# 2019 Dallas Wings season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's 4th season in Dallas. The season tipped off on May 24, 2019 versus the Atlanta Dream.
During the off-season, interim coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was not retained. Brian Agler was hired from the Los Angeles Sparks to become the team's new head coach.
The Wings started the season slowly, losing their first five games in a row. However, they turned things around, winning 4 of their next 6 to finish June with a 4–7 record. July proved to be disastrous for the Wings. They posted a 1–8 record in July only beating the Los Angeles Sparks at home. The Wings managed to turn things around in August, going 5–6 overall. Three of those five wins game against eventual playoff teams. The team couldn't keep the momentum going, finishing the season on a 4 game losing streak. Their final record of 10–24, was the franchises worst record since moving to Dallas, and worst record since 2012. Rookie Arike Ogunbowale proved to be a bright spot for the team. She won Rookie of the Month in June and August and lead the team in points scored per game, and assists per game.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 5 | Arike Ogunbowale | United States | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 17 | Megan Gustafson | United States | Iowa |
| 2 | 22 | Kennedy Burke | United States | UCLA |
| 3 | 29 | Morgan Bertsch | United States | UC Davis |

### Trades and roster changes

| Date | Details |
| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed F Kayla Thornton |
| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed F Glory Johnson |
| February 1, 2019 | Re-signed C Cayla George |
| February 19, 2019 | Signed G Brooke McCarty–Williams |
| February 25, 2019 | Signed G Nicole Seekamp |
| May 16, 2019 | Traded C Liz Cambage to the Las Vegas Aces for G Moriah Jefferson, C Isabelle Harrison, the Aces' first and second round picks in the 2020 WNBA draft |
| May 16, 2019 | Traded third round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to Atlanta Dream for C Imani McGee-Stafford |
| June 13, 2019 | Signed C Megan Gustafson |
| August 6, 2019 | Traded C/F Theresa Plaisance to Connecticut Sun in exchange for C/F Kristine Anigwe |

