Game Preview: Wings vs. Aces

Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 1:53 PM

Arlington, TX (July 15, 2025) – The Dallas Wings return home to College Park Center where they’ve won four straight to host the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. CT with the game airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth arena on KFAA29. Ron Thulin and Naismith Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman will be on the call with former Wings guard Tiffany Bias-Patmon reporting.

 

The Wings have won four consecutive games at College Park Center, most recently scoring a 98-89 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on July 3. Since then, Dallas hit the road and has dropped three straight, including a 102-83 setback at the Indiana Fever on Sunday despite 21 points from Paige Bueckers.

 

Dallas and Las Vegas last met on June 13 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in a game which had both teams leading by double digits before the host Aces rallied form an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes to pick up the win. Since that game, Dallas has seen notable contributions particularly from their newcomers, including JJ Quinerly, Aziaha James and Li Yueru. For more on their recent impact, see below.

 

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-Aces Schedule & Results

6/13 @ LVA       L, 84-88

7/16 @ DAL       7 p.m. CT (KFAA29)

7/27 @ DAL       3 p.m. CT (KFAA29)

8/17 @ LVA       2:30 p.m. CT (ABC)

Aces lead the all-time series 43-36

 

Game Status Report 

DiJonai Carrington – Questionable (Rib)

Ty Harris – Out (Left Knee)

Maddy Siegrist – Out (Right Knee)

Notable Storylines

Ratings Magnet…  The Wings and Fever met on Sunday in a game which aired nationally on ABC. The WNBA reported today that the game averaged 2.1 million viewers and peaked at 2.5 million, marking ABC’s fourth-most watched WNBA game ever.

The Rooks In July…  Dallas newcomers own the top three spots among WNBA rookies in both scoring in assists for the month of July. Paige Bueckers ranks first among all rookies in scoring at 18.0, followed by JJ Quinerly at 16.0 and Aziaha James in third at 15.5. For assists, Quinerly leads all rookies in July with her 5.3 average, followed in second by both James and Bueckers at 4.0 per game.

Rise Of The Rookies… While No. 1 overall draft pick Paige Bueckers gets a lot of the headlines, two other Dallas Wing rookie guards have been progressing at a rapid pace. Over the first 13 games of the season, Aziaha James averaged just 2.0 points per game, with her highest output being nine points. Since then, James has scored in double figures in eight of the last nine contests, including the second-highest showing by a rookie in the WNBA this season with her 28-point outing in the July 3 win over Phoenix. She has averaged 14.4 points per game over the last nine contests. Similarly, JJ Quinerly averaged just 3.1 points per game over the first 17 games. Since being moved into the starting lineup, Quinerly has averaged 15.8 points per game, including a career-high 18 points in the July 7 setback at the Mercury. Dallas boasts four of the top-14 rookie scorers in the WNBA this season, including league-leader Bueckers, James (No. 6), Quinerly (No. 13) and Luisa Geiselsöder (No. 14).

A Change Can Do You Good … The Wings traded for center Li Yueru on June 14 with Yueru making her Dallas debut against the Golden State Valkyries on June 17. In 10 games with the Wings, Yueru is averaging 8.8 points and 7.1 rebounds, including a career-high showing of 15 rebounds in the win over the Atlanta Dream on June 24. She has notched three double-doubles, including a season-high 18 points and 10 boards at Chicago on July 9. Over nine games with the Seattle Storm this season, she was averaging 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds and had zero double-digit points or rebounding games.