2022 Dallas Wings season

2022 Dallas Wings season
CoachVickie Johnson
ArenaCollege Park Center
Attendance3,788 per game
Results
Record18–18 (.500)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finish6th seed; Lost in the first round to the Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
PointsArike Ogunbowale – 19.7 ppg
ReboundsTeaira McCowan – 7.0 rpg
AssistsMarina Mabrey – 3.7 apg

The 2022 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 7th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This was second season under head coach Vickie Johnson.

The season got off to an up and down start with the Wings losing their first game, but winning the next two. After losing the fourth game of the season, the team went on a three game winning streak. However, they ended the month with two losses and finished May with a 5–4 record. June started with their first five games being against Las Vegas or Seattle and the Wings went 1–4 in those games. In their final six games of the month they went 3–3 to finish June 4–7. Every loss in July was followed by a win, except for two straight losses to Chicago. The Wings finished July 4–5, but solidly in playoff contention. The team's fortunes changed in August when they won their first four games of the month and secured a spot in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. The Wings announced on August 12 that Arike Ogunbowale would miss the rest of the regular season and the 1st Round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs after she underwent a iliac crest core muscle avulsion repair.[1] The Wings went 1–2 in regular season games Ogunbowale missed and the team finished August 5–2. Their 18–18 record secured them the sixth seed in the playoffs. The team's eighteen wins, was their most in a reglaur season as the Wings. The last time the franchise won eighteen games in a season was in 2015, when they were known as the Tulsa Shock.

As the sixth seed, Dallas faced off against third seed Connecticut in the first round of the playoffs. Being the lower seed, Dallas would play the first two games of the three game series in Connecticut, with the third game being in Dallas if needed. The Wings lost the first game by twenty five points in Connecticut, but would win the second game by ten to force a deciding game three in Dallas. Home court did not prove advantageous, as the Wings lost game three by fifteen points. Their 58 points in game three was their lowest point total of the season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2022 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player School/team/country Nationality
1 7 Veronica Burton  United States Northwestern
3 30 Jasmine Dickey  United States Delaware
3 31 Jazz Bond  United States North Florida

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
December 2, 2021 Exercised Team Options on Satou Sabally, Tyasha Harris, and Bella Alarie[2]
January 7, 2022 Waived Luisa Geiselsöder [3]
February 3, 2022 Signed Arike Ogunbowale to a Multi-Year Extension[4]
March 2, 2022 Renounced the rights to Imani McGee-Stafford[5]
March 3, 2022 Signed Destinee Walker to a training-camp contract[6]
March 7, 2022 Signed Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson to training-camp contracts[7]
March 8, 2022 Traded the 4th and 6th Picks in the 2022 WNBA draft and a 2023 First Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Teaira McCowan, the 7th Pick in the 2022 Draft and Chicago's 2023 First Round Pick[8]
April 7, 2022 Placed Bella Alarie on the Full-Season Suspension List for Personal Reasons[9]
April 13, 2022 Signed Veronica Burton, Jasmine Dickey, and Jazz Bond to rookie-scale contracts
April 26, 2022 Waived Chelsea Dungee and Jazz Bond[10]
April 29, 2022 Waived Morgan Bertsch[11]
May 2, 2022 Waived Destinee Walker[12]
May 5, 2022 Waived Unique Thompson[13]
Temporarily Suspend Satou Sabally and Teaira McCowan due to Overseas Commitments[14]
May 9, 2022 Waived Moriah Jefferson[15]
May 10, 2022 Activated Teaira McCowan from her Temporary Suspension
May 17, 2022 Activated Satou Sabally from her Temporary Suspension

