With more female referees now in the NBA than ever before, it was only a matter of time before two women would be scheduled to work the same game.
And Monday is that day. Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder make up two-thirds of the crew assigned to the Charlotte at Orlando game, the first time in NBA history that two women were assigned to work a regular-season contest together.
Sean Wright was picked to be crew chief, Sago the referee and Schroeder the umpire. [TRENDING: Florida debuts new vaccine hotline | Merritt Island-bound plane found in ocean | Titusville man accused of killing mother] Sago and Schroeder have worked games together before; they were part of three-woman crews in the G League.