Arlington, TX (June 5, 2025) – The Dallas Wings return home to face the Los Angeles Sparks Friday night at College Park Center. Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. CT, with the game airing nationally on ION. Ron Thulin and Naismith Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman will have the call, with Tiffany Bias-Patmon reporting. Friday’s contest marks the second Commissioner’s Cup game for both teams.

The Wings (1-7) are coming off an 83-77 setback at the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. DiJonai Carrington had her top performance of the season with a game-high 22 points to go along with eight rebounds and four assists. The Sparks (2-6) are coming off an 85-80 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday. Odyssey Sims led LA with 32 points.

Friday’s tilt is the Wings’ annual Sneakerhead Night. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. so fans can buy, shop, and swap their sneakers from our wide variety of vendors. The Dallas Wings Community Foundation will also be auctioning off sneakers worn by Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale, and will also be collecting shoes to donate in support of Soles 4 Souls.

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6/6 @ DAL         8:30 p.m.

8/15 @ DAL       6:30 p.m.

8/20 @ LA          9 p.m.

9/7 @ LA            5 p.m.

Paige Bueckers – Out (Concussion Protocol)

Ty Harris – Out (Left Knee)

On The Rise … DiJonai Carrington is coming off her strongest performance of the season and has been trending up over the last four games. Following her 22-point, eight-rebound, four-assist, one-steal showing at Seattle on Tuesday, Carrington has averaged 17.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists,1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per game over the last four contests. Over eight games this season, Carrington is averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.50 blocks.

2025 Commissioner’s Cup … Commissioner’s Cup play continues on Friday for the Dallas Wings. This season, the Wings will be playing for Unity Unlimited, Inc., a non-profit organization whose main mission is providing educational activities and resources to people, young and old, to foster unity and harmony within the community, the city, the state, the nation and the world regardless of race, culture or denomination.

DaLyss Wings … NaLyssa Smith had her top game of the season on Saturday night against the Chicago Sky. Smith posted a season highs of 20 points, three offensive rebounds and three blocks – matching her career best. The 6-4 forward had a season-high 10 free-throw attempts and 12 field goal attempts, while draining a triple for the second time this season.

Milestone for Myisha … Myisha Hines-Allen reached the 1,000-career rebounds mark in last Tuesday’s win at the Connecticut Sun. The 6-1 forward is in her eighth WNBA season. She is currently average 6.5 rebounds per game and has averaged 4.9 over her 206-game career. Hines-Allen, who celebrated her 30th birthday on Friday, also has over 1,600 career points 400 career assists, and 150 career steals.

Full Circle Moment … Dallas Wings Head Coach Chris Koclanes scored his first win as a WNBA head coach last Tuesday at the Connecticut Sun. With a large amount of family present, the New York native picked up the win where he had started his WNBA journey. Koclanes served on the Connecticut Sun staff from 2016-22, including as defensive coordinator when the Sun reached the 2019 and 2022 WNBA Finals as well as the 2020 and 2021 Semifinals.

Return to Texas … Several of the new faces on the Wings roster have strong Texas ties. DiJonai Carrington and NaLyssa Smith both played collegiately at Baylor, while Smith is a San Antonio native. Tyasha Harris was drafted seventh overall by the Dallas Wings and spent her first three professional seasons with the team before making her return this offseason.

New season, new faces … Dallas announced its official 2025 roster on May 15, consisting of just three returning players from the 2024 season (McCowan, Ogunbowale, Siegrist). The Wings’ new additions span from its draft class and free agency signings to the front office, where several key leadership additions mark a new era in franchise history.

#WingsUp … The official hashtag for the 2025 season is #WingsUp, to celebrate the franchise’s 10th season in North Texas. The Wings have advanced to the WNBA Playoffs five of their first nine seasons in Dallas, including reaching the Semifinals in 2023.

Wings expand distribution for Local Broadcasts … Two months after naming TEGNA station KFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth, its exclusive local broadcast partner, the Wings are expanding their broadcast reach through additional agreements with TEGNA, Gray Media, and Corridor Television. The agreement will triple the team’s local TV footprint, bringing free, over-the-air Wings games to 6.3 million households across 12 markets during the 2025 season. The agreements position the Wings as a league leader in geographic reach and among the best in number of households with access to local broadcasts