Roster

2022 Dallas Wings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 12 United States Burton, Veronica 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 07-12-2000 Northwestern R
C 35 United States Collier, Charli 6' 5" (1.96m) 188 lb (85kg) 1999-09-22 Texas 1
G/F 23 United States Dickey, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) 02-23-2000 Delaware R
G 15 United States Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 5
G 52 United States Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 1998-05-01 South Carolina 2
F 20 United States Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 5
F/C 28 Finland Kuier, Awak 6' 4" (1.93m) 168 lb (76kg) 2001-08-19 Finland 1
G 3 United States Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-09-14 Notre Dame 3
C 7 United States McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 3
G 24 United States Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 3
F 0 Germany Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-25 Oregon 2
F 6 United States Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 188 lb (85kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 6
Head coach
Australia Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
Assistant coaches
United States Le'coe Willingham (Auburn)
United States Kelly Schumacher (Connecticut)
United States Tim Gittens (Milwaukee)
Athletic trainer
United States Branay Hicks (UT Tyler)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Teaira McCowan Isabelle Harrison
Charli Collier
PF Kayla Thornton Awak Kuier
Satou Sabally
SF Allisha Gray Jasmine Dickey
SG Arike Ogunbowale Veronica Burton
Jasmine Dickey
PG Marina Mabrey Tyasha Harris

