The Wings in action against Minnesota 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 .[ 1]
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.[ 2]
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
Trades and roster changes
Roster
2019 Dallas Wings Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/c 31 Anigwe, Kristine 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) 1997-03-31 California R G 3 Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1995-03-15 South Carolina 2 G 4 Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 6 G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 2 F 13 Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-12-13 Iowa R F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 3 G 2 Hill, Tayler 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-10-23 Ohio State 6 G Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 1994-03-08 Connecticut 3 F 25 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1990-07-27 Tennessee 6 G 1 McCarty–Williams, Brooke 5' 4" (1.63m) 1995-10-02 Texas R C 34 McGee-Stafford, Imani 6' 7" (2.01m) 215 lb (98kg) 1994-10-11 Texas 3 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame R G 44 Samuelson, Karlie 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1995-05-10 Stanford 1 F/C 30 Stevens, Azurá 6' 6" (1.98m) 180 lb (82kg) 1996-02-01 Connecticut 1 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 3
Head coach
Brian Agler (St. Edward's )Assistant coaches
Erin Phillips (Australia )Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State )Athletic trainer
Tulsa )Strength and conditioning coach
Huddersfield )Legend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended
Game log
Pre-season
Regular season
2019 game log
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
June
: 4–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
2
June 1
Minnesota Lynx
L 67–70
Thornton (12)
Stevens (8)
Thornton (3)
College Park Center 0–2
3
June 7
@ Indiana Fever
L 64–79
Harrison (18)
Tied (7)
McCarty–Williams (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0–3
4
June 9
@ Washington Mystics
L 62–86
Johnson (15)
Johnson (9)
Davis (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 0–4
5
June 13
Indiana Fever
L 72–76
Thornton (19)
Gray (8)
Plaisance (4)
College Park Center 0–5
6
June 15
Atlanta Dream
W 71–61
Ogunbowale (17)
Gray (8)
Johnson (4)
College Park Center 1–5
7
June 20
Phoenix Mercury
W 69–54
Thornton (18)
Tied (11)
Tied (3)
College Park Center 2–5
8
June 22
@ Las Vegas Aces
L 68–86
Ogunbowale (25)
Thornton (10)
McCarty–Williams (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 2–6
9
June 26
Connecticut Sun
W 74–73
Ogunbowale (23)
Gray (7)
Plaisance (5)
College Park Center 3–6
10
June 28
@ New York Liberty
L 68–69
Thornton (20)
Plaisance (10)
Ogunbowale (5)
Westchester County Center 3–7
11
June 30
Minnesota Lynx
W 89–86
Ogunbowale (19)
Plaisance (10)
3 tied (5)
College Park Center 4–7
July
: 1–8 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–5)
August
: 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
21
August 1
New York Liberty
W 78–64
Ogunbowale (22)
Gustafson (8)
Gray (9)
College Park Center 6–15
22
August 3
Las Vegas Aces
L 70–75
Ogunbowale (24)
3 tied (4)
Gray (4)
College Park Center 6–16
23
August 8
@ Seattle Storm
L 57–69
Thornton (14)
Harrison (7)
Ogunbowale (6)
Angel of the Winds Arena 6–17
24
August 10
@ Phoenix Mercury
W 80–77
Ogunbowale (23)
Harrison (9)
Ogunbowale (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 7–17
25
August 14
Los Angeles Sparks
W 84–78
Ogunbowale (35)
3 tied (6)
3 tied (2)
College Park Center 8–17
26
August 16
New York Liberty
W 83–77
Gray (22)
Tied (7)
Ogunbowale (5)
College Park Center 9–17
27
August 18
@ Connecticut Sun
L 68–78
Gray (22)
Harrison (13)
Harrison (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9–18
28
August 22
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 70–86
Ogunbowale (22)
McCarty–Williams (5)
Tied (3)
Target Center 9–19
29
August 25
Atlanta Dream
L 73–77
Ogunbowale (29)
Harrison (10)
Tied (2)
College Park Center 9–20
30
August 29
@ Chicago Sky
W 88–83
Ogunbowale (35)
Harrison (12)
Ogunbowale (6)
Wintrust Arena 10–20
31
August 31
Washington Mystics
L 85–91
Ogunbowale (30)
Anigwe (9)
Ogunbowale (7)
College Park Center 10–21
September
: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
2019 season schedule
Standings
The Wings in action against New York
Statistics
Regular season
Source:[ 13]
Awards and honors
References
^ "2019 Dallas Wings Schedule" . Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ "Brian Agler to be next coach of Dallas Wings" . ESPN. Associated Press. December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .^ a b c "Dallas Wings Re-Sign Trio of Players" . wings.wnba.com . WNBA. February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ a b c Lopez, Shelby (February 1, 2019). "Wings re-sign Glory Johnson, Kayla Thornton, Cayla George" . sportsday.dallasnews.com . The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 20, 2019 . ^ "Wings Sign Brooke McCarty-Williams" . wings.wnba.com . WNBA. February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .^ Lopez, Shelby (February 19, 2019). "Wings sign former Texas Longhorns guard Brooke McCarty-Williams" . sportsday.dallasnews.com . The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 20, 2019 . ^ "Wings Sign Nicole Seekamp" . wings.wnba.com . WNBA. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .^ "Nicole Seekamp Signs With WNBA's Dallas Wings" . keloland.com . Nexstar Broadcasting. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .^ "Wings trade MVP runner-up Cambage to Aces" . espn.com . ESPN. May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .^ "Dream trade center Imani McGee-Stafford to Dallas" . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .^ "Wings Sign Megan Gustafson" . wings.wnba.com . WNBA. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .^ "Wings Acquire Kristine Anigwe from Sun for Theresa Plaisance" . wnba.com . WNBA. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .^ "Team Stats" . dream.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .^ @WNBA (July 2, 2019). "Congrats to @DallasWings guard @Arike_O for winning #WNBA Rookie of the Month for June! 👏" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Delle Donne, Ogunbowale Earn Player of the Week Honors" . wnba.com . WNBA. August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .^ "Rookie Of The Month: Arike Ogunbowale" . wnba.com . WNBA. September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019 .^ "Rookie of the Year Collier Headlines 2019 All-Rookie Team" . wnba.com . WNBA. September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
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