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.
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 turned 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 eventually 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
RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country 1 5 Jacy Sheldon Ohio State 1 9 Carla Leite Tarbes Gespe Bigorre 3 33 Ashley Owusu Penn State
Transactions DateTransaction January 11, 2024 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Satou Sabally January 22, 2024 Suspended the contract of Awak Kuier for the 2024 season February 1, 2024 Re-signed Kalani Brown Re-signed Satou Sabally February 6, 2024 Signed Stephanie Soares February 12, 2024 Signed Emma Cannon February 18, 2024 Renounced the rights to Kitija LaksaFebruary 20, 2024 Signed Jaelyn Brown and Katrina Pardee to Training Camp Contracts February 23, 2024 Signed Sevgi Uzun to Training Camp Contract April 18, 2024 Signed Jacy Sheldon and Ashley Owusu to Rookie Contracts May 4, 2024 Traded Crystal Dangerfield to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a 2025 3rd Round Pick Waived Emma Cannon May 5, 2024 Waived Ashley Owusu May 9, 2024 Waived Katrina Pardee May 12, 2024 Waived Veronica Burton May 17, 2024 Signed Monique Billings to a hardship contract June 19, 2024 Signed Morgan Bertsch to a hardship contract June 25, 2024 Released Morgan Bertsch, and signed Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract August 14, 2024 Released Monique Billings and Odyssey Sims from hardship contracts
Roster changes
Additions PersonnelSigned/TradeFormer team Morgan Bertsch Signed Phoenix Mercury Emma Cannon Signed Indiana Fever Ashley Owusu Draft Penn State Lou Lopez Sénéchal Return from injury — Jacy Sheldon Draft Ohio State Odyssey Sims Signed– Stephanie Soares Return from injury — Sevgi Uzun Signed Free Agent
Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew team Morgan Bertsch Released — Veronica Burton Waived Connecticut Sun Emma Cannon Waived Las Vegas Aces Diamond DeShields Free Agency Chicago Sky Crystal Dangerfield Trade Atlanta Dream Awak Kuier Contract Suspended — Ashley Owusu Waived–
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Sevgi Uzun SG Jacy Sheldon Lou Lopez SénéchalJaelyn Brown SF Arike Ogunbowale Satou Sabally Maddy SiegristStephanie Soares PF Natasha Howard C Teaira McCowan Kalani Brown
Schedule Pre-season
| 1 | May 3 | Indiana | W 76–79 | Jaelyn Brown (21) | Teaira McCowan (10) | HowardOgunbowaleUzun (3) | College Park Center6,251 | 1–0
Regular season
| 1 | May 15 | Chicago | W 87–79 | Arike Ogunbowale (25) | HowardMcCowan(13) | Arike Ogunbowale (7) | College Park Center6,251 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 18 | Chicago | L 74–83 | Arike Ogunbowale (35) | BrownSoares(9) | Sevgi Uzun (6) | College Park Center6,251 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 21 | @ Atlanta | L 78–83 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Teaira McCowan (14) | Sevgi Uzun (8) | Gateway Center Arena3,265 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 25 | @ Phoenix | W 107–92 | Arike Ogunbowale (40) | Maddy Siegrist (9) | Teaira McCowan (5) | Footprint Center8,339 | 2–2 |- | 5 | May 26 | @ Los Angeles | W 84–83 | Arike Ogunbowale (20) | Monique Billings (12) | Sevgi Uzun (8) | Crypto.com Arena10,340 | 3–2 |- | 6 | May 31 | @ Connecticut | L 72–74 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Teaira McCowan (7) | Arike Ogunbowale (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,638 | 3–3
| 7 | June 2 | @ Minnesota | L 76–87 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Monique Billings (15) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | Target Center7,024 | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 5 | Las Vegas | L 81–95 | Arike Ogunbowale (31) | Teaira McCowan (15) | Arike Ogunbowale (7) | College Park Center6,251 | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 72–81 | Arike Ogunbowale (22) | Monique Billings (12) | Arike Ogunbowale (4) | Crypto.com Arena10,123 | 3–6 |- | 10 | June 9 | Phoenix | L 90–97 (OT) | Arike Ogunbowale (25) | Monique Billings (11) | Arike Ogunbowale (10) | College Park Center5,568 | 3–7 |- | 11 | June 13 | Seattle | L 84–92 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Ogunbowale, Uzun (5) | College Park Center5,568 | 3–8 |- | 12 | June 15 | Connecticut | L 67–85 | McCowan, Siegrist (16) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (5) | College Park Center5,977 | 3–9 |- | 13 | June 17 | @ Minnesota | L 78–90 | Siegrist, Uzun (17) | Monique Billings (10) | Monique Billings (9) | Target Center8,314 | 3–10 |- | 14 | June 20 | @ Chicago | L 72–83 | Arike Ogunbowale (31) | Monique Billings (9) | Sevgi Uzun (6) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 3–11 |- | 15 | June 22 | rowspan=2| @ Washington | L 69–97 | Natasha Howard (19) | Arike Ogunbowale (7) | Sevgi Uzun (5) | rowspan=2| Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 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 Center6,251 | 4–13 |- | 18 | June 29 | @ Seattle | L 76–97 | Arike Ogunbowale (24) | Natasha Howard (7) | Natasha Howard (5) | Climate Pledge Arena9,080 | 4–14
