Breanna Stewart adds Unrivaled title to championship-filled career after MVP performance

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— She was a two-time state champion in high school coming out of the Syracuse area.She then was a four-time NCAA champion at UConn.

She’s won three WNBA titles, three World Cup gold medals, three Olympic gold medals, even two EuroLeague titles.And now, add an Unrivaled title to the mix — a league that she co-founded.Breanna Stewart has won it all.Stewart and Mist are the queens of Unrivaled for 2026, topping Phantom 80-74 in the championship game Wednesday night to cap the league’s second season.Stewart scored 32 points, setting the tone by scoring Mist’s first 12 points of the second half and her team — which went 0-2 against Phantom in the regular season — wouldn’t trail again.“What I’ll remember the most about this Mist team is we might not be the loudest, but we’re going to work the hardest,” said Stewart, who was picked as MVP of the final — and whose team will split a $600,000 winners’ pool.“I pride myself on being a winner and continuing to kind of uplift and build a space for all players,” Stewart said, “and that’s what I’m really excited about.”It ended somewhat controversially: an offensive foul on Stewart was overturned to a block on review, giving her a free throw to win the title.

Stewart swished the shot, and confetti fell from the roof in celebration.“Just focused on doing it for my team,” Stewart said.“We deserve this,” she said.“We’ve been tested.

We’ve gone through things we lost games, we got punch in the mouth in Brooklyn, but this group, we don’t ever waiver.”Kelsey Plum carried Phantom with 40 points on 14-for-21 shooting, along with six rebounds and five assists.It was a brilliant effort — but Stewart and Mist had just a bit too much.Arike Ogunbowale had 19 and Allisha Gray scored 12 for Mist, while Kiki Iriafen scored 13 and...