While Angela Perry’s days on the court were complete when she graduated from college, these days, she’s courtside and online sharing her insights into women’s basketball. With the ongoing WNBA season, she has grown her audience with thoughtful comments, clever critiques, and decisive, often humorous commentary on issues surrounding women’s hoops.
Perry played college ball at Fayetteville State University, an HBCU school that competed in the highly competitive CIAA. She passed on a couple of top-tier schools that wanted her to play point guard. “I had never played the point; I would have been terrible at that position,” said Perry. “I was a shooter. I had a great four years there. We had winning seasons all four years. We didn’t win the [CIAA] championship, but we did go to the Division II NCAA Tournament my junior year.”
About a year ago, Perry was thinking about how much she loves TikTok and women’s basketball. Friends encouraged her to post some of her commentary. “In February 2024, I decided to start actually making [videos] about what I’m talking to my friends about and see where that goes,” she said.
At the time, she only had a few hundred followers, but her audience quickly grew. “I talk about the WNBA (season ticket holder to the Atlanta Dream), Unrivaled, Athletes Unlimited, and I go to a lot of NCAA women’s basketball games, so I go live pregame or postgame,” Perry said. “I have a lot of followers who are in Australia and Brazil. They’ll be up at 3 am, and comment, ‘Thank you so much for showing us a player going to the locker room.’ With the ability to go live now, it makes it so much more seamless.”
Perry finds most women’s basketball players — both professional and college — accessible. “They’re still grateful and excited that fans want to meet them,” she said.
People would start asking for her take on various things, like coaching changes and player trades. “Now, I get a lot of ideas from the comments,” she noted. “It’s gotten to the point where people are really following me and excited for when I post, which is still surreal to me. People will ask for pictures with me at games.”
Her biggest thrill this season came from Angel Reese, who sent her two pairs of her signature sneakers and some other swag, which Perry wore to work. “When I opened it, I was blown away,” she said. “I think she knew I would never shut up about it.”