Why Paige Bueckers won $50,000 after dropping 37 points in Unrivaled

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The Breeze is back in Paige Bueckers' sails.

Unrivaled's newest superstar scored 37 points and sank the game-winning bucket in Breeze BC's 83-64 win over Mist BC on Monday night. Three-on-three basketball suits the WNBA's Rookie of the Year; Bueckers is averaging 23.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.8 assists after five games.

The $50,000 she received after Monday's game must have been pretty nice, too.

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Bueckers won the league's free-throw challenge on Monday night, securing the title -- and the cash -- by starting the Unrivaled season with a perfect 13-for-13 mark from the charity stripe.

Based on her volume and accuracy, Bueckers won the award over other shooters who were perfect from the line through five games. The minimum was six free-throw attempts.

When Ros Gold-Onwude asked Bueckers what she was going to do with the money, the Dallas Wings star gave little away beyond saying she has some "good plans for it."

"No pocket-watching over here, I'm gonna take care of it," Bueckers said.

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