NBA

Dallas Wings at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association
3-12, 2-7 Away
Final
97 - 69

3-13, 2-5 Home

Emily Engstler scores career-high 23, grabs 9 rebounds as Mystics beat reeling Wings 97-69

Ariel Atkins gets the hoop and harm

Engstler made 7 of 11 from the field, hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range and grabbed nine rebounds. Dolson finished with 16 points and a season-high 10 rebounds and Karlie Samuelson score 17 points for Washington (3-13).

The Mystics, who set a season high for points in a game, have won three of their last four following a 12-game losing skid to open the season.

Natasha Howard led the Wings with 19 points and Jacy Sheldon, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, scored a season-high 16 points. Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-low six points. She was averaging 25.4 points, second in the WNBA.

Washington took a 20-13 lead after the first quarter and added a season-high 31 points in the second to take a 51-34 lead into halftime.

Ariel Atkins finished with seven points for Washington and moved past Elena Delle Donne (2,551) and Crystal Langhorne (2,554) into fourth on the franchise's all-time scoring list with 2,556 points.

Awak Kuier is out for the season (rest), Maddy Siegrist (finger) and Satou Sabally (shoulder) are injured and Jaelyn Brown is out because of an illness for short-handed Dallas (3-12).

Dallas and the Mystics play again Sunday in Washington.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 69 - 97
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 69 - 97
4th 6.1 Stephanie Soares bad pass (Shatori Walker-Kimbrough steals) 69 - 97
4th 8.1 Stephanie Soares offensive rebound 69 - 97
4th 11.0 Lou Lopez Senechal misses 25-foot three point jumper 69 - 97

Statistics

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26-66 FG 34-70
39.4 Field Goal % 48.6
5-24 3PT 11-26
20.8 Three Point % 42.3
12-16 FT 18-20
75.0 Free Throw % 90.0
36 Rebounds 39
9 Offensive Rebounds 7
27 Defensive Rebounds 32
20 Assists 26
6 Steals 9
5 Blocks 0
21 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 2
22 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
1 Flagrant Fouls 0
24 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
2 Fast Break Points 8
22 Points in Paint 34
21 Fouls 19
2 Largest Lead 28

Game Information

CareFirst Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 4,200 · Capacity:

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

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
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