OGWUMIKE IMPROVES STATS, HAULS IN WNBA MVP AWARD

Nneka Ogwumike, who shot 20 times in a game in July and didn’t miss, was named the 2016 WNBA MVP on Tuesday. The fourthyear player was drafted first out of Stanford in 2012. She raised her shooting percentage from the floor by 14 points from 2015 and added a three-point shot, going 16-for-26 in 33 games compared with 1-for-12 in 24 games in 2015. Her Los Angeles Sparks open the playoff semifinals Wednesday against the Chicago Sky.