It’s been more than six weeks since Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu and countless others remembered Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Athletes, entertainers, politicians and more showed up to remember the NBA great nearly a month after he, his daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

“It was an honor being able to be there and speak on their behalf, being able to see Vanessa [Bryant] and the family,” Ionescu said during the #WeKeepPlaying event on Saturday on Yahoo Sports. “It was humbling, and that opportunity is something that I cherish and hold close to my heart.”

Ionescu had a strong personal relationship with both Kobe and Gianna, and would often train with the two of them. She helped coach Gianna’s team with Kobe from time to time, and the Lakers legend even took his daughter and her friends to see Ionescu play last year.

She spoke at the memorial not only about how Kobe inspired her to be the best player she could be, but also about his immense impact on women’s basketball as a whole.

“I wanted to be a part of the generation that changed basketball for Gigi and her teammates,” Ionescu said. “Where being born female didn’t mean being born behind.”

Ionescu made history hours later

To make that day even more difficult, Ionescu had a game to play just hours later.

After speaking at the memorial at the Staples Center, Ionescu hopped on a flight back up to the Bay Area for No. 3 Oregon’s game at No. 4 Stanford — a huge contest not only in the Pac 12, but across the country, too.

Simply getting up and ready to play that game, though, wasn’t an easy task.

“Obviously it was difficult having to play that exact same day, so that was something that was hard to do,” Ionescu said on Saturday. “I wasn’t even able to make it out to warmups [that night] just because of all the emotions that I had [gone] through that day.”

Yet fans watching that contest wouldn’t have known.

Ionescu finished with a triple-double in Oregon’s 74-66 win with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. She made NCAA history in the process, too, becoming the first player in history — man or woman — to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in her career.

Naturally, she dedicated that performance to Bryant.

“That one was for him,” Ionescu said on ESPN after the game. “To do it on 2-24-20 is huge. We talked about it in the preseason. I can’t really put that into words. He’s looking down and really proud of me. I’m just really happy for this moment with my team.”

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