward
\nJacy Sheldon, Guard
\nAriel Atkins, Guard
\nAlissa Pili, Forward
\nJoJo Lacey, Guard
\nSequoia Holmes, Guard<\/p>\n

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Week Three begins on Wednesday, Feb. 18 with a morning game between Rhythm and Glow at 11:30 a.m. ET \/ 10:30 a.m. CT on ESPN and the ESPN app. Gold Rush and Eclipse will tip off at 8 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. CT also on ESPN and the ESPN app. Tickets are available now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Week 3 captains were determined by the top four point-earners on the Week 2 leaderboard. More information…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[114699,9217,85477,99354,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-470998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-natasha-mack","9":"tag-odyssey-sims","10":"tag-rebekah-gardner","11":"tag-shey-peddy","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}