Napheesa Collier Exhilarates Fans as Lunar Owls Beat Stewart, Mist to Stay Undefeated

The Lunar Owls remain the only undefeated team in Unrivaled thanks in large part to Napheesa Collier.

The Minnesota Lynx star set a league record with 38 points while leading the Lunar Owls to an 85-81 comeback win over the Mist on Saturday night.

Collier recorded her league-high points total on 16-of-27 shooting while adding 15 rebounds.

Her Unrivaled success is following her dominant WNBA campaign last season, during which Collier was named Defensive Player of the Year while finishing as MVP runner-up to A'ja Wilson.

Despite Collier's dominance, the Lunar Owls faced a late deficit that threatened to hand the team its first loss of the season on Saturday.

After the Mist claimed an early advantage thanks to strong performances from Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, Aaliyah Edwards capped the third quarter off with a basket that gave the underdogs an eight-point lead.

But the Mist couldn't answer Collier's relentless offense and Allisha Gray's accuracy from deep as the Lunar Owls recovered the lead in the fourth quarter.

Shakira Austin then sealed the Lunar Owls' comeback with a game-winning shot.

The Lunar Owls improve to 8-0 and remain the league's only team yet to concede a loss. The 4-2 Laces sit in second place as the only other Unrivaled club with a winning record.

The Mist, led by Breanna Stewart's 23-point performance, fall to 2-6 and now wait in last place behind the 2-4 Vinyl and 2-5 Phantom.

Unrivaled play continues next week with the debut of the league's inaugural 1-on-1 tournament. The first round of the in-season competition begins Monday, Feb. 10.