dallasweekly.news chose Arike Ogunbowale for Player of the Night, the Denton short version of a sold-out American Airlines Center game the Associated Press also filled with Fever fans, Mark Cuban courtside, and Cooper Flagg in a suite.
Ogunbowale scored a season-high 32 points on 12-for-22 shooting, 2-for-6 from three, and 6-for-7 at the line in 35 minutes, per ESPN and CBS Sports, with two rebounds, three assists, and one steal. Dallas beat Indiana 91-85 and snapped a five-game Fever winning streak, the AP reported.
Cold stars, hot Mitchell, hotter Arike
Clark finished with 10 points on 4-for-15 and nine assists; Bueckers had 13 on 5-for-16 and eight assists, the AP and ESPN both show - 9-for-31 combined. Six days earlier each had scored 29 in Indiana's 98-87 win, the AP noted; Thursday inverted that script.
Kelsey Mitchell still scored 37 with 21 before half, 4-for-7 from three, and 15-for-15 at the line, and set a WNBA record with a 21st straight game of at least 20 points, per the AP.
Jessica Shepard added a career-high 26. Ogunbowale and Shepard scored 58 of Dallas' 91.
Quarters and standings
ESPN's quarters: Indiana 22-18 after one; Dallas 24-20, 24-19, and 25-24 thereafter. The Wings chipped rather than buried. ESPN had Dallas at 21-16 and Indiana at 24-13.
