ARLINGTON, Texas — Arike Ogunbowale scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Teaira McCowan and Natasha Howard had double-doubles and the Dallas Wings pulled away down the stretch for an 87-79 win over Chicago on Wednesday night in the first WNBA game for the Sky’s Angel Reese.
Trailing 75-73 with 3:16 to go, the Wings scored the next 14 points, capped by a deep 3-pointer by Ogunbowale for an 87-75 lead with 31 seconds left. Ogunbowale had nine points in the run, with Howard, who finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds, adding two and Maddy Siegrist hitting a 3-pointer to give her 13 off the bench.
McCowan had 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Marina Mabrey had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Sky, who had all five starters in double figures. Diamond DeShields, back for her second stint in Chicago, had 14 points, first-round draft pick Reese and Elizabeth Williams, who played for Washington last season, both had 12 and Dana Evans had 10.
Reese added eight rebounds. She made five of 14 field goal attempts and missed six of eight from the foul line. She had five fouls and played 26 minutes.
Mabrey hit a 3-pointer to give Chicago a 43-40 halftime lead. Mabrey, who had 13 points at the break, and Michaela Onyenwere hit consecutive 3s for a 24-14 advantage in the first quarter.
Down 25-16 after one quarter, Dallas came back to take a 36-35 lead on an offensive rebound and putback by Stephanie Soares. It was the first professional points for the 2023 first-round pick out of Iowa State, who didn’t play last year because of an ACL tear her senior season. McCowan had 16 points and 10 rebounds at halftime for the Wings.
Williams’ basket tied the game at 62 entering the fourth quarter.
Jaelyn Brown, who played four years overseas after going undrafted in 2020, started for Dallas but was scoreless. Jacy Sheldon, the Wings’ first-round pick, had two points in nine minutes.
