The Dallas Wings will look to snap the Phoenix Mercury’s three-game winning streak, but will be shorthanded entering the clash with three players who will be inactive.Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscr
The Dallas Wings will look to snap the Phoenix Mercury’s three-game winning streak, but will be shorthanded entering the clash with three players who will be inactive.
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Howard was just getting set for her 10th season in the WNBA and second with the Wings before this injury. The three-time WNBA champion has averaged 11 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 310 games (195 starts). The Ohio native was drafted by the Indiana Fever with the fifth-overall pick in 2014 and has split her career between the Fever, Minnesota Lynx, Seattle Storm, New York Liberty and now the Wings. In Seattle, she was the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2019.
The reigning WNBA Most Improved Player in Sabally has yet to make her 2024 season debut due to a lingering shoulder injury. She has been with Dallas for four seasons (2020-23) since being the second-overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft. The Oregon product has played 82 games (72 starts), amassing 15.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
parks in paint points (38-36), fast break points (14-4) and held Los Angeles to shooting only 5-of-24 from beyond the arc on Friday night.
Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana in scoring with 15 of her 18 points in the second half to go along with two rebounds and two assists. Fever centers Aliyah Boston and Temi Fagbenle each posted 17 points and six rebounds. Boston added two assists and two steals, while Fagbenle recorded three assists to go along with her career-high scoring night. Rookie guard Caitlin Clark nearly tallied a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists as well as four steals. Clark’s two 3-pointers in the final 2:27 of regulation sealed the victory.
In the loss, Sparks forward Dearica Hamby recorded a double-double with a team-high 18 points, 12 rebounds, but was held to only two points in the second half. Rookie forward Cameron Brink trailed behind with 15 points and added nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals. Rookie forward Rickea Jackson came off the bench and scored 16 points to go along with two rebounds.
