Chicago Sky Release Three of Angel Reese’s Teammates on Sunday

After securing a win in each of their first two preseason games, Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky couldn’t finish with an undefeated record, falling to 2-1.

On Saturday, Reese and the Sky suffered a 92-87 loss to Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx in their 2025 WNBA preseason finale.

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With the regular season less than a week away, the Sky needed to release some players to cut their roster down to the WNBA maximum of 12.

In order to get to this number, Chicago was forced to cut three players on Sunday, including forward Morgan Bertsch, guard Alex Wilson and center Jessika Carter, per Sky reporter Karli Bell.

“The Chicago Sky have waived Morgan Bertsch, Alex Wilson and Jessika Carter,” Bell wrote on X. “This means that rookie draft pick Maddy Westbeld has made the 2025 roster.”

With the latest roster moves, it certainly appears as though the Sky will be keeping rookies Maddy Westbeld and Hailey Van Lith around for the foreseeable future.

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The release of Bertsch, Willson and Carter may not come as a surprise to some. Outside of guard Courtney Vandersloot, who was out with a rib injury, new head coach Tyler Marsh elected not to play the three aforementioned players in the preseason finale, marked as a “DNP-coach’s decision.”

Bertsch is the only player of the Sky’s three cuts who has seen legitimate WNBA action in her career. Although she was drafted in 2019, Bertsch did not play until 2023 with Chicago, averaging 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds in 14.2 minutes per game.

She also notched five starts in her 28 games played that year. Bertsch played in 11 games last season with the Mercury and Wings as well.

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Now, Reese and the Sky will look toward the regular season, where they open up against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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