dallasweekly.news chose Arike Ogunbowale for Player of the Night after a season-high 32 points lifted the Dallas Wings past the Indiana Fever 91-85 at American Airlines Center.
ESPN and CBS Sports both have Ogunbowale at 12-for-22, 2-for-6 from three, 6-for-7 at the line, two rebounds, three assists, one steal, and 35 minutes. The Associated Press stressed that Caitlin Clark (10 points, 4-for-15, nine assists) and Paige Bueckers (13, 5-for-16, eight assists) combined to go 9-for-31 after each had scored 29 in Indiana's 98-87 win six days earlier.
Volume over a clean three-point night
Ogunbowale did not need a heater from deep. ESPN's play-by-play is pull-ups, layups, a running 28-footer, and free throws after contact. Jessica Shepard's career-high 26 rode shotgun; the pair scored 58 of Dallas' 91.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 37 for Indiana with 21 before halftime, 4-for-7 from three, and 15-for-15 at the line, and set a WNBA record with a 21st consecutive 20-point game, the AP reported.
Streak, quarters, standings
Indiana's five-game winning streak ended, per the AP. ESPN's quarters show a 22-18 Fever lead after one, then Dallas periods of 24-20, 24-19, and 25-24. ESPN listed Dallas at 21-16 and Indiana at 24-13.
The AP said Indiana missed a first chance at a franchise victory record (still 24) and that Dallas had won only four of 12 since a six-game streak, while playing its first game after announcing Azzi Fudd will miss the rest of the season after right-knee arthroscopic surgery.
