Arike Ogunbowale and the Dallas Wings (9-27) play the New York Liberty (30-6) at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 PM ET.
The Wings’ -268 scoring differential (being outscored by 7.4 points per game) is a result of scoring 84.1 points per game (fourth in the WNBA) while allowing 91.5 per outing (12th in the league).
The Liberty outscore opponents by 9.4 points per game (posting 85.9 points per game, second in league, and giving up 76.5 per contest, third in WNBA) and have a +338 scoring differential.
Dallas’ previous game ended in a loss to New York 105-91 at home. Ogunbowale (23 PTS, 50.0 FG%, 2-7 from 3PT) and Natasha Howard (21 PTS, 57.1 FG%) led the way for the Wings. Breanna Stewart (27 PTS, 50.0 FG%, 3-6 from 3PT) and Jonquel Jones (19 PTS, 77.8 FG%, 3-4 from 3PT) were the top performers for the Liberty.
Ogunbowale posts 22.6 points and 5.2 assists per game — both team highs. She is also putting up 4.7 rebounds, shooting 38.3% from the field and 34.2% from downtown with 3.0 made 3-pointers per contest (second in WNBA).
Teaira McCowan averages a team-best 7.9 rebounds per contest. She is also putting up 11.5 points and 1.5 assists, shooting 56.2% from the field (second in WNBA).
Howard posts 17.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, shooting 46.1% from the field.
Jacy Sheldon averages 5.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 40.8% from the floor.
Sevgi Uzun puts up 4.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest, shooting 35.0% from the field.
Liberty Players to Watch
Stewart is No. 1 on the Liberty in scoring (20.5 points per game), and posts 8.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists. She also puts up 1.8 steals (fifth in the WNBA) and 1.4 blocked shots (fifth in the WNBA).
Sabrina Ionescu is averaging a team-best 6.1 assists per game. And she is producing 19.1 points and 4.6 rebounds, making 40.6% of her shots from the floor and 33.8% from beyond the arc, with 2.9 treys per game (third in WNBA).
Jones is putting up a team-high 9.2 rebounds per game. And she is producing 14.8 points and 3.3 assists, making 55.0% of her shots from the field (third in WNBA) and 40.1% from 3-point range (sixth in league), with 1.6 treys per contest.
The Liberty receive 12.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game from Betnijah Laney.
Leonie Fiebich is putting up 6.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, making 46.5% of her shots from the field and 43.2% from beyond the arc (second in league), with 1.4 triples per game.
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