Francesca Belibi joins Candace Parker as only women to win McDonald's All-American dunk contest
Francesca Belibi continues to look more and more like a game-changer for women’s basketball, and she hasn’t even reached college yet.
As Belibi’s incredible high school career comes to a close, the Stanford commit was invited to the McDonald’s All-American Game. As one of the most electric dunkers women’s basketball has ever seen, she was a natural fit for the event’s dunk contest.
Belibi did not disappoint there.
Francesca Belibi’s contest-winning dunks
Belibi started the contest with a baseline reverse dunk, which you don’t see everyday on the women’s side.
Fran Belibi THREW DOWN in the 1st round of the dunk contest 😤 pic.twitter.com/2oFbFuOgTQ
— espnW (@espnW) March 26, 2019
She followed that up with a dunk off the backboard.
Fran Belibi off the backboard pic.twitter.com/4gc9go4qzO
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) March 26, 2019
Belibi’s contest-winning dunk was better than both, with the 17-year-old jumping over someone in a chair to bring down the house.
Fran Belibi can THROW DOWN 😮
(via @SportsCenter)pic.twitter.com/5N0VzfDAGu— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 26, 2019
The win made Belibi just the second female dunk contest winner in the history of the event, joining current WNBA superstar Candace Parker. Pretty crazy for a girl that wasn’t even playing basketball until three years ago.
Belibi is one of four five-star recruits in the espnW recruit rankings headed to Stanford this year, including No. 1 overall recruit Haley Jones. Should make for some pretty fun basketball over the next few years.
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