Phoenix Mercury at Dallas Wings
· Women's National Basketball AssociationKahleah Copper scores 34, including late 3-pointer, as Mercury beat Wings 102-96
Phoenix was up 61-43 early in the third quarter after a three-point play by Griner before Dallas got to within 99-96 on two free throws by Arike Ogunbowale with 1:54 left.
Those would be the last points the Wings would score as Dallas missed two shots over the next 80 seconds. Copper then sealed the win hitting a 3-pointer with 23 seconds left.
Diana Taurasi finished with 16 points and Rebecca Allen scored 14 for Phoenix (10-10). Natasha Cloud added 10 points and 10 assists.
Natasha Howard scored 14 of her career-high 36 points in the third quarter — and the Wings scored 33 points, their highest-scoring quarter this season as they trimmed the 18-point deficit.
Dallas (4-16) has dropped 14 of its past 15 games.
Ogunbowale scored 26 points for the Wings and Odyssey Sims added 14. The 32-year-old Howard made 11 of 15 from the field, 13 of 17 from the free-throw line and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Dallas won 107-92 in Phoenix on May 25, while the Mercury outlasted the Wings in a 97-90 double-overtime road victory on June 9.
The Mercury, who had dropped back-to-back games and three of their past four, have played four games in the past six days.
Regular Season Series
PHX wins series 3-1
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 104 - 96 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 104 - 96 | |
4th 6.1 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 2 of 2 | 104 - 96 | |
4th 6.1 | Natasha Cloud makes free throw 1 of 2 | 103 - 96 | |
4th 6.1 | Jacy Sheldon personal foul | 102 - 96 |
Statistics
PHX | DAL | |
---|---|---|
36-65 | FG | 33-67 |
55.4 | Field Goal % | 49.3 |
11-23 | 3PT | 5-17 |
47.8 | Three Point % | 29.4 |
21-23 | FT | 25-34 |
91.3 | Free Throw % | 73.5 |
24 | Rebounds | 34 |
5 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
19 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
22 | Assists | 20 |
6 | Steals | 6 |
3 | Blocks | 2 |
9 | Turnovers | 10 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
9 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
18 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 18 |
5 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
36 | Points in Paint | 42 |
23 | Fouls | 20 |
18 | Largest Lead | 2 |
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