DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Sugar Rodgers is heading to the WNBA All-Star Game to compete in the 3-point contest.
The Liberty shooting guard is happy for the chance to compete against Seattle’s Sue Bird, Connecticut’s Jasmine Thomas, Chicago’s Allie Quigley and Minnesota’s Maya Moore on Saturday in Seattle.
There’s no doubt who the fans will be pulling for in the contest involving Bird, a 10-time All-Star playing in front of her home crowd.
The league is bringing back the contest for the first time since 2009, and the winner will get $10,000 donated to a charity of her choice.
Thomas is third in the league from behind the arc, hitting 45.8 percent of her 3s this season. Quigley is fifth, Bird eighth and Moore 10th. Rodgers is 18th.
Oguwmike, Griner, Stewart headline WNBA All-Star reserves. 
Seattle Storm’s Breanna Stewart in action against the Atlanta Dream in a WNBA
basketball game Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Nneka Oguwmike, Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart headline the Western Conference WNBA All-Star reserves.
The trio will be joined by Skylar Diggins-Smith, Chelsea Gray and Seimone Augustus on Saturday in Seattle at the league’s All-Star contest. Griner won’t play after injuring her ankle and knee last week and will be replaced by WNBA President Lisa Borders.
Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas will give the Sun three All-Stars as she was announced as a reserve on Tuesday. Atlanta teammates Layshia Clarendon and Elizabeth Williams will also be in Seattle as well as Indiana’s Candice Dupree and Chicago’s Allie Quigley and Stefanie Dolson.
Borders will also have to name a replacement for Elena Delle Donne, who is out with a sprained ankle.
Six of the reserves will be playing in their first All-Star Game.
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