Game Preview: Dallas Wings vs. Phoenix Mercury

Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 10:04 PM

Arlington, TX (Sept. 10, 2025) – The Dallas Wings close out the 2025 season on Thursday when they host the Phoenix Mercury. Tipoff at a sold-out College Park Center is slated for 7 p.m. CT, with the game airing locally in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on KFAA29. Ron Thulin and Fran Harris will have the call with Tiffany Bias-Patmon reporting.

The sellout marks the ninth of 2025 for Dallas and eighth of the regular season. Thursday’s game will be the Wings’ annual Fan Appreciation Night. All fans in attendance will have the opportunity to win one of 10 golden ticket giveaways featuring signed jerseys, Apple Watches, AirPods, iPads, JBL Party Box Speakers and more. Fans can also celebrate Paige Bueckers’ historical rookie season with an exclusive t-shirt giveaway. In addition, the Wings will be giving away a trip to the 2026 All-Star Game to three 2025 Season Ticket Members who have renewed for the 2026 season.

The Wings (9-34) will look to level the season series with the Mercury (27-16). Both squads have defended their home courts, with Phoenix winning both contests at PHX Arena this year and Dallas scoring a 98-89 win at College Park Center back on July 3. Aziaha James shined in that contest with a career-high 28 points. The Mercury have clinched the No. 4 seed in the WNBA Playoffs regardless of Thursday’s outcome and will face the No. 5 seed New York Liberty in the first round.

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-Mercury Schedule & Results

6/11 @ PHX      L, 80-93

7/3 @ DAL         W, 98-89

7/7 @ PHX         L, 72-102

9/11 @ DAL       7 p.m. CT

Phoenix leads the all-time series 50-33

Game Status Report 

Luisa Geiselsöder – Out (Right Shoulder)

Ty Harris – Out (Left Knee)

Arike Ogunbowale – Out (Right Knee)

JJ Quinerly – Out (Left Knee)

Li Yueru – Out (Left Knee)

Notable Storylines 

Milestones Within Reach …  Paige Bueckers has the ability to climb more WNBA all-time rookie lists in Thursday’s finale against the Phoenix Mercury. Bueckers is 15 points from passing A’ja Wilson for No. 3 in league history for points scored by a rookie, and five assists from passing Sue Bird for No. 3 on the rookie assists list. If she scores at least 20 points she will pass Arike Ogunbowale for the top scoring average by a rookie in franchise history, while also putting her at No. 5 in WNBA history for most 20-point games by a rookie. She is currently the only rookie in WNBA history to average at least 19 points per game while shooting over 47 percent. Bueckers already owns Wings franchise rookie standards for total points (668) and assists (187) and is third in steals (56).

Roster Notes …  With all the injury woes the Dallas Wings have endured this season, Dallas has tied the WNBA record for most players to play for a team in a single season (21) originally set by the Phoenix Mercury in 2003. Additionally, the Wings’ 18 different starting lineups ties the WNBA record which five other teams have matched.

Bueckers Three-Peats as WNBA Rookie of the Month …  Paige Bueckers was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month for the third consecutive month. Bueckers became the 10th player in WNBA history and first in Wings franchise history to earn the distinction three times. Bueckers led all rookies in scoring and assists in the month of August, punctuated by setting the single-game rookie scoring record. The 6-0 guard averaged 20.3 points and 5.0 assists over 10 games in August, not only leading all first-year players in scoring but listing fourth among all WNBA players. She shot 49.7 percent from the field and 93.6 percent from the free-throw line while adding 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals. The month was highlighted by Bueckers’ record-setting performance at the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 20. She scored 44 points to break the WNBA single-game rookie scoring record.

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