Sabrina Ionescu is a living legend, and if you don't believe us, just ask Steph Curry.
Ionescu, the Oregon Ducks star guard who has taken college basketball by storm, has a fan in the Warriors star. The two hung out after the Warriors' played the Portland Trail Blazers in December, with Curry dubbing her the "walking triple-double."
The Walnut Creek, Calif., native has had quite the junior season for the Ducks. Ionescu set the NCAA career triple-doubles record this season, passing BYU guard Kyle Collinsworth's mark of 12 set during his four-year stint in Provo, Utah. She currently has 18 career triple-doubles with a year of eligibility left. Ridiculous.
The junior guard averaged 19.9 points, 8.2 assists and 7.5 rebounds this season while leading the Ducks to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ionescu and the Ducks rolled through their opening two games before dispatching of South Dakota State in the Sweet 16 and holding off No. 1 Mississippi State to advance to the first Final Four in program history. Ionescu dropped 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting in the win over Mississippi State, and Curry gave her and the Ducks a message before they take on No. 1 overall seed Baylor in the Final Four.
"Keep doing it," Curry told NBC Sports Bay Area's Kerith Burke. "She's an unbelievable talent and her team's blazing a new trail for their program. Why not go win it all? She's a living legend in her own right."
No doubt about that.
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Ionescu responded on Twitter.
Thank you @StephenCurry30!! Appreciate the support! https://t.co/PeOLlFv3SB— Sabrina Ionescu (@sabrina_i20) April 4, 2019
If you have any doubts about Ionescu's legendary status, check out the shot she hit to secure the Final Four berth.
.@sabrina_i20 had NO DOUBT 😤 pic.twitter.com/XsINj4VOxB— espnW (@espnW) March 31, 2019
Oh, and here's what she had to say on the biggest shot in program history.
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"That was going in regardless. No the other way to say it," Ionescu said after the game. "At that moment in time, I didn't want it to go to overtime. I didn't want to give them any more opportunities to score. I was also pretty tired. Let me hit this and walk off to the Final Four."
Absolute legend.