Top Wings vs. Fever Players to Watch - 7/17/2024
Teaira McCowan’s Dallas Wings (5-19) and the Indiana Fever (11-14) play at College Park Center on Wednesday, July 17, beginning at 7:30 PM ET.
The Wings have a -203 scoring differential, falling short by 8.5 points per game. They’re putting up 81.1 points per game to rank sixth in the league and are allowing 89.6 per contest to rank 12th in the WNBA.
The Fever put up 81.3 points per game (fifth in league) while giving up 86.7 per outing (11th in WNBA). They have a -135 scoring differential and have been outscored by 5.4 points per game.
How to Watch Wings vs. Fever
- Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
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- Location: Arlington, Texas
- Venue: College Park Center
Wings’ Last Game
Dallas enters this matchup following an 87-81 loss against Los Angeles. The Wings’ leading scorer was Odyssey Sims, who ended the game with 23 points and five assists.
- Odyssey Sims: 23 PTS | 5 REB |5 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 2 3PM
- Natasha Howard: 14 PTS | 7 REB |4 AST | 2 STL | 2 BLK | 0 3PM
- Kalani Brown: 13 PTS | 6 REB |2 AST | 1 STL | 2 BLK | 0 3PM
Fever’s Last Game
Indiana is coming into this game having beat Minnesota 81-74 in its last game. Kelsey Mitchell led the team with 21 points.
- Kelsey Mitchell: 21 PTS | 4 REB |3 AST | 1 STL | 1 BLK | 3 3PM
- Caitlin Clark: 17 PTS | 3 REB |6 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 2 3PM
- Aliyah Boston: 17 PTS | 16 REB |2 AST | 0 STL | 4 BLK | 0 3PM
Wings Players to Watch
- Arike Ogunbowale posts 22.2 points and 5.1 assists per game — both team highs. She is also posting 4.7 rebounds, shooting 35.6% from the floor and 33.8% from downtown with 3.0 made 3-pointers per contest (second in WNBA).
- McCowan paces the Wings at 7.4 rebounds per contest, while also averaging 1.7 assists and 11.5 points.
- Monique Billings posts 9.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, shooting 47.4% from the field.
- Natasha Howard averages 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 47.2% from the floor.
- Sevgi Uzun averages 5.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. Defensively, she averages 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocked shots.
Fever Players to Watch
- Caitlin Clark is averaging a team-leading 7.8 assists per contest. And she is contributing 16.8 points and 5.8 rebounds, making 39.8% of her shots from the floor and 33.2% from beyond the arc, with 2.8 triples per contest (fourth in league).
- Aliyah Boston tops the Fever in rebounding (8.8 per game), and posts 13.7 points and 2.6 assists. She also posts 0.8 steals and 1.4 blocked shots (sixth in the league).
- NaLyssa Smith is putting up 11.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, making 49.6% of her shots from the floor.
- Mitchell paces the Fever in scoring (17.1 points per game), and averages 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists. She also puts up 0.7 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
- The Fever get 5.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game from Katie Lou Samuelson.