Game Preview: Dallas Wings vs. Washington Mystics — June 28

Sat, Jun 28, 2025, 2:23 PM

Arlington, TX (June 28, 2025) – The Dallas Wings host the Washington Mystics on Saturday night at College Park Center in the second contest of a back-to-back set of games for the Wings. Dallas hosted the Indiana Fever in front of a record-setting crowd of 20,409 at American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas last night. After falling by six to Indiana, the Wings will look to rebound against the Mystics tonight in Arlington. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. CT, with the game airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area on KFAA29. Ron Thulin and Fran Harris will be on the call, with Tiffany Bias-Patmon reporting.

The Wings (4-13) and Mystics (8-8) met less than a week ago in Washington, D.C., with the home team picking up the 91-88 overtime victory. Dallas erased a 16-point first-quarter deficit to take a halftime lead, with the teams going back and forth over the next 25 minutes. Arike Ogunbowale led Dallas with 27 points while Sonia Citron matched her game high to lead Washington with 27.

How to Follow 

Airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on KFAA29 and streaming out-of-market on WNBA League Pass. For complete local TV coverage click HERE. Follow @DallasWings and @DallasWingsPR for the latest breaking news. Live stats are available on stats.wnba.com. 

2025 Wings-Mystics Schedule & Results

6/22 at WAS      L, 88-91 OT

6/28 at DAL       7 p.m. CT

8/10 at DAL       3 p.m. CT

Washington leads the all-time series 43-40

  

Notable Storylines 

Wings Make History at AAC … The Dallas Wings battled the Indiana Fever in front of a sellout crowd of 20,409 on Friday night at the American Airlines Center, marking the largest WNBA attendance in Texas state history. In addition to the Texas WNBA attendance record which outpaced previous standards by the Houston Comets and San Antonio Silver Stars, it marked just the eighth regular-season game in WNBA history to feature more than 20,000 fans in attendance, and 10th overall, including the postseason. It also established a franchise regular-season attendance record. The Wings become just the fourth team in WNBA history to host a game which drew more than 20,000 fans, joining the Washington Mystics, Las Vegas Aces and Detroit Shock.

Last Week at a Glance … The Wings went 2-1 last week with wins over the Golden State Valkyries and at the Connecticut Sun. Dallas led the league in rebounding (39.7) and free-throws made (21.7), and finished fifth in scoring (84.7), assists (20.7) and steals (9.0). Paige Bueckers led the way with 20.3 points, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals. Arike Ogunbowale had her second-highest scoring output of the season with 27 points on Sunday at Washington.

Bueckers Benchmark … With Sunday’s 20-point, nine-rebound, seven-assist showing at the Washington Mystics, Paige Bueckers reached the 200-point, 50-rebound, 50-assist mark fastest in league history, doing so in just 11 games.

Change of Scenery … The Wings traded for center Li Yueru on June 14 with Yueru making her Dallas debut on Tuesday against the Golden State Valkyries. In five games with the Wings, Yueru is averaging 7.2 points and 6.4 rebounds, including a career-high showing of 15 rebounds in Tuesday’s win over the Atlanta Dream. Over nine games with the Seattle Storm this season, she was averaging 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds.

Top Of The Class … Dallas Wings rookie guard Paige Bueckers is in a class of her own. She leads all first-year players in scoring (18.4), assists (5.8) and steals (1.8), while listing fourth in blocks (0.9) and rebounding (4.4). Should the stat lines hold, Bueckers would be the first rookie in league history to average at least 15 points, five assists and two steals per game.