Satou Sabally racked up 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to record her first career triple double and lead the surging Dallas Wings to an easy 90-62 win over the short-handed Washington Mystics on Friday in Arlington, Texas.
The Wings never trailed in the game, led by 14 points at halftime and by 20 late in the third quarter before waltzing to the finish line. Dallas (14-10) has won six of its past seven games.
Teaira McCowan and Arike Ogunbowale scored 18 points each to pace the Wings’ scoring while Natasha Howard added 14 points, Awak Kuier had 12 and Maddy Siegrist contributed 10 in the victory. Dallas dominated the Mystics on the boards, 48-21, and won going away despite committing 20 turnovers.
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the Mystics (12-12) with 14 points, with Brittney Sykes scoring 12 and Natasha Cloud hitting for 11 points. Washington played without injured starters Elena Delle Donne (ankle), Ariel Atkins (ankle) and Shakira Austin (hip) and key reserve along Kristi Toliver (plantar fasciitis).
The Mystics have dropped four of their past five contests and six straight road games.
The Wings used a 10-0 run late in the first quarter capped by a bucket by McCowan and a free throw by Sabally to turn a 14-9 lead into a 15-point advantage. McCowan racked up 14 points in the period as Dallas led 24-12 after 10 minutes of play.
Sabally’s short jumper pushed the Wings’ lead to 37-17 with 4:33 to play in the second quarter. Washington fought back to within 43-29 after Sykes’ free throw with 45 seconds left in the half, which ended with Dallas up by 14 points.
McCowan led all scorers with 16 points before halftime, with Ogunbowale adding 12 as the Wings outshot Washington 57.6 percent to 30.6 percent over the first 20 minutes. Walker-Kimbrough led the Mystics with seven points in the half.
The Mystics cut their deficit to as few as seven points on two occasions in the third quarter, the latest when Cyesha Goree canned a jumper with 3:25 to play in the period to pull within 54-47. But Dallas responded with a 12-0 run that ended with Ogunbowale’s 3-pointer at the 1:28 mark and the Wings carried a 68-51 edge into the final quarter.
–Field Level Media
