NBA

Connecticut Sun at Dallas Wings

· Women's National Basketball Association
10-28, 4-16 Away
Final
95 - 101

9-30, 5-16 Home

Leila Lacan scores 22 and Connecticut posts 101-95 win over Wings, playing without Bueckers

Leila Lacan leads Sun past Wings

Dallas played without No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers, who was a late scratch from the lineup due to an illness.

Tina Charles also scored 18 points for Connecticut, (10-28) which won on the road for just fourth time this season in 20 tries.

Aneesah Morrow finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Saniya Rivers added 11 points.

Aziaha James led Dallas (9-30) with 22 points. Myisha Hines-Allen scored a career-high 18 points and Maddy Siegrist added 15 points. Arike Ogunbowale (right knee) was also out of the Dallas lineup.

Bria Hartley made a basket with 7:31 left in the fourth quarter to give Connecticut an 89-77 lead. But the Sun went more than five minutes without scoring and did not make another field goal until the closing seconds.

Mabrey was called for a lane violation with 27.5 seconds left, leading to a made free throw by Amy Okonkwo to get Dallas within 95-92. Charles answered with a hook shot in the lane to end Connecticut's field-goal drought.

Mabrey and Charles combined to go 4 for 4 at the free-throw line down the stretch to seal it.

The Wings dropped to 5-16 at home this season.

Regular Season Series

DAL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 101 - 95
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 101 - 95
4th 6.3 Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2 101 - 95
4th 6.3 Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2 100 - 95
4th 6.3 Diamond Miller enters the game for Aziaha James 99 - 95

Statistics

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33-69 FG 38-75
48 Field Goal % 51
8-21 3PT 6-22
38 Three Point % 27
27-29 FT 13-17
93 Free Throw % 76
32 Rebounds 33
4 Offensive Rebounds 6
28 Defensive Rebounds 27
22 Assists 24
9 Steals 7
2 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 13
2 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
16 Fast Break Points 22
38 Points in Paint 60
15 Fouls 22
14 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

College Park Center

Location: Arlington, TX
Attendance: 5,710 · 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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