Rutgers fans can Tune in and support the former Scarlet Knight for the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game<\/a> on 7\/25\/2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC. You can watch the game live with a Disney+ or ESPN app subscription. <\/p>\n Copper Continues Strong 2026 Season<\/p>\n Now in her third season with the Phoenix Mercury and 11th overall in the WNBA, Copper remains one of the league\u2019s most productive scorers. <\/p>\n Entering the WNBA All-Star break, 6-foot-1 guard-forward averages a team-high 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest. Copper\u2019s scoring average of 20.5 ranks seventh in the league, marking the second-highest scoring average of her professional career thus far, behind only her 21.1 ppg average in her initial 2024 campaign with the Phoenix Mercury. <\/p>\n Copper has started all 27 games this year for the Phoenix Mercury. Copper has scored 553 points this year for a 42.8% shooting average from the field and an 81% average from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n Copper gets another shot at the All-Star Game after being selected in 4 of the last 5 years (2021-2024, skipped 2022). Her fifth honor adds to a professional r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that includes the 2021 WNBA championship and Finals MVP award with the Chicago Sky, a 2024 All-WNBA Second Team selection and an Olympic gold medal with Team USA.<\/p>\n Washington Mystics had the 7th pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft and chose to select Kahleah Copper. In 346 regular-season games, Kahleah has averaged 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game for 4,636 points, 1,241 rebounds and 511 assists. <\/p>\n Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper (2) lays the ball up past Connecticut Sun guard Charlisse Leger-Walker (4) at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on July 19, 2026. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n From Rutgers Standout to WNBA Champion<\/p>\n 4 Year player at Rutgers University under Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer<\/a>‘s tenure. Copper is among the most productive players in Rutgers’ program history. The Philadelphia native finished her Rutgers career with 1,872 points, placing her third on the program\u2019s all-time scoring list behind only Sue Wicks and Cappie Pondexter at the time. She led the Scarlet Knights in scoring during each of her final three seasons.<\/p>\n As a senior in 2015-16, Copper averaged 17.7 points and eight rebounds while earning Second Team All-Big Ten recognition from the conference\u2019s coaches and media. She produced 11 double-doubles and scored at least 20 points in 13 games, including a career-high 31 against Minnesota.<\/p>\n Copper also helped Rutgers win the 2014 WNIT championship and was named the tournament\u2019s Most Valuable Player after averaging 16.1 points and 6.2 rebounds during her sophomore season. She returned to the Rutgers staff for the 2023-24 season and served as the Director of Athletic Culture and Professional Development.<\/p>\n Copper was recently selected for the WNBA All-Star Game. As Gary Redus II <\/a>is working to attempt to bring Rutgers back to the National powers on basketball\u2019s grandest stage. Cooper\u2019s success is among the few current lights for the alumni of the great women\u2019s basketball program at Rutgers.<\/p>\n Phoenix Mercury forward Natasha Mack (4) celebrates her block to end the first half with teammate Kahleah Copper (2) as they play the Connecticut Sun at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on July 19, 2026. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n![\"Kahleah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/01kyaacfn9xnqphejxab.jpg\" "\\"Kahleah")
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