NBA

New York Liberty at Dallas Wings

· Women's National Basketball Association
20-10, 7-7 Away
Final
77 - 88

8-23, 5-11 Home

Ionescu scores 16 as the Liberty beat the Wings 88-77 for their 3rd straight win

Liberty make it 3 in a row

Leonie Fiebich and Jonquel Jones also scored 14 points apiece for New York (20-10). Natasha Cloud and Marine Johannes each added 10.

Arike Ogunbowale scored 17 points and Maddy Siegrist added 15 off the bench for Dallas (8-23), which has lost four straight games. Myisha Hines-Allen had 12 points and seven rebounds.

Dallas was without rookie Paige Bueckers due to a back injury that required treatment when the teams met Tuesday in New York. Breanna Stewart, Kennedy Burke and Nyara Sabally did not play for the Liberty.

Meesseman had 14 points, six rebounds and four assists in the first half to help New York build a 50-34 lead. The Liberty made 51.5% of their shots, including 5 of 12 from 3-point range, and 11 of 11 free throws in the half. The Wings were held to 33.3% shooting with nine turnovers.

New York began the fourth quarter on a 13-1 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Fiebich, to take control with a 77-58 lead. The Wings didn't make their first field goal of the fourth until the 5:50 mark.

Regular Season Series

NY wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 88 - 77
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 88 - 77
4th 15.7 Maddy Siegrist makes layup (Arike Ogunbowale assists) 88 - 77
4th 20.4 Liberty delay of game violation 88 - 75
4th 20.4 Sabrina Ionescu makes two point shot 88 - 75

Statistics

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31-67 FG 28-70
46 Field Goal % 40
10-26 3PT 3-21
38 Three Point % 14
16-16 FT 18-23
100 Free Throw % 78
32 Rebounds 40
5 Offensive Rebounds 10
27 Defensive Rebounds 30
24 Assists 14
10 Steals 4
2 Blocks 2
10 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 0
10 Total Turnovers 15
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
4 Fast Break Points 14
36 Points in Paint 50
21 Fouls 20
19 Largest Lead 1

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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