NBA

Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings

· Women's National Basketball Association
Chicago Sky
1-1, 1-1 Away
Final
74 - 83

Dallas Wings
1-1, 1-1 Home

Sky use balanced attack, dominate fourth quarter to beat Wings 84-73 for season-opening split

Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky - Game Highlights

Chicago outscored Dallas 28-11 in the fourth quarter to erase an eight-point deficit, getting contributions from a number of players while Arike Ogunbowale had nine of the 11 Wings' points.

Marina Mabrey, who had all 14 of her points in the second half, got the Sky going with a 3-pointer in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. Elizabeth Williams had back-to-back baskets before Angel Reese had a three-point play for a 67-65 Chicago lead with 6:29 to play.

Reese finished a 14-0 run that made it 72-65 with 4 1/2 minutes left. Ogunbowale had the next nine points for Dallas but Chicago continued to pull away.

On Wednesday in the season opener Ogunbowale scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter as the Wings, down two with 3:16 to play, scored 14-straight points down the stretch to win 87-79. In that game, Dallas had a 60-42 advantage in points in the paints but in the rematch it was 28-24 for the Sky.

Williams, who had 10 rebounds, six steals and five blocks, Dana Evans and reserve Chennedy Carter all had 12 points for Chicago and Reese had 11 with nine rebounds. Mabrey had nine rebounds, eight assists and five steals.

Ogunbowale finished with 35 points for Dallas and Kalani Brown had 11 off the bench.

The Wings broke away from a 26-26 tie to take a 42-30 lead at the half. The Sky were 1 of 9 behind the line and shot 28% (11 of 39) overall.

Ogunbowale had 10 points in the third quarter to take a 63-55 lead into the fourth quarter.

Dallas was short-handed loosing two starters from the Wednesday win. Natasha Howard played in Wednesday's win with a broken foot and will now miss at least a month while Jaelyn Brown suffered a broken nose that will sideline her for about a week.

The Wings signed Monique Billings to a Hardship Contract and she joined the team on Friday night. She was a last cut of Los Angeles after playing the previous six seasons in Atlanta. Billings play 20 minutes and had five points and four rebounds.

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Regular Season Series

CHI wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 83 - 74
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 83 - 74
4th 11.1 shot clock turnover 83 - 74
4th 34.1 Marina Mabrey defensive rebound 83 - 74
4th 37.1 Arike Ogunbowale misses 24-foot step back jumpshot 83 - 74

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/chi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/dal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDAL
32-80 FG 23-66
40 Field Goal % 35
4-21 3PT 7-18
19 Three Point % 39
15-20 FT 21-23
75 Free Throw % 91
42 Rebounds 40
19 Offensive Rebounds 13
23 Defensive Rebounds 27
25 Assists 15
15 Steals 7
13 Blocks 8
17 Turnovers 25
2 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 26
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 34
16 Fast Break Points 10
46 Points in Paint 24
24 Fouls 23
9 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

College Park Center

Location: Arlington, TX
Attendance: 6,251 · Capacity:

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W6 0.6818182 30
New York 3 17 W3 0.6136364 27
Indiana 6 20 W3 0.54545456 24
Washington 14 28 L10 0.36363637 16
Connecticut 19 33 L2 0.25 11
Chicago 20 34 L4 0.22727273 10

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 10 W1 0.77272725 34
Las Vegas 4 14 W16 0.6818182 30
Phoenix 7 17 L3 0.6136364 27
Seattle 11 21 W1 0.52272725 23
Golden State 11 21 L3 0.52272725 23
Los Angeles 13 23 L1 0.47727272 21
Dallas 24 34 W1 0.22727273 10
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