![]() She helped coach Gigi at Kobe’s camp during the Oregon offseason. Really the conversation took us wherever we really wanted.”Īs Kobe became a mentor to Sabrina, Sabrina became a mentor to Gigi. We talked really about everything whether it was basketball, his family, my basketball. “We got to become really, really close friends. “The mentorship was awesome,” Ionescu continued. Kobe became a mentor to Sabrina, texting her after every game. "I think in the moment, I didn’t know where our relationship would lead.”įrom that moment on, the two developed a relationship both on and off the court. “It’s crazy and surreal to think of," Ionescu said on the Sports Uncovered Podcast. The two sat curtsied and then went into the locker room after the game. Kobe brought his daughter Gigi to USC’s campus to see Ionescu in action as the Oregon Ducks faced the Trojans. ![]() Ionescu spoke on what Bryant’s mentorship meant to her, in both basketball and life. That very morning - before the game and before making history - she spoke at the memorial service for her dear friend Kobe Bryant, who passed away a month earlier on January 26, 2020. 12 compared to 26.īut recording another triple-double or re-writing history won’t be the thing that Ionescu will remember when looking back on this day. The next closest player to Ionescu’s triple-double record is BYU’s Kyle Collinsworth with 12. On that day, Ionescu recorded 21 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Oregon Ducks past the Stanford Cardinal by a final score of 74-66.
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