Field Level Media
13 Aug 2025, 07:49 GMT+10
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Maddy Siegrist scored a season-high 22 points and the visiting Dallas Wings ended a five-game losing streak by holding off the Indiana Fever 81-80 on Tuesday night.
Li Yueru scored 20 points and Paige Bueckers added 16 points and eight assists, as the Wings (9-24) seemingly took control with a 19-0 run during the third quarter, but had to hold on at the end.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 24, Sophie Cunningham and Aliyah Boston tallied 14 each, Natasha Howard added 12 points and 12 rebounds and Chloe Bibby recorded 11 points for the Fever (18-15), who played their 11th consecutive game without Caitlin Clark (groin).
Dallas held a 17-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, but Indiana used a 19-3 run to get within one point with 33 seconds left. Bueckers missed a jumper at the 14-second mark, giving the Fever a chance to win but Mitchell's last-second jumper was off the mark.
Boston scored six points and Howard had four as the Fever broke from a 42-all halftime tie to take a 52-46 lead before going cold.
Siegrest scored six points and Yueru and JJ Quinerly had five apiece during a 19-0 run that gave the Wings a 13-point lead. Bibby made a 3-pointer to end Indiana's scoring drought of 4:06, but Myisha Hines-Allen's two free throws gave Dallas a 67-55 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Hines-Allen's 3-pointer expanded the lead to 78-61 with 6:38 remaining before the Fever made their charge.
Siegrist made a jumper and a 3-pointer during a 9-0 run that gave Dallas an early 11-4 lead. Mitchell made two free throws and Cunningham added a basket before the Wings went a 10-1 run to open their biggest lead of the opening quarter, 21-9.
Bibby made consecutive 3-pointers and Indiana crept within 23-15 at the end of the first quarter.
Dallas increased the lead to 34-20 on a three-point play by Bueckers before Mitchell scored five points and Boston had four during a 9-0 run by the Fever. The Wings pushed the lead back to 10, but Howard scored six points and Cunningham added four to help Indiana pull even at 42 at halftime.
--Field Level Media
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