WNBA Overseas Report: January 9

We’re about three months from WNBA players reporting to training camp, and a majority of them are still in the midst of seasons across the water. Here is an update on some of the WNBA players starring overseas this offseason.
Odyssey Sims, Dallas Wings
Coming off another solid season with the Wings, Sims is tearing it up in her first stint with Botasspor Adana in Turkey. The 24-year-old guard is leading the Turkish league with 22.9 points per contest, and she’s also averaging 5.9 assists (sixth in the league). Botasspor Adana started 1-3 this season, but Sims helped them go on a four-game winning streak when she entered the lineup. The club has now won five of eight games in which Sims was on the court.
Tayler Hill, Washington Mystics
Hill enjoyed a breakout season this past summer, scoring 15.4 points per game for the Mystics and finishing second in the Most Improved Player voting. The fourth-year guard took her talents to Israel for the offseason, and she’s only continued to put up impressive numbers. Hill is averaging a league-high 24.6 points per game and dishing four assists per contest, also among the league’s best. With the help of Lynx forward Keisha Hampton – who’s averaging 22.4 points herself – Hill has guided Bnot Hertzeliya to a 7-3 record.
Moriah Jefferson, San Antonio Stars
Last year it was Seattle’s Jewell Loyd that starred for Galatasaray coming off her rookie WNBA season, and now Jefferson is doing the same. The UConn product has her team sitting at 9-3 in the Turkish league and 6-0 in EuroCup play. Jefferson is averaging about 18 points and four assists overall, but she’s been especially dominant in EuroCup action, posting 24.2 points per game on 55.6 percent shooting. She could be poised to shoulder even more of the Stars’ scoring load in 2017 after averaging just less than 14 points as a rookie.
Kelsey Bone, Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix’s veteran center is among the many American players having success in China this offseason. Bone remarkably ranks in the league’s top 10 in points (26.5 per game), rebounds (11.5) and assists (3.3). In her most recent game, Bone dominated with 33 points and 11 boards as her Liaoning team defeated Sichuan.
Ramu Tokashiki, Seattle Storm
Seattle’s young forward remains the face of women’s basketball in her native country of Japan. Having already won three MVPs and six championships in Japan’s WJBL, Tokashiki is on her way to more hardware this year, as her JX-Eneos team finished 22-0 in the regular season. She leads the league in blocks (2.3 per game) for the second straight year, and Tokashiki also ranks third in both points (18.1) and rebounds (9.3). It’s been nonstop basketball for Tokashiki, who starred in the Olympics last summer and will soon enter her third season with the Storm.