Dallas Wings (26-17, 12-10 Western Conference) at Seattle Storm (8-35, 1-21 Western Conference), Seattle; Wednesday, 9 p.m. CST
BOTTOM LINE: Dallas Wings visit the Seattle Storm after Paige Bueckers scored 30 points in the Wings’ 87-86 loss to the Phoenix Mercury.
The Storm are 1-21 against Western Conference opponents. Seattle ranks sixth in the WNBA with 34.0 rebounds per game, led by Dominique Malonga, who averages 8.8.
The Wings are 12-10 in Western Conference play. Dallas ranks fourth in the WNBA with 34.7 rebounds per game. Jessica Shepard leads the Wings with 11.1.
Seattle is shooting 42.2% from the field this season, 2.5 percentage points lower than the 44.7% Dallas allows. Dallas averages 89.1 points per game, 0.5 more than the 88.6 Seattle allows to opponents.
The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Wings won the last matchup 92-70 on Aug. 23. Bueckers scored 32 points to help lead the Wings to the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Malonga is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 8.8 rebounds for the Storm. Flau’jae Johnson is averaging 14.6 points and 3.3 rebounds over the last 10 games.
Shepard is averaging 14.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists for the Wings. Bueckers is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Storm: 2-8, averaging 79.7 points, 35.5 rebounds, 18.6 assists, 8.4 steals, and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 89.6 points per game.
Wings: 7-3, averaging 89.7 points, 36.5 rebounds, 22.4 assists, 6.8 steals, and 6.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.4 points.
INJURIES: Storm: Zia Cooke: day-to-day (knee), Ezi Magbegor: out for season (ACL), Katie Lou Samuelson: out for season (knee).
Wings: Alanna Smith: out (leg), Azzi Fudd: out for the season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.