Overview
- Dallas closed the third quarter on a 20-2 run to turn a nine-point edge into a 72-45 lead and finished with an 83-63 win over Connecticut on Sunday.
- Jessica Shepard and Arike Ogunbowale scored 15 points each to pace the Wings while rookie Azzi Fudd hit 4 of 5 three-pointers and added 12 points and defensive plays.
- Paige Bueckers had a quiet night with six points and the win ended Dallas’s two-game skid as the Wings improved to 19-11 and strengthened their push for a top-four seed.
- Connecticut fell to 7-23 as Diamond Miller scored a season-high 22, but the Sun remain hampered by Brittney Griner’s ongoing left-knee absence and the recent trade of Aneesah Morrow.
- The game was nationally televised on ESPN and came during a season with expanded national coverage and streaming under new WNBA media-rights deals while the Sun prepare to relocate to Houston next season.