Dearica Hamby's jaw-dropping shot sends Aces to WNBA semifinals

Dearica Hamby’s jaw-dropping shot sends Aces to WNBA semifinals

LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 15: Dearica Hambry #5 of the Las Vegas Aces hits the game winning three point basket against the Chicago Sky on September 15, 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NBAE via Getty Images) /

The WNBA’s Sixth Woman of the Year sent the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA semifinals with a wild, memorable and game-winning long-range shot.

With time winding down in the fourth quarter vs. the Chicago Sky, Aces forward Dearica Hamby intercepted a pass from Chicago’s Courtney Vandersloot and sent in this shot from nearly halfcourt:

😱😱😱😱😱@dearicamarie | #DoubleDown pic.twitter.com/8C7ffrDhf9
— Las Vegas Aces (@LVAces) September 15, 2019

Vegas won 93-92, thanks to Hamby, who was presented with her 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award on court ahead of the game.

LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 5: Dearica Hamby #5 of the Las Vegas Aces gets introduced before the game against the Washington Mystics on August 5, 2019 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

Dearica Hamby: Sixth Woman of the Year and Most Improved Player?

On Las Vegas Aces forward Dearica Hamby and her case not just as the 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year, but as Most Improved Player, too.

Looks like Vegas will be taking that charter flight to Washington D.C. to take on the Mystics in semifinals, which will be a best-of-five series.

The WNBA playoffs continue at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday with Los Angeles at Connecticut. Mystics will host the Aces at 8:30 p.m.

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