# 2024 Dallas Wings season

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

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 5 | Jacy Sheldon | United States | Ohio State |
| 1 | 9 | Carla Leite | France | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France) |
| 3 | 33 | Ashley Owusu | United States | Penn State |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| 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 |
| February 1, 2024 | Re-signed Satou Sabally |
| February 6, 2024 | Signed Stephanie Soares |
| February 12, 2024 | Signed Emma Cannon |
| February 18, 2024 | Renounced the rights to Kitija Laksa |
| February 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 |
| May 4, 2024 | 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
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| PG | Sevgi Uzun | |
| SG | Jacy Sheldon | Lou Lopez Sénéchal Jaelyn Brown |
| SF | Arike Ogunbowale | Satou Sabally Maddy Siegrist Stephanie Soares |
| PF | Natasha Howard | |
| C | Teaira McCowan | Kalani Brown |

## Schedule
### Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
Indiana
W 76–79
Jaelyn Brown (21)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Howard Ogunbowale Uzun (3)
College Park Center 6,251
1–0 :
2024 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2024 game log Total: 9–31 (Home: 7–13; Road: 2–18) :
May: 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 15
Chicago
W 87–79
Arike Ogunbowale (25)
Howard McCowan (13)
Arike Ogunbowale (7)
College Park Center 6,251
1–0
2
May 18
Chicago
L 74–83
Arike Ogunbowale (35)
Brown Soares (9)
Sevgi Uzun (6)
College Park Center 6,251
1–1
3
May 21
@ Atlanta
L 78–83
Arike Ogunbowale (24)
Teaira McCowan (14)
Sevgi Uzun (8)
Gateway Center Arena 3,265
1–2
4
May 25
@ Phoenix
W 107–92
Arike Ogunbowale (40)
Maddy Siegrist (9)
Teaira McCowan (5)
Footprint Center 8,339
2–2
5
May 26
@ Los Angeles
W 84–83
Arike Ogunbowale (20)
Monique Billings (12)
Sevgi Uzun (8)
Crypto.com Arena 10,340
3–2
6
May 31
@ Connecticut
L 72–74
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Teaira McCowan (7)
Arike Ogunbowale (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,638
3–3 :
June
: 1–11 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 2
@ Minnesota
L 76–87
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Monique Billings (15)
Arike Ogunbowale (6)
Target Center 7,024
3–4
8
June 5
Las Vegas
L 81–95
Arike Ogunbowale (31)
Teaira McCowan (15)
Arike Ogunbowale (7)
College Park Center 6,251
3–5
9
June 7
@ Los Angeles
L 72–81
Arike Ogunbowale (22)
Monique Billings (12)
Arike Ogunbowale (4)
Crypto.com Arena 10,123
3–6
10
June 9
Phoenix
L 90–97 (OT)
Arike Ogunbowale (25)
Monique Billings (11)
Arike Ogunbowale (10)
College Park Center 5,568
3–7
11
June 13
Seattle
L 84–92
Arike Ogunbowale (24)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Ogunbowale, Uzun (5)
College Park Center 5,568
3–8
12
June 15
Connecticut
L 67–85
McCowan, Siegrist (16)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (5)
College Park Center 5,977
3–9
13
June 17
@ Minnesota
L 78–90
Siegrist, Uzun (17)
Monique Billings (10)
Monique Billings (9)
Target Center 8,314
3–10
14
June 20
@ Chicago
L 72–83
Arike Ogunbowale (31)
Monique Billings (9)
Sevgi Uzun (6)
Wintrust Arena 9,025
3–11
15
June 22
@ Washington
L 69–97
Natasha Howard (19)
Arike Ogunbowale (7)
Sevgi Uzun (5)
Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200
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 Center 6,251
4–13
18
June 29
@ Seattle
L 76–97
Arike Ogunbowale (24)
Natasha Howard (7)
Natasha Howard (5)
Climate Pledge Arena 9,080
4–14 :
July
: 2–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
July 1
@ Seattle
L 71–95
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Howard, Ogunbowale (6)
Odyssey Sims (6)
Climate Pledge Arena 7,202
4–15
20
July 3
Phoenix
L 96–104
Natasha Howard (36)
Natasha Howard (11)
Odyssey Sims (6)
College Park Center 6,129
4–16
21
July 5
Atlanta
W 85–82
Arike Ogunbowale (19)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Odyssey Sims (7)
College Park Center 5,872
5–16
22
July 7
@ Las Vegas
L 85–104
Odyssey Sims (25)
Natasha Howard (8)
Odyssey Sims (5)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,369
5–17
23
July 10
@ Phoenix
L 84–100
Howard, Sims (19)
Teaira McCowan (10)
Arike Ogunbowale (13)
Footprint Center 11,601
5–18
24
July 13
Los Angeles
L 81–87
Odyssey Sims (23)
Natasha Howard (7)
Odyssey Sims (5)
College Park Center 6,251
5–19
25
July 17
Indiana
W 101–93
Ogunbowale, Sims (24)
Howard, Ogunbowale (7)
Odyssey Sims (9)
College Park Center 6,251
6–19 :
August
: 3–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 16
Connecticut
L 91–109
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Natasha Howard (11)
Satou Sabally (7)
College Park Center 6,191
6–20
27
August 20
@ New York
L 74–94
Satou Sabally (24)
Natasha Howard (9)
Jacy Sheldon (7)
Barclays Center 11,455
6–21
28
August 22
@ New York
L 71–79
Arike Ogunbowale (19)
Howard, McCowan (8)
