The Dallas Wings (6-17) fell to the Seattle Storm (13-11) 69-57 at Angel of the Winds Arena Thursday night. Defensive Player of the Year candidate Kayla Thornton led Dallas with 14 points, leading the Wing’s offense in scoring for the sixth time this season. The UTEP product has scored 10 or more in 11 games this season, having also done so in two of the previous three contests. She also collected six rebounds and one assist.
Rookie of the Year hopeful Arike Ogunbowale tallied another double-digit scoring output, collecting 13 points for her seventeenth game of the season with 10 or more. Her double-digit streak currently sits at four straight games. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native dished out six assists tonight, one shy of tying her career high mark.
Thornton and Ogunbowale were joined in scoring by Isabelle Harrison’s 12 and Allisha Gray’s 11. Harrison accumulated a career-high four steals tonight, topping her previous mark of three that was set against Las Vegas on July 9 of this year and posted a team high seven rebounds. Gray has put together 10 or more in three straight games and in 11 total contests during the 2019 campaign. Dallas has had four scorers tabulate double-digit scoring figures in eight games this season.
The Wings travel to Phoenix next to take on the Mercury Saturday, August 10 at 9 p.m. CT in Talking Stick Resort Arena. The game will be streamed on WNBA League Pass.