The Chicago Sky will look for a sweep of their three-game season series against the Dallas Wings on Sunday afternoon when the teams reconvene in Arlington, Texas.
The Sky (11-15) recorded a 94-88 victory over the Wings at home on May 28 and erupted for 104 points for the second straight game in a road win over the Wings on Friday.
Kahleah Copper and Courtney Williams each scored 25 points for the Sky and combined to make 9 of 10 attempts from 3-point range in Chicago’s win. The Sky shot a robust 55.1 percent from the floor (38 of 69) and 58.3 percent from beyond the arc (14 of 24).
“We have (14) games to go (in the regular season), and we need to continue to do that,” Chicago interim general manager/head coach Emre Vatansever said. “This is a good win for them. They came here and took what they needed.
“We didn’t win a championship right now; we just won another game, and they know it. But their effort has to be acknowledged.”
Alanna Smith had a career-high 20 points and Marina Mabrey added 16 against her former team to help the Sky overcome Natasha Howard’s first career triple-double. Howard collected 28 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for just the third triple-double in Dallas’ franchise history.
Satou Sabally scored 18 points for the Wings (15-12), who have answered a season-high five-game winning streak with losses in three of their last five contests.
“Learn from it and prepare for the next game,” Sabally said, when asked about her message to her teammates after Friday’s loss. “We have such quick turnarounds. The good thing is that we go against Chicago again, so there’s somewhat less preparation time in that. We know what we’ll face, and we know what we have to do better. We also know we’ll have to make a statement for the next game.”
Arike Ogunbowale was limited to just 11 points on 4-of-16 shooting from the floor on Friday. Ogunbowale, who averages a team-best 21.4 points per game, scored 27 points in the Wings’ first meeting this season with the Sky.
–Field Level Media
