KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former University of Tennessee women’s basketball standouts Diamond DeShields and Shekinna Stricklen are in Las Vegas, Nev., as AT&T WNBA All-Star Friday Night tips off the 2019 AT&T WNBA All-Star weekend at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

DeShields, who also will appear in Saturday’s AT&T WNBA All Star-Game as a reserve for Team Wilson, is among eight players set to compete in the Skills Challenge. Stricklen, meanwhile, is among six taking part in the MTN DEW Three-Point Contest. ESPN will provide live coverage of both events beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

AT&T WNBA All-Star Friday Night 2019 precedes AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2019, which will be played on Saturday, July 27, at 3:30 p.m. ET at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.  The 16th WNBA All-Star Game will be televised live by ABC.

In her second year in the league with the Chicago Sky, DeShields is making her first appearance in the WNBA All-Star Game. Stricklen, meanwhile, is a member of the Connecticut Sun, where she has spent the past five seasons of her eight-year WNBA career.

The Lady Vols have had 10 different former players named to the WNBA All-Star Game, making 32 appearances in the contest. Tennessee has been represented in all 16 of those games by at least one alum.

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