Storm and Breeze center Dominique Malonga’s formidable vertical leap has long preceded her. The six-foot-six French international dunked in a club game in Switzerland in Oct. 2024, making headlines across the women’s basketball world.
On Saturday, she did it again on the other side of the pond. With the Breeze leading the Lunar Owls 14–10 in the first quarter of Unrivaled three-on-three action, Malonga took a pass from forward Rickea Jackson and slammed it home to wild cheers from the fans in Miami.
🚨🚨DOMINIQUE MALONGA DUNK ALERT🚨🚨pic.twitter.com/rCFvtvy8OY
— Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) January 25, 2026
Malonga, 20, is averaging 15.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in Unrivaled. In her first WNBA season, she averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds assists per game with Seattle.
After being picked second in the 2025 draft out of ASVEL Féminin in France, Malonga floored the Storm by dunking in her first practice with the team.
"I love it because everybody's hyped," Malonga said of her dunking abilities. "I'm hyped and I feel like it's going to give me a lot of energy to put on the court after. It's a great feeling."
The first player ever to dunk in a WNBA game was Hall of Fame Sparks center Lisa Leslie, who did so in the summer of 2002.
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