After Kenny Brooks departed Virginia Tech for Kentucky after the Hokies were bounced from the NCAA Tournament in 2024, you knew that there was going to be some roster turnover. One of the players who Hokies fans would have loved to have kept, but it was only a matter of time before she left and followed Brooks to Kentucky, was guard Georgia Amoore.
Shortly after Amoore entered the Transfer Portal, she ended up going to Kentucky to play her last college season with Brooks and the Wildcats. She ended up getting drafted by the Washington Mystics in the WNBA Draft in the first round, sixth overall. She tore her ACL right before the season was to start in 2025, which delayed her debut until this season. Her time in the league has been short, but she had quite the second on Thursday night.
Former Virginia Tech guard Georgia Amoore drops WNBA career-high
Trailing the Phoenix Mercury by 10 points in the fourth quarter until Amoore came to the Mystics' rescue. Amoore dropped a career-high 25 points, including six 3-pointers, as Washington rallied for an 80-73 win. Amoore scored 16 of her 25 points in the final 10 minutes, including knocking down a pair of key 3-pointers in the final two minutes.
Washington, which returns to the court on Friday night against the Los Angeles Sparks in Southern California, is in the thick of the WNBA playoff race. They are in sixth place after their win in Phoenix, one game ahead of seventh-place Dallas Wings and one game behind the fifth-place Indiana Fever.
Amoore has been a big boost to the Mystics lineup this season and is averaging 6.5 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game. Washington is 24-15, and they are on pace to set a franchise record for wins in a regular season, which the 2019 WNBA championship team set with 26 wins. Even though Amoore transferred to Kentucky, she spent most of her career at Virginia Tech and will always be a Hokie.
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