Wings shake off huge evening from A’ja Wilson, sink Aces

Satou Sabally scored 28 points and the Dallas Wings overcame a monster 42-point performance from A’ja Wilson to record a 93-90 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday night.

Dallas (8-22) put together back-to-back wins for just the second time this season while dropping the Aces to 2-4 since the All-Star break.

Wilson split a pair of free throws with 46.5 seconds left in the game to give Las Vegas (18-12) a 90-89 edge. But that would be the last time the Aces would score, and Arike Ogunbowale and Sabally each knocked down a pair of foul shots down the stretch to give the Wings the win.

Wilson missed a potential game-tying triple as time expired. Still, the 42 points were a season high, and Wilson made 16 of 22 shots from the floor.

Natasha Howard contributed 24 points and Ogunbowale finished with 20 for Dallas, which also got eight points and 17 rebounds from Teaira McCowan.

Jackie Young complemented Wilson with 17 points, while Chelsea Gray notched 15. Despite taking the loss, Las Vegas managed to outshoot the Wings 50 percent to 48 percent overall.

The Aces were in command after three quarters, taking a 69-61 lead into the fourth. Howard personally outscored Las Vegas 5-2 over the first 1:20 of the final period, and Dallas later drew even at 79-79 when Sabally completed a four-point play with 4:59 remaining.

After that, neither team led by more than two until the game’s final sequence.

Wilson netted 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting to lift Las Vegas to a 42-37 advantage at the break. She then went for 15 points in the third quarter, when both the Aces and Wings made 57.9 percent of their field-goal attempts.

Dallas had to climb out of an early hole, as it fell behind quickly due to a game-opening, 21-8 run by Las Vegas that ended with a 3-pointer from Young.

The Wings got within 25-18 by the end of the first quarter.

–Field Level Media