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Knight rides into to Vidnoje to strengthen Sparta&K

VIDNOJE (EuroCup Women 2017) – Former four-time EuroLeague Women winners Sparta&K M.R Vidnoje have bolstered their roster for this season’s EuroCup Women challenge by adding WNBA guard Whitney Knight.

The Russian side will hand the rookie her first taste of life as a professional overseas as they look to make an impact and their usual deep run in the competition.

Knight is a graduate of Florida Gulf Coast and played for both the Los Angeles Sparks and the San Antonio Stars during the summer, with the player excited to playing somewhere which is well known around the globe.

"I am very pleased to be able to play for Sparta&K," confirmed Knight.

"This is a club that plays in a league of a very high level and has always been a top team.

"I am ready to make every effort to take part in continuing the winning tradition," she added.

Meanwhile head coach Alexander Vasin commented, "We are glad to welcome to our ranks a talented American player and we chose Whitney for a variety of reasons.



"She is fully consistent with the concept of our young team, she is good on offence and has her great three-point shot. She is also good defensively and was a record holder for blocked shots on her student team.

"It's not only that Sparta&K have chosen her, but Whitney has chosen us, since she talked with a number of players who have passed through our club system and who now stand in the WNBA.

"She has received only positive feedback and agreed to come in as a result."

Sparta&K will play in Group A of Conference 1 against Hoptrans Sirenos, Maccabi Bnot and either VBW CEKK Cegled or Enisey Krasnoyarsk.

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