| 19 | July 1 | @ Seattle | L 71–95 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Howard, Ogunbowale (6) | Odyssey Sims (6) | Climate Pledge Arena7,202 | 4–15 |- | 20 | July 3 | Phoenix | L 96–104 | Natasha Howard (36) | Natasha Howard (11) | Odyssey Sims (6) | College Park Center6,129 | 4–16 |- | 21 | July 5 | Atlanta | W 85–82 | Arike Ogunbowale (19) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Odyssey Sims (7) | College Park Center5,872 | 5–16 |- | 22 | July 7 | @ Las Vegas | L 85–104 | Odyssey Sims (25) | Natasha Howard (8) | Odyssey Sims (5) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,369 | 5–17 |- | 23 | July 10 | @ Phoenix | L 84–100 | Howard, Sims (19) | Teaira McCowan (10) | Arike Ogunbowale (13) | Footprint Center11,601 | 5–18 |- | 24 | July 13 | Los Angeles | L 81–87 | Odyssey Sims (23) | Natasha Howard (7) | Odyssey Sims (5) | College Park Center6,251 | 5–19
| 25 | July 17 | Indiana | W 101–93 | Ogunbowale, Sims (24) | Howard, Ogunbowale (7) | Odyssey Sims (9) | College Park Center6,251 | 6–19
| 26 | August 16 | Connecticut | L 91–109 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Natasha Howard (11) | Satou Sabally (7) | College Park Center6,191 | 6–20 |- | 27 | August 20 | @ New York | L 74–94 | Satou Sabally (24) | Natasha Howard (9) | Jacy Sheldon (7) | Barclays Center11,455 | 6–21 |- | 28 | August 22 | @ New York | L 71–79 | Arike Ogunbowale (19) | Howard, McCowan (8) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | Barclays Center10,986 | 6–22 |- | 29 | August 25 | Los Angeles | W 113–110 | Arike Ogunbowale (33) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Jacy Sheldon (8) | College Park Center5,925 | 7–22 |- | 30 | August 27 | Las Vegas | W 93–90 | Satou Sabally (28) | Teaira McCowan (17) | Arike Ogunbowale (6) | College Park Center6,251 | 8–22 |- | 31 | August 30 | Minnesota | W 94–76 | Arike Ogunbowale (25) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | College Park Center5,581 | 9–22
| 32 | September 1 | Indiana | L 93–100 | Arike Ogunbowale (34) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Natasha Howard (9) | College Park Center6,251 | 9–23 |- | 33 | September 3 | Washington | L 86–90 | Arike Ogunbowale (21) | Teaira McCowan (13) | Sabally, Uzun (5) | College Park Center5,129 | 9–24 |- | 34 | September 6 | @ Atlanta | L 96–107 (OT) | Natasha Howard (24) | Teaira McCowan (11) | Arike Ogunbowale (8) | Gateway Center Arena3,260 | 9–25 |- | 35 | September 8 | @ Chicago | L 77–92 | rowspan=2| Arike Ogunbowale (23) | Kalani Brown (8) | rowspan=2| Satou Sabally (7) | Wintrust Arena8,704 | 9–26 |- | 36 | September 10 | rowspan=2| New York | L 91–105 | Sabally, Siegrist (7) | College Park Center5,157 | 9–27 |- | 37 | September 12 | L 67–99 | Ogunbowale, Siegrist (11) | Teaira McCowan (9) | Sevgi Uzun (5) | College Park Center5,384 | 9–28 |- | 38 | September 13 | Seattle | L 81–83 | Teaira McCowan (23) | Teaira McCowan (15) | Satou Sabally (6) | College Park Center5,728 | 9–29 |- | 39 | September 15 | @ Indiana | L 109–110 | Ogunbowale, Sabally (27) | Natasha Howard (10) | Sabally, Sheldon (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 9–30 |- | 40 | September 19 | @ Las Vegas | L 84–98 | Satou Sabally (25) | Kalani Brown (9) | Satou Sabally (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,376 | 9–31
Standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPGArike Ogunbowale 383838.6.383.346.9214.65.12.10.32.72.822.2Satou Sabally151534.1.426.452.7796.45.01.30.52.53.217.9Natasha Howard272630.6.456.200.7186.72.91.30.82.83.117.6Odyssey Sims≠ ‡9733.9.535.500.6542.95.61.70.41.81.717.2Teaira McCowan393825.3.570.250.7188.11.60.90.92.03.011.7Maddy Siegrist271323.9.505.270.7673.31.00.40.40.61.29.4Monique Billings ≠ ‡241225.4.475.143.8046.61.90.60.52.12.58.8Kalani Brown38213.5.582.000.6613.11.10.20.61.21.75.9Jacy Sheldon402623.3.386.309.9262.12.50.60.31.62.55.4Sevgi Uzun401920.5.342.238.8261.63.00.90.31.81.54.4Jaelyn Brown14110.1.484.500.3331.50.40.30.30.91.12.6Stephanie Soares2238.0.294.1671.0002.10.50.10.40.50.81.1Lou Lopez Sénéchal2704.6.294.200.5000.40.40.10.00.20.50.9Morgan Bertsch ≠ ‡307.3.000.000.5001.70.00.30.01.31.30.3 ‡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 All-Star Game MVP July 20, 2024 AP All-WNBA Second Team September 22, 2024 All-WNBA Second Team October 16, 2024
References
External links Official website of the Dallas Wings