Game Preview: Preseason - Dallas Wings vs. Toyota Antelopes

Sat, May 10, 2025, 12:47 AM
Arlington, TX (May 9, 2025) – The Dallas Wings close out preseason action on Saturday, May 10 when they host the Toyota Antelopes of the Women’s Japan Basketball League. Tipoff at College Park Center is slated for 7 p.m. CT, with the game airing locally on KFAA and streaming on WNBA League Pass. The Wings broadcast team will make their season debut which includes Ron Thulin, Fran Harris and former Wings guard Tiffany Bias Patmon.
Saturday’s contest marks the final audition for players vying for a Wings roster spot. Final rosters must be submitted to the league by May 15, with regular-season play starting on May 16. Dallas currently has 15 players on its training camp roster, with the WNBA regular-season limit at 12.
Dallas has one preseason game under its belt as the Wings faced the Las Vegas Aces last Friday night at Notre Dame in a homecoming for Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd and Jackie Young. The Aces scored the 112-78 victory, in a game which saw the Wings experiment with different rotations and combinations, as all 16 available players at the time saw at least four minutes of action.
How to Follow
Airing locally on KFAA and throughout Texas; streaming on WNBA League Pass. Follow @DallasWings and @DallasWingsPR for the latest breaking news. Live stats are available on stats.wnba.com.
Game Status Report
Tyasha Harris – OUT (knee)
Luisa Geiselsöder – NWT (overseas obligation)
Media Availability
Shootaround – NONE
 
Pregame – 5:15 p.m.:
Head Coach Koclanes
(concurrent with in-person)
Meeting ID: 889 2324 2946
Passcode: wings2025
Postgame: Head Coach Koclanes & two players TBD
(concurrent with in-person)
Meeting ID: 849 2345 8987
Passcode: wings2025
Pregame Media Availability 
90:00-75:00
80:00-65:00
75:00-60:00
70:00-55:00
Arike Ogunbowale
Maddy Siegrist
DiJonai Carrington
Myisha Hines-Allen
Joyner Holmes
Paige Bueckers
NaLyssa Smith
Aziaha James
Madison Scott
JJ Quinerly
Kaila Charles
Mai Yamamoto
Teaira McCowan
 
Notable Storylines
Welcome home … The Wings will play their first game inside of College Park Center on Saturday, May 10 against the Toyota Antelopes. With only three returning players from 2024, it’ll mark the Texas debut for not only the 2025 rookie class, but the notable offseason acquisitions as well.
Return to Texas … A number 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. Joyner Holmes played at the University of Texas and grew up less than 20 miles from Arlington, while 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.
Dazzling debut … Rookies stole the show in the Wings preseason game against Las Vegas at Notre Dame, as three of the four double-digit scorers for Dallas were just drafted. JJ Quinerly led the Wings with 16 points in her first professional game, while Paige Bueckers and Aziaha James each added 10. Third-year forward Maddy Siegrist picked up where she left last season, chipping in 11 points.
New season, new faces…. Dallas will debut its overhauled roster, consisting of just three returning players from the 2024 season (McCowan, Ogunbowale, Siegrist). The Wings’ new additions go 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 agreements 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