Top Liberty vs. Wings Players to Watch - 8/22/2024

The New York Liberty (24-4) will host Teaira McCowan and the Dallas Wings (6-21) at Barclays Center on Thursday, August 22. The game starts at 7:00 PM ET.

The Liberty are outscoring opponents by 10.4 points per game with a +292 scoring differential overall. They put up 86.5 points per game (second in the WNBA) and give up 76.1 per contest (third in the league).

The Wings have been outscored by 8.6 points per game (posting 82.0 points per game, sixth in league, while allowing 90.6 per contest, 12th in WNBA) and have a -233 scoring differential.

How to Watch Liberty vs. Wings

• Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024
• Time: 7:00 PM ET
• How to Watch on TV: WWOR, BSSW, Amazon Prime Video, and Liberty Live
• Live Stream: Prime Video
• Location: Brooklyn, New York
• Venue: Barclays Center

Liberty’s Last Game

New York’s most recent game ended in a win over Dallas 94-74 at home. Breanna Stewart (26 PTS, 12 REB, 31.8 FG%, 3-7 from 3PT) and Jonquel Jones (23 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL, 57.1 FG%, 2-7 from 3PT) led the Liberty, and Satou Sabally (24 PTS, 4 STL, 57.1 FG%, 5-8 from 3PT) and Arike Ogunbowale (17 PTS, 5 AST, 38.5 FG%, 3-7 from 3PT) paced the Wings.

• Breanna Stewart: 26 PTS | 12 REB |3 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 3 3PM
• Jonquel Jones: 23 PTS | 12 REB |1 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK | 2 3PM
• Courtney Vandersloot: 15 PTS | 6 REB |11 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 3PM

Wings’ Last Game

• Satou Sabally: 24 PTS | 5 REB |4 AST | 4 STL | 0 BLK | 5 3PM
• Arike Ogunbowale: 17 PTS | 6 REB |5 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 3 3PM
• Natasha Howard: 13 PTS | 9 REB |1 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK | 0 3PM

Liberty Players to Watch

• Stewart is posting 19.8 points, 3.8 assists and 8.8 rebounds per contest.
• Jones paces the Liberty at 9.3 rebounds per game, while also averaging 3.6 assists and 15.2 points. She is fifth in the WNBA in rebounding.
• Sabrina Ionescu is tops on the Liberty with 19.9 points per contest (sixth in league) and 6.0 assists (fifth in league), while also putting up 4.4 rebounds.
• Leonie Fiebich averages 5.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest. At the other end, she averages 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
• Kayla Thornton puts up 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game, shooting 40.8% from the floor and 39.4% from downtown (sixth in league) with 1.3 made 3-pointers per contest.

Wings Players to Watch

• Ogunbowale paces the Wings in scoring (22.0 points per game) and assists (5.1), and posts 4.8 rebounds. She also puts up 2.6 steals (first in the WNBA) and 0.2 blocked shots.
• McCowan tops the Wings in rebounding (7.2 per game), and posts 11.1 points and 1.7 assists. She also posts 0.9 steals and 1.0 block.
• Natasha Howard is putting up 16.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per contest, making 44.3% of her shots from the field.
• The Wings get 5.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game from Sevgi Uzun.
• Maddy Siegrist gives the Wings 14.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest. She also puts up 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.