{"id":150758,"date":"2025-09-12T05:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/150758\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:52:14","slug":"paige-bueckers-shines-with-24-points-as-dallas-wings-end-season-with-97-76-win-over-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/150758\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers shines with 24 points as Dallas Wings end season with 97-76 win over Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paige Bueckers<\/a> had 24 points, Amy Okonkwo and Aziaha James each added 20 points off the bench and the Dallas Wings<\/a> ended their season with a 97-76 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Phoenix (27-17), which has lost three in a row, had already clinched the No. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs and will face the No. 5 seed New York Liberty in the first round. <\/p>\n

Satou Sabally led Phoenix with 14 points and Kalani Brown added 12. Third-leading scorer Alyssa Thomas played just 13 minutes. <\/p>\n

Maddy Siegrist scored 10 points for Dallas (10-34). Myisha Hines-Allen grabbed 10 rebounds to go with seven points.<\/p>\n

Bueckers topped Arike Ogunbowale for the top scoring average by a rookie in franchise history (19.2), while also moving into fifth in WNBA history for most 20-point games by a first-year player at 17.<\/p>\n

Bueckers moved past Sue Bird (191 in 2002) for the second-most assists by a rookie in WNBA history. Bueckers also passed A’ja Wilson (682) for the third-most points by a rookie.<\/p>\n

Phoenix started the game making 7 of 8 field goals to take a 20-6 lead following a 10-0 run. But the Wings made 8 of their final 12 shots in the frame to get within 28-25.<\/p>\n

Bueckers scored 10 of her 15 first-half points in the final 2:30 to help Dallas build a 57-47 lead. The Wings outscored Phoenix 25-13 in the third quarter to take control at 82-60. <\/p>\n

Dallas evened the season series with the Mercury at 2-2, with both teams defending their home courts.<\/p>\n

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