Schedule

Preseason

2022 pre-season game log
April: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 April 25 @ Chicago W 92–77 Marina Mabrey (24) Unique Thompson (10) Burton
Harris (5) 		Wintrust Arena
N/A 		1–0
May : 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 May 2 Indiana W 101–89 Isabelle Harrison (18) Harrison
Kuier (8) 		Veronica Burton (6) College Park Center
N/A 		2–0
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2022 game log
Total: 18–18 (Home: 8–10; Road: 10–8)
May: 5–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 7 Atlanta L 59–66 Marina Mabrey (20) Allisha Gray (9) Gray
Harrison
Burton (2) 		College Park Center
5,796 		0–1
2 May 13 @ Washington W 94–86 Arike Ogunbowale (27) Isabelle Harrison (10) Tyasha Harris (10) Entertainment and Sports Arena
3,281 		1–1
3 May 15 @ New York W 81–71 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Isabelle Harrison (10) Ogunbowale
Thornton (4) 		Barclays Center
3,095 		2–1
4 May 17 Washington L 68–84 Harrison
Mabrey (16) 		Kayla Thornton (8) Marina Mabrey (5) College Park Center
3,035 		2–2
5 May 19 @ Phoenix W 94–84 Arike Ogunbowale (37) Kayla Thornton (11) Marina Mabrey (10) Footprint Center
6,151 		3–2
6 May 21 Minnesota W 94–78 Marina Mabrey (22) Mabrey
Sabally
Thornton (5) 		Arike Ogunbowale (7) College Park Center
3,813 		4–2
7 May 24 @ Connecticut W 85–77 Marina Mabrey (20) Kayla Thornton (10) Marina Mabrey (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,180 		5–2
8 May 26 @ Connecticut L 68–99 Satou Sabally (18) Isabelle Harrison (7) Mabrey
Harris (4) 		Mohegan Sun Arena
4,308 		5–3
9 May 31 @ Los Angeles L 91–93 Isabelle Harrison (20) Isabelle Harrison (8) Satou Sabally (4) Crypto.com Arena
4,852 		5–4
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 June 3 @ Seattle W 68–51 Allisha Gray (18) Satou Sabally (11) Satou Sabally (6) Climate Pledge Arena
8,023 		6–4
11 June 5 @ Las Vegas L 78–84 Allisha Gray (24) Kayla Thornton (15) Tyasha Harris (5) Michelob Ultra Arena
4,814 		6–5
12 June 10 Seattle L 88–89 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Harrison
Thornton (6) 		Harris
Ogunbowale (6) 		College Park Center
3,292 		6–6
13 June 12 Seattle L 79–84 Allisha Gray (20) Kayla Thornton (14) Tyasha Harris (6) College Park Center
3,273 		6–7
14 June 15 Las Vegas L 84–92 Arike Ogunbowale (28) Harrison
Thornton (10) 		Arike Ogunbowale (4) College Park Center
4,375 		6–8
15 June 17 Phoenix W 93–88 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center
3,140 		7–8
16 June 19 Los Angeles W 92–82 Arike Ogunbowale (27) Allisha Gray (12) Allisha Gray (6) College Park Center
3,779 		8–8
17 June 21 @ Atlanta L 75–80 Allisha Gray (18) Kayla Thornton (7) Gray
Mabrey (4) 		Gateway Center Arena
N/A 		8–9
18 June 23 Indiana W 94–68 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center
2,791 		9–9
19 June 25 Phoenix L 72–83 Arike Ogunbowale (25) Isabelle Harrison (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center
4,240 		9–10
20 June 28 @ Minnesota L 64–92 Arike Ogunbowale (16) Harrison
McCowan (8) 		Arike Ogunbowale (3) Target Center
5,603 		9–11
July : 4–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
21 July 1 Los Angeles L 89–97 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Teaira McCowan (10) Allisha Gray (4) College Park Center
3,187 		9–12
22 July 5 Connecticut W 82–71 Arike Ogunbowale (20) Allisha Gray (8) Marina Mabrey (5) College Park Center
3,445 		10–12
23 July 12 @ Seattle L 74–83 Teaira McCowan (18) Teaira McCowan (10) Marina Mabrey (5) Climate Pledge Arena
9,486 		10–13
24 July 14 @ Minnesota W 92–87 Arike Ogunbowale (32) Teaira McCowan (8) Tyasha Harris (6) Target Center
4,834 		11–13
25 July 16 Chicago L 81–89 Marina Mabrey (22) Teaira McCowan (6) Marina Mabrey (3) College Park Center
5,126 		11–14
26 July 22 @ Chicago L 83–89 Arike Ogunbowale (28) Gray
Mabrey (7) 		Tyasha Harris (6) Wintrust Arena
7,014 		11–15
27 July 24 @ Indiana W 96–86 Arike Ogunbowale (22) Kayla Thornton (8) Ogunbowale
Thornton (5) 		Hinkle Fieldhouse
1,048 		12–15
28 July 28 Washington L 77–88 Teaira McCowan (27) Teaira McCowan (11) Marina Mabrey (4) College Park Center
4,382 		12–16
29 July 30 @ Atlanta W 81–68 Ogunbowale
Thornton (21) 		Teaira McCowan (14) Gray
Ogunbowale (8) 		Gateway Center Arena
3,138 		13–16
August : 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 August 2 @ Chicago W 84–78 Marina Mabrey (26) Teaira McCowan (12) Veronica Burton (9) Wintrust Arena
5,602 		14–16
31 August 4 Las Vegas W 82–80 Teaira McCowan (21) Teaira McCowan (16) Tyasha Harris (6) College Park Center
3,492 		15–16
32 August 6 Indiana W 95–91 (OT) Kayla Thornton (21) Teaira McCowan (14) Marina Mabrey (8) College Park Center
4,184 		16–16
33 August 8 New York W 86–77 Marina Mabrey (31) Teaira McCowan (9) Gray
Mabrey (4) 		College Park Center
3,036 		17–16
34 August 10 New York L 73–91 Marina Mabrey (19) Teaira McCowan (13) Marina Mabrey (6) College Park Center
3,795 		17–17
35 August 12 @ Phoenix L 74–86 Kayla Thornton (14) Teaira McCowan (9) Marina Mabrey (6) Footprint Center
8,047 		17–18
36 August 14 @ Los Angeles W 116–88 Marina Mabrey (27) Teaira McCowan (8) Tyasha Harris (11) Crypto.com Arena
7,245 		18–18
2022 season schedule

Playoffs

2022 playoff game log
First Round vs. Connecticut Sun
Lost Series: 1–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 18 @ Connecticut L 68–93 Allisha Gray (17) Gray
Harris
McCowan (5) 		Burton
Harris (3) 		Mohegan Sun Arena
4,797 		0–1
2 August 21 @ Connecticut W 89–79 Kayla Thornton (20) Teaira McCowan (11) Allisha Gray (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,788 		1–1
3 August 24 Connecticut L 58–73 Marina Mabrey (20) Teaira McCowan (12) Burton
Gray (4) 		College Park Center
5,016 		1–2
2022 playoff schedule

