2024 Dallas Wings season

2024 Dallas Wings season
CoachLatricia Trammell
ArenaCollege Park Center
Attendance5,911 per game
Results
Record9–31 (.225)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsArike Ogunbowale – 22.2 ppg
ReboundsTeaira McCowan – 8.1 rpg
AssistsOdyssey Sims – 5.6 apg

The 2024 Dallas Wings season is the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 9th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This is the second season under head coach Latricia Trammell. The regular season tipped off on May 15, 2024, at home versus the Chicago Sky.[1]

The Wings started the season by splitting the opening two games with Chicago. They would go on to lose at Atlanta before winning the next two games of their road trip. They would close the month with a two-point road loss to Connecticut to finish the month with a 3–3 record. June would prove a much more trying month for the Wings. The loss to end May tunred into an eleven-game losing streak. On June 9, they did force overtime versus Phoenix, but ended up losing the game by seven points. None of the games during the June portion of the losing streak were within five points. They finally broke the streak on June 27 at home versus the Minnesota Lynx. They lost the last game of the month to finish with an 1–11 record. They started July with two losses but achieved a three-point win at home versus Atlanta to prevent a new streak from building. They would lose their next three games before ending the month with a win versus Indiana. They finished the month 2–5 and went into the Olympic break with a 6–19 record. Satou Sabally returned from the break healthy, but it was not enough as the Wings lost their first three games back from the break. However, they evenutally gelled, winning their last three games of the month. The highlight was an eighteen point win over Minnesota on the final day of the month. The three-game winning streak would be their last wins of the season, as the Wings lost all nine games in September. They did force overtime versus Atlanta on September 6 and only lost to Seattle on September 13 by two points. The Wings finished with a 9–31 record, one game above Los Angeles to prevent finishing in last place. Their .225 winning percentage was their worst since 2011, when the francise was located in Tulsa.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2024 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Jacy Sheldon  United States Ohio State
1 9 Carla Leite  France Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France)
3 33 Ashley Owusu  United States Penn State

Transactions

Date Transaction
January 11, 2024 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Satou Sabally[2]
January 22, 2024 Suspended the contract of Awak Kuier for the 2024 season[3]
February 1, 2024 Re-signed Kalani Brown[4]
Re-signed Satou Sabally[5]
February 6, 2024 Signed Stephanie Soares[6]
February 12, 2024 Signed Emma Cannon[7]
February 18, 2024 Renounced the rights to Kitija Laksa[2]
February 20, 2024 Signed Jaelyn Brown and Katrina Pardee to Training Camp Contracts[8]
February 23, 2024 Signed Sevgi Uzun to Training Camp Contract[9]
April 18, 2024 Signed Jacy Sheldon and Ashley Owusu to Rookie Contracts[2]
May 4, 2024 Traded Crystal Dangerfield to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a 2025 3rd Round Pick[10]
Waived Emma Cannon[10]
May 5, 2024 Waived Ashley Owusu[10]
May 9, 2024 Waived Katrina Pardee[10]
May 12, 2024 Waived Veronica Burton[11]
May 17, 2024 Signed Monique Billings to a hardship contract[12]
June 19, 2024 Signed Morgan Bertsch to a hardship contract[13]
June 25, 2024 Released Morgan Bertsch, and signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract[14]
August 14, 2024 Released Monique Billings and Odyssey Sims from hardship contracts[15]

Roster changes

Roster

2024 Dallas Wings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 21 United States Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m) 245 lb (111kg) 03-21-1997 Baylor 4
G/F 18 United States Brown, Jaelyn 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-12-1998 California R
F 6 United States Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1991-09-02 Florida State 10
F/C 28 Finland Kuier, Awak (S) 6' 4" (1.93m) 168 lb (76kg) 2001-08-19 Finland 2
G France Leite, Carla (DP) 5' 9" (1.75m) – 04-16-2004 France
G 8 Mexico Lopez Sénéchal, Lou 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) 05-12-1998 Connecticut R
C 7 United States McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 5
G 24 United States Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 5
F 0 Germany Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1998-04-25 Oregon 4
G 4 United States Sheldon, Jacy 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) 08-23-2000 Ohio State R
F 20 United States Siegrist, Maddy 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 05-22-2000 Villanova 1
C 10 Brazil Soares, Stephanie Injured 6' 6" (1.98m) 196 lb (89kg) 04-17-2000 Iowa State R
G 1 Turkey Uzun, Sevgi 5' 10" (1.78m) 141 lb (64kg) 11-25-1997 Turkey R
Head coach
United States Latricia Trammell (East Central)
Assistant coaches
United States Brandi Poole (Sewanee)
United States Courtney Paris (Oklahoma)
United States Zak Buncik (UT Arlington)
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
PG Sevgi Uzun
SG Jacy Sheldon Lou Lopez Sénéchal
Jaelyn Brown
SF Arike Ogunbowale Satou Sabally
Maddy Siegrist
Stephanie Soares
PF Natasha Howard
C Teaira McCowan Kalani Brown