Arike Ogunbowale (8)
Barclays Center 10,986
6–22
29
August 25
Los Angeles
W 113–110
Arike Ogunbowale (33)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Jacy Sheldon (8)
College Park Center 5,925
7–22
30
August 27
Las Vegas
W 93–90
Satou Sabally (28)
Teaira McCowan (17)
Arike Ogunbowale (6)
College Park Center 6,251
8–22
31
August 30
Minnesota
W 94–76
Arike Ogunbowale (25)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Arike Ogunbowale (8)
College Park Center 5,581
9–22 :
September
: 0–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 1
Indiana
L 93–100
Arike Ogunbowale (34)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Natasha Howard (9)
College Park Center 6,251
9–23
33
September 3
Washington
L 86–90
Arike Ogunbowale (21)
Teaira McCowan (13)
Sabally, Uzun (5)
College Park Center 5,129
9–24
34
September 6
@ Atlanta
L 96–107 (OT)
Natasha Howard (24)
Teaira McCowan (11)
Arike Ogunbowale (8)
Gateway Center Arena 3,260
9–25
35
September 8
@ Chicago
L 77–92
Arike Ogunbowale (23)
Kalani Brown (8)
Satou Sabally (7)
Wintrust Arena 8,704
9–26
36
September 10
New York
L 91–105
Sabally, Siegrist (7)
College Park Center 5,157
9–27
37
September 12
L 67–99
Ogunbowale, Siegrist (11)
Teaira McCowan (9)
Sevgi Uzun (5)
College Park Center 5,384
9–28
38
September 13
Seattle
L 81–83
Teaira McCowan (23)
Teaira McCowan (15)
Satou Sabally (6)
College Park Center 5,728
9–29
39
September 15
@ Indiana
L 109–110
Ogunbowale, Sabally (27)
Natasha Howard (10)
Sabally, Sheldon (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274
9–30
40
September 19
@ Las Vegas
L 84–98
Satou Sabally (25)
Kalani Brown (9)
Satou Sabally (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena 10,376
9–31 :
2024 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | yx – New York Liberty | 32 | 8 | .800 | — | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 10 | .750 | 2 | 14–6 | 16–4 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 28 | 12 | .700 | 4 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
| 4 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 2–3 |
| 5 | x – Seattle Storm | 25 | 15 | .625 | 7 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 4–1 |
| 6 | x – Indiana Fever | 20 | 20 | .500 | 12 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 3–2 |
| 7 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 21 | .475 | 13 | 10–10 | 10–10 | 9–11 | 3–2 |
| 8 | x – Atlanta Dream | 15 | 25 | .375 | 17 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 9 | e – Washington Mystics | 14 | 26 | .350 | 18 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | 1–4 |
| 10 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 27 | .325 | 19 | 5–15 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
| 11 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 31 | .225 | 23 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 2–18 | 0–5 |
| 12 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 32 | .200 | 24 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 3–17 | 2–3 |
* v
* t
* e
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    c – Commissioner's Cup winners
    y – Regular Season Champion
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
| Arike Ogunbowale | 38 | 38 | 38.6 | .383 | .346 | .921 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 22.2 |
| Satou Sabally | 15 | 15 | 34.1 | .426 | .452 | .779 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 17.9 |
| Natasha Howard | 27 | 26 | 30.6 | .456 | .200 | .718 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 17.6 |
| Odyssey Sims$^≠$ $^‡$ | 9 | 7 | 33.9 | .535 | .500 | .654 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 17.2 |
| Teaira McCowan | 39 | 38 | 25.3 | .570 | .250 | .718 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 11.7 |
| Maddy Siegrist | 27 | 13 | 23.9 | .505 | .270 | .767 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| Monique Billings $^≠$ $^‡$ | 24 | 12 | 25.4 | .475 | .143 | .804 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 8.8 |
| Kalani Brown | 38 | 2 | 13.5 | .582 | .000 | .661 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| Jacy Sheldon | 40 | 26 | 23.3 | .386 | .309 | .926 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
| Sevgi Uzun | 40 | 19 | 20.5 | .342 | .238 | .826 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Jaelyn Brown | 14 | 1 | 10.1 | .484 | .500 | .333 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| Stephanie Soares | 22 | 3 | 8.0 | .294 | .167 | 1.000 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Lou Lopez Sénéchal | 27 | 0 | 4.6 | .294 | .200 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Morgan Bertsch $^≠$ $^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Arike Ogunbowale | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | All-Star Game MVP | July 20, 2024 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | AP All-WNBA Second Team | September 22, 2024 |
| Arike Ogunbowale | All-WNBA Second Team | October 16, 2024 |