Standings

#
Team
 W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 x – Las Vegas Aces 26 10 .722 – 15–3 13–5 13–5 9–1
2 x – Chicago Sky 26 10 .722 – 15–3 14–4 12–6 9–1
3 x – Connecticut Sun 25 11 .694 1.0 11–7 13–5 12–6 5–5
4 x – Seattle Storm 22 14 .611 4.0 10–8 13–5 9–9 6–4
5 x – Washington Mystics 22 14 .611 4.0 11–7 12–6 10–8 5–5
6 x – Dallas Wings 18 18 .500 8.0 8–10 8–10 10–8 5–5
7 x – New York Liberty 16 20 .444 10.0 10–8 9–9 7–11 6–4
8 x – Phoenix Mercury 15 21 .417 11.0 7–11 11–7 4–14 3–7
9 e – Minnesota Lynx 14 22 .389 12.0 8–10 7–11 7–11 4–6
10 e – Atlanta Dream 14 22 .389 12.0 5–13 8–10 6–12 3–7
11 e – Los Angeles Sparks 13 23 .361 13.0 6–12 7–11 6–12 3–7
12 e – Indiana Fever 5 31 .139 21.0 2–16 3–15 2–16 2–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

See also: 2022 WNBA Playoffs
Round One:
Best-of-3 		Semifinals:
Best-of-5 		Finals:
Best-of-5
         
1 Las Vegas Aces 2
8 Phoenix Mercury 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
4 Seattle Storm 1
4 Seattle Storm 2
5 Washington Mystics 0
1 Las Vegas Aces 3
3 Connecticut Sun 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
7 New York Liberty 1
2 Chicago Sky 2
3 Connecticut Sun 3
3 Connecticut Sun 2
6 Dallas Wings 1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Arike Ogunbowale 30 30 31.4 .400 .352 .798 3.3 3.6 1.5 0.1 19.7
Marina Mabrey 34 32 28.0 .420 .351 .681 3.6 3.7 0.8 0.4 13.6
Allisha Gray 33 33 32.9 .423 .408 .798 4.8 2.5 1.1 0.7 13.3
Satou Sabally 11 6 21.7 .398 .233 .914 4.8 2.1 0.5 0.2 11.3
Teaira McCowan 33 15 18.9 .602 .000 .600 7.0 0.8 0.3 0.7 11.0
Isabelle Harrison 35 18 18.4 .466 1.000 .867 4.3 1.3 0.7 0.1 8.7
Kayla Thornton 36 35 29.2 .471 .329 .829 5.9 1.8 1.1 0.6 8.0
Tyasha Harris 35 5 15.8 .416 .309 .792 0.9 2.8 0.4 0.1 5.0
Awak Kuier 33 0 12.6 .395 .190 .613 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.9 2.8
Veronica Burton 36 6 15.2 .329 .279 1.000 1.5 1.9 0.9 0.3 2.6
Charli Collier 17 0 4.6 .444 .000 .714 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.0
Jasmine Dickey 20 0 4.7 .212 .250 .667 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.1
Moriah Jefferson‡ 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Marina Mabrey 3 3 32.7 .429 .455 1.000 4.0 1.7 0.7 0.7 15.0
Allisha Gray 3 3 35.7 .484 .231 .600 3.7 4.7 1.7 0.3 13.0
Teaira McCowan 3 1 24.7 .480 .000 .533 9.3 1.0 0.3 1.7 10.7
Kayla Thornton 3 3 26.3 .526 .500 1.000 4.7 1.3 0.3 0.7 8.3
Satou Sabally 3 0 15.3 .333 .300 .800 1.3 3.0 0.0 0.3 7.0
Veronica Burton 3 3 28.0 .400 .300 .800 2.7 3.3 2.0 0.3 6.3
Tyasha Harris 3 0 12.3 .538 .000 1.000 2.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 6.0
Isabelle Harrison 3 2 12.3 .538 .000 1.000 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 5.3
Arike Ogunbowale 1 0 6.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Awak Kuier 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
Jasmine Dickey 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale WNBA All-Star Selection June 28 [16]
Teaira McCowan Western Conference Player of the Week August 8 [17]
Western Conference Player of the Month - August August 16 [18]
Vickie Johnson WNBA Coach of the Month - August August 16 [19]

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