Schedule

Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 3 Indiana W 76–79 Jaelyn Brown (21) Teaira McCowan (10) Howard
Ogunbowale
Uzun (3) 		College Park Center
6,251 		1–0
2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2024 game log
Total: 9–31 (Home: 7–13; Road: 2–18)
May: 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 15 Chicago W 87–79 Arike Ogunbowale (25) Howard
McCowan
(13) 		Arike Ogunbowale (7) College Park Center
6,251 		1–0
2 May 18 Chicago L 74–83 Arike Ogunbowale (35) Brown
Soares
(9) 		Sevgi Uzun (6) College Park Center
6,251 		1–1
3 May 21 @ Atlanta L 78–83 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (14) Sevgi Uzun (8) Gateway Center Arena
3,265 		1–2
4 May 25 @ Phoenix W 107–92 Arike Ogunbowale (40) Maddy Siegrist (9) Teaira McCowan (5) Footprint Center
8,339 		2–2
5 May 26 @ Los Angeles W 84–83 Arike Ogunbowale (20) Monique Billings (12) Sevgi Uzun (8) Crypto.com Arena
10,340 		3–2
6 May 31 @ Connecticut L 72–74 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Teaira McCowan (7) Arike Ogunbowale (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,638 		3–3
June : 1–11 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 June 2 @ Minnesota L 76–87 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Monique Billings (15) Arike Ogunbowale (6) Target Center
7,024 		3–4
8 June 5 Las Vegas L 81–95 Arike Ogunbowale (31) Teaira McCowan (15) Arike Ogunbowale (7) College Park Center
6,251 		3–5
9 June 7 @ Los Angeles L 72–81 Arike Ogunbowale (22) Monique Billings (12) Arike Ogunbowale (4) Crypto.com Arena
10,123 		3–6
10 June 9 Phoenix L 90–97 (OT) Arike Ogunbowale (25) Monique Billings (11) Arike Ogunbowale (10) College Park Center
5,568 		3–7
11 June 13 Seattle L 84–92 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Ogunbowale, Uzun (5) College Park Center
5,568 		3–8
12 June 15 Connecticut L 67–85 McCowan, Siegrist (16) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (5) College Park Center
5,977 		3–9
13 June 17 @ Minnesota L 78–90 Siegrist, Uzun (17) Monique Billings (10) Monique Billings (9) Target Center
8,314 		3–10
14 June 20 @ Chicago L 72–83 Arike Ogunbowale (31) Monique Billings (9) Sevgi Uzun (6) Wintrust Arena
9,025 		3–11
15 June 22 @ Washington L 69–97 Natasha Howard (19) Arike Ogunbowale (7) Sevgi Uzun (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena
4,200 		3–12
16 June 23 L 84–92 Natasha Howard (26) Monique Billings (14) Sevgi Uzun (7) 3-13
17 June 27 Minnesota W 94–88 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Teaira McCowan (12) Arike Ogunbowale (9) College Park Center
6,251 		4–13
18 June 29 @ Seattle L 76–97 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Natasha Howard (7) Natasha Howard (5) Climate Pledge Arena
9,080 		4–14
July : 2–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 July 1 @ Seattle L 71–95 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Howard, Ogunbowale (6) Odyssey Sims (6) Climate Pledge Arena
7,202 		4–15
20 July 3 Phoenix L 96–104 Natasha Howard (36) Natasha Howard (11) Odyssey Sims (6) College Park Center
6,129 		4–16
21 July 5 Atlanta W 85–82 Arike Ogunbowale (19) Teaira McCowan (11) Odyssey Sims (7) College Park Center
5,872 		5–16
22 July 7 @ Las Vegas L 85–104 Odyssey Sims (25) Natasha Howard (8) Odyssey Sims (5) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,369 		5–17
23 July 10 @ Phoenix L 84–100 Howard, Sims (19) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (13) Footprint Center
11,601 		5–18
24 July 13 Los Angeles L 81–87 Odyssey Sims (23) Natasha Howard (7) Odyssey Sims (5) College Park Center
6,251 		5–19
25 July 17 Indiana W 101–93 Ogunbowale, Sims (24) Howard, Ogunbowale (7) Odyssey Sims (9) College Park Center
6,251 		6–19
August : 3–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 16 Connecticut L 91–109 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Natasha Howard (11) Satou Sabally (7) College Park Center
6,191 		6–20
27 August 20 @ New York L 74–94 Satou Sabally (24) Natasha Howard (9) Jacy Sheldon (7) Barclays Center
11,455 		6–21
28 August 22 @ New York L 71–79 Arike Ogunbowale (19) Howard, McCowan (8) Arike Ogunbowale (8) Barclays Center
10,986 		6–22
29 August 25 Los Angeles W 113–110 Arike Ogunbowale (33) Teaira McCowan (11) Jacy Sheldon (8) College Park Center
5,925 		7–22
30 August 27 Las Vegas W 93–90 Satou Sabally (28) Teaira McCowan (17) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center
6,251 		8–22
31 August 30 Minnesota W 94–76 Arike Ogunbowale (25) Teaira McCowan (11) Arike Ogunbowale (8) College Park Center
5,581 		9–22
September : 0–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
32 September 1 Indiana L 93–100 Arike Ogunbowale (34) Teaira McCowan (11) Natasha Howard (9) College Park Center
6,251 		9–23
33 September 3 Washington L 86–90 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Teaira McCowan (13) Sabally, Uzun (5) College Park Center
5,129 		9–24
34 September 6 @ Atlanta L 96–107 (OT) Natasha Howard (24) Teaira McCowan (11) Arike Ogunbowale (8) Gateway Center Arena
3,260 		9–25
35 September 8 @ Chicago L 77–92 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Kalani Brown (8) Satou Sabally (7) Wintrust Arena
8,704 		9–26
36 September 10 New York L 91–105 Sabally, Siegrist (7) College Park Center
5,157 		9–27
37 September 12 L 67–99 Ogunbowale, Siegrist (11) Teaira McCowan (9) Sevgi Uzun (5) College Park Center
5,384 		9–28
38 September 13 Seattle L 81–83 Teaira McCowan (23) Teaira McCowan (15) Satou Sabally (6) College Park Center
5,728 		9–29
39 September 15 @ Indiana L 109–110 Ogunbowale, Sabally (27) Natasha Howard (10) Sabally, Sheldon (6) Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17,274 		9–30
40 September 19 @ Las Vegas L 84–98 Satou Sabally (25) Kalani Brown (9) Satou Sabally (7) Michelob Ultra Arena
10,376 		9–31
2024 season schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 yx – New York Liberty 32 8 .800 — 16–4 16–4 16–4 5–0
2 cx – Minnesota Lynx 30 10 .750 2 14–6 16–4 14–6 4–1
3 x – Connecticut Sun 28 12 .700 4 14–6 14–6 14–6 4–1
4 x – Las Vegas Aces 27 13 .675 5 12–8 13–7 14–6 2–3
5 x – Seattle Storm 25 15 .625 7 13–7 14–6 11–9 4–1
6 x – Indiana Fever 20 20 .500 12 11–9 12–8 8–12 3–2
7 x – Phoenix Mercury 19 21 .475 13 10–10 10–10 9–11 3–2
8 x – Atlanta Dream 15 25 .375 17 7–13 8–12 7–13 1–4
9 e – Washington Mystics 14 26 .350 18 7–13 5–15 9–11 1–4
10 e – Chicago Sky 13 27 .325 19 5–15 6–14 7–13 1–4
11 e – Dallas Wings 9 31 .225 23 6–14 7–13 2–18 0–5
12 e – Los Angeles Sparks 8 32 .200 24 5–15 5–15 3–17 2–3

