Allie Quigley gave us something that was in decidedly short supply over the past month of social distancing and canceled games because of the coronavirus. The Chicago Sky guard served up the simple thrill of an upset.

At least that's how it appeared to many when the WNBA veteran beat NBA counterpart and 10-time All-Star Chris Paul in the opening round of a HORSE competition featuring eight men's and women's players of the past and present competing via video from their respective homes.

But in the language we're most accustomed to this time of year, fans of women's basketball can attest this wasn't Loyola beating Virginia or Harvard beating Stanford. Quigley was far from the equivalent of a No. 16 seed.

In the end, with her semifinal opponent admitting he wisely wanted to avoid an all-out shooting contest, Quigley couldn't match aerial trick shots from Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls. But if you're still curious about the sharpest shooter in WNBA history, here's a look at Quigley's story.

She got used to being the underdog in college

You think it's difficult trading trick shots with Chris Paul? Try playing 40 minutes against UConn a few times every season. Quigley has gone toe-to-toe with giants since she was a teenager.

While DePaul ruled Big East women's basketball the past few seasons, it was a different story back in Quigley's days at the Chicago school. Her first season with the Blue Demons was the program's final season in Conference USA (she was the league's freshman of the year). The Big East that the Blue Demons entered the next season was still UConn's empire, with C. Vivian Stringer's Rutgers also entering a golden era and Muffet McGraw's Notre Dame always tough.

That Big East was as big as women's college basketball got -- as if to make sure the newcomer understood its surroundings, UConn ended DePaul's 33-game home winning streak in their first meeting as conference opponents in 2006. But Quigley reached double digits in that game, as she did in most games. Despite playing the hardest schedules in program history, Quigley remains third in DePaul history with 2,078 career points. Of the four players there who reached 2,000 points, she's the only one who played the majority of her career in the Big East.

She never did beat UConn, but she came closer than most. In her final home game in 2008, in front of a sellout crowd and playing a Huskies team ranked No. 1, Quigley scored a game-high 27 points. The last of those points came on a jumper that gave DePaul the lead with less than a minute to play. But freshman Maya Moore's miraculous steal with seven seconds to play set up a last-second winner. The Huskies escaped. But there was no doubt even then that Quigley could hold her own against anyone. -- Hays

She never gave up

Allie Quigley averaged 13.8 points per game last season for the Chicago Sky. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

Quigley is a popular player in the WNBA, in part because fans know how hard she worked to earn her spot in the league. She was drafted in the second round in 2008 by the Seattle Storm, and her pro odyssey began.

She was cut by the Storm before her rookie season even started, but then was picked up by the Phoenix Mercury, for whom she played 14 games in 2008 and six games in 2009. She split the 2010 season between the Indiana Fever and San Antonio Stars, playing a combined seven games. Back in Seattle in 2011, she played another seven games. In 2012, she didn't play in the WNBA at all. At that point, she was 26, had scored a grand total of 63 points as a reserve in the WNBA, and had to think her time in the league was over.