NBA

Dallas Wings at Chicago Sky

· Women's National Basketball Association
1-5, 1-3 Away
Final
97 - 92

1-4, 1-1 Home

Cardoso scores 23, Vandersloot sets franchise marks in points, FGs in Sky's 97-92 win over Wings

Angel Reese gives Sky the lead with a layup

Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 37 points for the Wings and hit a 3-pointer that gave Dallas a 92-91 lead with 2:11 remaining. But Ogunbowale went 0 for 3 the rest of the way and the Sky closed with a 6-0 run.

Ogunbowale, who entered the game averaging a career-low 13.8 points on 30% shooting, shot 14 of 25 from the field and 6 of 12 from 3-point range.

Vandersloot finished with 13 points, nine assists and four steals. She moved past her wife, Allie Quigley, into first in franchise history with 3,728 points and 1,394 field goals. Quigley scored 3,273 points and had 1,386 field goals for the Sky from 2013-22.

Vandersloot tied the record for field goals with a 3-pointer midway through the second quarter. The two-time WNBA champion hit a pull-up jumper with 4:34 to go in the third to break Quigley’s scoring mark.

Angel Reese scored inside to give the Sky the lead for good at 93-92 with 1:21 remaining and finished with six points, nine rebounds and five assists.

Dallas (1-5) snapped its season-opening four-game losing streak with a 109-87 victory over Connecticut on Tuesday.

Chicago (1-4) led by as many as 13 points as Cardoso scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting and grabbed three of Chicago's 11 offensive rebounds in the first half before going into the intermission with a 49-43 lead.

Up next The teams play again Saturday at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

Regular Season Series

CHI leads series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 92 - 97
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 92 - 97
4th 5.1 Arike Ogunbowale bad pass (Courtney Vandersloot steals) 92 - 97
4th 8.1 Courtney Vandersloot lost ball turnover (DiJonai Carrington steals) 92 - 97
4th 8.1 DiJonai Carrington vs. Courtney Vandersloot (Arike Ogunbowale gains possession) 92 - 97

Statistics

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37-72 FG 37-79
51.4 Field Goal % 46.8
8-22 3PT 10-24
36.4 Three Point % 41.7
10-11 FT 13-17
90.9 Free Throw % 76.5
30 Rebounds 34
9 Offensive Rebounds 14
21 Defensive Rebounds 20
23 Assists 28
6 Steals 11
10 Blocks 0
16 Turnovers 13
1 Team Turnovers 1
17 Total Turnovers 14
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
16 Fast Break Points 16
40 Points in Paint 44
16 Fouls 11
5 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Wintrust Arena

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 9,025 · Capacity:

2024-25 Western Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Minnesota - 0 W9 1 9
Phoenix 3.5 4 L1 0.6 6
Las Vegas 4 3 L1 0.5714286 4
Seattle 4 4 W2 0.5555556 5
Golden State 5 5 W2 0.44444445 4
Los Angeles 6.5 7 L1 0.3 3
Dallas 8.5 9 L5 0.1 1

2024-25 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 0 W8 1 8
Atlanta 3 3 L1 0.625 5
Indiana 4 4 W2 0.5 4
Washington 5 6 W1 0.4 4
Chicago 5.5 5 L1 0.2857143 2
Connecticut 6.5 7 L1 0.22222222 2
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