Angel Reese and Hailey Van Lith last played a game together when Iowa bounced the LSU women’s basketball team out of the NCAA Tournament in 2024.   That fact will change at 8 p.m. Friday (ION), when the Chicago Sky visit the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to play a preseason contest against the Brazilian National Team.

The Chicago Sky’s preseason opener in Baton Rouge, La., will offer a rare return to the past for three of their youngest stars.

Hailey Van Lith never thought her first game in a WNBA jersey would take her back to Baton Rouge, La. The guard will play her first preseason minutes with the Chicago Sky on Friday in an exhibition game against Brazil in a familiar setting — the Pete Maravich Assembly Center,