Wings Hold off Toronto
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Wings Hold off Toronto

Published on August 12, 2026 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Source: Dallas Wings News Release


Arlington, TX - The Dallas Wings scored their 20th victory of the year with a 94-88 win over the visiting Toronto Tempo on Wednesday night at a sold-out College Park Center. Paige Bueckers scored all 22 of her team-high points in the second half to lead four Wings in double figures. Dallas reaches the 20-win mark for just the second time in team history and first since 2023. The victory also solidifies the regular-season series sweep (3-0) of the Tempo, who fall to 10-23 on the year as Dallas improves to 20-14.

Bueckers, who was held scoreless in the first half after going 0-7 from the field, caught fire in the third, finishing 7-11 from the field over the final 20 minutes, along with a perfect 7-7 from the free-throw line towards 22 points. She added eight assists, tied her season high with three steals, and was credited with three rebounds. Alanna Smith notched her second double-double of the year with 13 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, while Arike Ogunbowale tallied 21 points, including a 13-14 clip from the free-throw line, along with five assists. Awak Kuier rounded out the double-figure scorers with 14 points off 6-9 shooting and four rebounds. Maddy Siegrist chipped in seven points, four rebounds, three assists and a season-high two blocks off the bench.

Dallas shot .443 overall, .346 from three and .885 from the free-throw line, going 23-26 from the charity stripe for the Wings' second-most made freebies in a game this year. Toronto shot .421 overall, .267 from three and .889 from the free-throw line. The Tempo won the rebounding battle 37-30 and held the advantage in second-chance points (16-11) and points in the paint (42-36), while the Wings had more fast break points, 14-8. Marina Mabrey led Toronto with 23 points.

The Wings return to the road for their next two games, beginning Friday at the Indiana Fever. Tipoff at Gainbridge Fieldhouse is set for 6:30 p.m. CT with the game airing nationally on ION.

Game Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists

Toronto Mabrey (23) Harrison (10) Harrison (5)

Dallas Bueckers (22) Smith (11) Bueckers (8)

First Quarter: Dallas 27, Toronto 17

The Wings utilized a starting lineup of Odyssey Sims, Paige Bueckers, Arike Ogunbowale, Awak Kuier and Alanna Smith for the first time this season as Azzi Fudd and Jessica Shepard remained sidelined with injuries. Sims sank a pair of threes early and added two assists to account for over 71-percent of the team's points over the first 4:35 of the game as Toronto called its first timeout with Dallas running out to a 14-8 advantage. The Tempo scored four straight out of the timeout to close within two, but a 5-0 Dallas spurt made it a seven-point Wings advantage, 22-15, with 2:31 left in the quarter. Maddy Siegrist found a cutting Aziaha James to stretch the Dallas lead to double figures, 27-17, with under a minute to go. Alanna Smith tied for the game high with nine points after 10 minutes, going 4-5 from the field along with game bests of four rebounds and three assists.

Second Quarter: Dallas 18, Toronto 20

Siegrist and Smith brought the lead to 15, 32-17, within the first minute of the second quarter, before a 9-0 Tempo run closed the gap back to six, 32-26, forcing a Dallas timeout with 6:38 left in the first half. After Sims scored out of the timeout, Toronto responded with a 9-2 run to make it a one-point game, 36-35, with 4:51 left in the second quarter. Five-straight points from Alysha Clark got the Wings lead back to six, 41-35, with under three minutes left in the half. Dallas got the lead back to eight, 45-37, off a Kuier layup with 1:38 left, where it would remain until halftime. Clark had five in the quarter while Ogunbowale added four. The Wings shot .447 overall to Toronto's .366 clip, while Dallas shot 6-15 from three (.400) to the Tempo's 4-18 (.222) mark.

Third Quarter: Dallas 25, Toronto 21

After starting off 0-7 from the field, Bueckers began the second half going 3-3 from the field for seven points, along with two assists. Toronto called a timeout with 5:39 left in the quarter after the Wings lead grew to 14, 58-44, as Bueckers accounted for 92.3 percent of the team's points in the quarter (7 points, 2 assists, 5 points created from assists) up until that point. Her stretch grew to 4-4 and 4-4 from the free-throw line, accounting for 85.7% of the team's points in the third (13 points, 2 assists, 5 points created from assists) with 2:16 to go and Dallas with a double-digit lead. The Wings shot 50-percent from the field (7-14) while holding Toronto to a 6-18 (.333) mark, with Bueckers' 13 points leading all scorers in the third.

Fourth Quarter: Dallas 24, Toronto 30

The Tempo made a push in the fourth, getting within a basket, 80-77, with 4:28 to go as Marina Mabrey made a trio of triples to spark the run. Mabrey picked up the Tempo's fifth foul of the quarter with 3:55 left, sending Dallas to the charity stripe the rest of the way, beginning with Bueckers who went 2-2 on her trip to make it an 84-77 Wings lead. Dallas saw its lead grow to double-digits once more, 89-79, before a 7-1 Toronto run got the Tempo within four, 90-86, with 1:18 to go. Free-throws from Ogunbowale and a Bueckers jumper sealed the win for the Wings, 94-88.

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