- McCowan had 18 focuses and 13 bounces back.
- Williams’ bin tied the game at 62 entering the final quarter.
- Jacy Sheldon, the Wings’ first-round pick, had two focuses in a short time.
Arike Ogunbowale scored 14 of her 25 places in the final quarter, Teaira McCowan and Natasha Howard had twofold pairs and the Dallas Wings pulled away down the stretch for an 87-79 success over the Chicago Sky in a season opener on Wednesday night.
Arike Ogunbowale in the Fourth Quarter
Following 75-73 with 3:16 to go, the Wings scored the following 14 focuses, covered by a profound 3-pointer by Ogunbowale for an 87-75 lead with 31 seconds left. Ogunbowale had nine focuses in the run with Howard, who wrapped up with 15 places and 13 bounce back, adding two and Maddy Siegrist hitting a 3-pointer to give her 13 off the seat.
Marina Mabrey had 19 focuses and nine bounce back for the Sky, who had every one of the five starters in twofold figures. Jewel DeShields, back for her second spell in Chicago, had 14 focuses, first-round draft pick Heavenly messenger Reese and Elizabeth Williams, who played for Washington last season, both had 12 and Dana Evans had 10.
Down 25-16 after one quarter, Dallas returned and took a 36-35 lead on a hostile bounce back and putback by Stephanie Soares. It was the main expert focus for the 2023 first-balance pick of Iowa State, who didn’t play last year due to a leg tendon tear her senior season. McCowan had 16 focuses and 10 bounces back at halftime for the Wings.
Jaelyn Brown, who played four years abroad after going undrafted in 2020, began for Dallas yet was scoreless.