## Game log
### Pre-season

2019 pre-season game log :
May: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 13
vs. Atlanta Dream
L 59–82
Burke (11)
3 tied (5)
3 tied (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3,300
0–1
2
May 14
@ Connecticut Sun
W 71–67
Ogunbowale (19)
Gray (10)
3 tied (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3,965
1–1
3
May 19
Indiana Fever
L 66–71
McCarty–Williams (14)
Gray (5)
3 tied (2)
College Park Center 3,428
1–2 :
2019 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2019 game log Total: 10–24 (Home: 8–9; Road: 2–15) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 24
@ Atlanta Dream
L 72–76
Gray (14)
Johnson (9)
McCarty–Williams (8)
State Farm Arena 3,070
0–1 :
June
: 4–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 1
Minnesota Lynx
L 67–70
Thornton (12)
Stevens (8)
Thornton (3)
College Park Center 6,535
0–2
3
June 7
@ Indiana Fever
L 64–79
Harrison (18)
Tied (7)
McCarty–Williams (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,671
0–3
4
June 9
@ Washington Mystics
L 62–86
Johnson (15)
Johnson (9)
Davis (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,564
0–4
5
June 13
Indiana Fever
L 72–76
Thornton (19)
Gray (8)
Plaisance (4)
College Park Center 3,562
0–5
6
June 15
Atlanta Dream
W 71–61
Ogunbowale (17)
Gray (8)
Johnson (4)
College Park Center 5,220
1–5
7
June 20
Phoenix Mercury
W 69–54
Thornton (18)
Tied (11)
Tied (3)
College Park Center 4,626
2–5
8
June 22
@ Las Vegas Aces
L 68–86
Ogunbowale (25)
Thornton (10)
McCarty–Williams (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,347
2–6
9
June 26
Connecticut Sun
W 74–73
Ogunbowale (23)
Gray (7)
Plaisance (5)
College Park Center 4,017
3–6
10
June 28
@ New York Liberty
L 68–69
Thornton (20)
Plaisance (10)
Ogunbowale (5)
Westchester County Center 2,191
3–7
11
June 30
Minnesota Lynx
W 89–86
Ogunbowale (19)
Plaisance (10)
3 tied (5)
College Park Center 4,521
4–7 :
July
: 1–8 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
July 5
Indiana Fever
L 56–76
Tied (15)
Plaisance (7)
McCarty–Williams (4)
College Park Center 5,093
4–8
13
July 7
@ Chicago Sky
L 66–78
Ogunbowale (22)
Tied (8)
Tied (5)
Wintrust Arena 6,102
4–9
14
July 9
Los Angeles Sparks
W 74–62
Thornton (17)
Tied (6)
Davis (4)
College Park Center 6,885
5–9
15
July 12
@ Seattle Storm
L 81–95
Ogunbowale (23)
Johnson (9)
Davis (9)
Alaska Airlines Arena 6,451
5–10
16
July 14
Chicago Sky
L 79–89
Ogunbowale (20)
McGee-Stafford (8)
Gray (4)
College Park Center 4,261
5–11
17
July 17
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 64–69
Ogunbowale (14)
McGee-Stafford (11)
Tied (3)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,143
5–12
18
July 18
@ Los Angeles Sparks
L 64–69
Harrison (14)
Harrison (9)
Ogunbowale (7)
Staples Center 14,050
5–13
19
July 20
Phoenix Mercury
L 66–70
Thornton (16)
Plaisance (10)
Tied (3)
College Park Center 5,471
5–14
20
July 30
@ Las Vegas Aces
L 54–86
Ogunbowale (14)
Tied (8)
Gray (4)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,756
5–15 :
August
: 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
August 1
New York Liberty
W 78–64
Ogunbowale (22)
Gustafson (8)
Gray (9)
College Park Center 4,011
6–15
22
August 3
Las Vegas Aces
L 70–75
Ogunbowale (24)
3 tied (4)
Gray (4)
College Park Center 5,882
6–16
23
August 8
@ Seattle Storm
L 57–69
Thornton (14)
Harrison (7)
Ogunbowale (6)
Angel of the Winds Arena 6,268
6–17
24
August 10
@ Phoenix Mercury
W 80–77
Ogunbowale (23)
Harrison (9)
Ogunbowale (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,717
7–17
25
August 14
Los Angeles Sparks
W 84–78
Ogunbowale (35)
3 tied (6)
3 tied (2)
College Park Center 5,004
8–17
26
August 16
New York Liberty
W 83–77
Gray (22)
Tied (7)
Ogunbowale (5)
College Park Center 4,070
9–17
27
August 18
@ Connecticut Sun
L 68–78
Gray (22)
Harrison (13)
Harrison (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,275
9–18
28
August 22
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 70–86
Ogunbowale (22)
McCarty–Williams (5)
Tied (3)
Target Center 8,124
9–19
29
August 25
Atlanta Dream
L 73–77
Ogunbowale (29)
Harrison (10)
Tied (2)
College Park Center 4,715
9–20
30
August 29
@ Chicago Sky
W 88–83
Ogunbowale (35)
Harrison (12)
Ogunbowale (6)
Wintrust Arena 5,614
10–20
31
August 31
Washington Mystics
L 85–91
Ogunbowale (30)
Anigwe (9)
Ogunbowale (7)
College Park Center 5,205
10–21 :
September
: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 4
@ Connecticut Sun
72–102
Ogunbowale (32)
3 tied (4)
Ogunbowale (6)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,284
10–22
33
September 6
@ Washington Mystics
L 73–86
Ogunbowale (30)
Tied (8)
Ogunbowale (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,963
10–23
34
September 8
Seattle Storm
L 64–78
Ogunbowale (25)
Harrison (8)
Ogunbowale (5)
College Park Center 5,910
10–24 :
2019 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Los Angeles Sparks (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 15–2 | 7–10 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Las Vegas Aces (4) | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Seattle Storm (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 10–6 |
| 4 | Minnesota Lynx (7) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 7–9 |
| 5 | Phoenix Mercury (8) | 15 | 19 | .441 | 7 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 5–11 |
| 6 | e – Dallas Wings | 10 | 24 | .294 | 12 | 8–9 | 2–15 | 5–11 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

Source:
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Arike Ogunbowale | 33 | 28 | 32.1 | 38.8 | 35.2 | 81.5 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| Allisha Gray | 34 | 29 | 30.4 | 45.7 | 38.4 | 84.8 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 10.6 |
| Kayla Thornton | 27 | 25 | 30.4 | 34.3 | 27.2 | 93.1 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 10.4 |
| Isabelle Harrison | 31 | 29 | 25.6 | 45.6 | 0 | 71.6 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| Glory Johnson | 28 | 19 | 24.1 | 36.4 | 34.0 | 58.3 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 7.3 |
| Kaela Davis | 33 | 16 | 19.2 | 32.9 | 31.4 | 87.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Azurá Stevens | 9 | 1 | 16.0 | 35.8 | 11.1 | 80.0 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 4.8 |
| Imani McGee-Stafford | 29 | 6 | 11.9 | 46.8 | 25.0 | 64.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Tayler Hill | 4 | 2 | 12.3 | 30.8 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Kristine Anigwe | 10 | 0 | 12.9 | 33.3 | 0 | 66.7 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Megan Gustafson | 25 | 0 | 9.5 | 49.1 | 11.1 | 90.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Brooke McCarty–Williams | 34 | 3 | 13.1 | 28.9 | 36.0 | 91.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Karlie Samuelson | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA Rookie of the Month - June | July 2, 2019 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week | August 19, 2019 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA Rookie of the Month - August | September 4, 2019 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 16, 2019 |