Notes

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


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 TO PF PPG
Arike Ogunbowale 38 38 38.6 .383 .346 .921 4.6 5.1 2.1 0.3 2.7 2.8 22.2
Satou Sabally 15 15 34.1 .426 .452 .779 6.4 5.0 1.3 0.5 2.5 3.2 17.9
Natasha Howard 27 26 30.6 .456 .200 .718 6.7 2.9 1.3 0.8 2.8 3.1 17.6
Odyssey Sims≠ ‡ 9 7 33.9 .535 .500 .654 2.9 5.6 1.7 0.4 1.8 1.7 17.2
Teaira McCowan 39 38 25.3 .570 .250 .718 8.1 1.6 0.9 0.9 2.0 3.0 11.7
Maddy Siegrist 27 13 23.9 .505 .270 .767 3.3 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 9.4
Monique Billings ≠ ‡ 24 12 25.4 .475 .143 .804 6.6 1.9 0.6 0.5 2.1 2.5 8.8
Kalani Brown 38 2 13.5 .582 .000 .661 3.1 1.1 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.7 5.9
Jacy Sheldon 40 26 23.3 .386 .309 .926 2.1 2.5 0.6 0.3 1.6 2.5 5.4
Sevgi Uzun 40 19 20.5 .342 .238 .826 1.6 3.0 0.9 0.3 1.8 1.5 4.4
Jaelyn Brown 14 1 10.1 .484 .500 .333 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.1 2.6
Stephanie Soares 22 3 8.0 .294 .167 1.000 2.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1
Lou Lopez Sénéchal 27 0 4.6 .294 .200 .500 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9
Morgan Bertsch ≠ ‡ 3 0 7.3 .000 .000 .500 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.3


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

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale WNBA All-Star July 2, 2024 [16]
All-Star Game MVP July 20, 2024 [17]
AP All-WNBA Second Team September 22, 2024 [18]
All-WNBA Second Team October 16, 2024 [19]

References

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