2022 Dallas Wings season

2022 Dallas Wings season
Coach	Vickie Johnson
Arena	College Park Center
Attendance	3,788 per game
Results
Record	18–18 (.500)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	6th seed; Lost in the first round to the Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
Points	Arike Ogunbowale – 19.7 ppg
Rebounds	Teaira McCowan – 7.0 rpg
Assists	Marina Mabrey – 3.7 apg
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The 2022 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 25th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the 7th season for the franchise in Dallas - after relocating from Tulsa and Detroit. This was second season under head coach Vickie Johnson.

The season got off to an up and down start with the Wings losing their first game, but winning the next two. After losing the fourth game of the season, the team went on a three game winning streak. However, they ended the month with two losses and finished May with a 5–4 record. June started with their first five games being against Las Vegas or Seattle and the Wings went 1–4 in those games. In their final six games of the month they went 3–3 to finish June 4–7. Every loss in July was followed by a win, except for two straight losses to Chicago. The Wings finished July 4–5, but solidly in playoff contention. The team's fortunes changed in August when they won their first four games of the month and secured a spot in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. The Wings announced on August 12 that Arike Ogunbowale would miss the rest of the regular season and the 1st Round of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs after she underwent a iliac crest core muscle avulsion repair. ^[1] The Wings went 1–2 in regular season games Ogunbowale missed and the team finished August 5–2. Their 18–18 record secured them the sixth seed in the playoffs. The team's eighteen wins, was their most in a reglaur season as the Wings. The last time the franchise won eighteen games in a season was in 2015, when they were known as the Tulsa Shock.

As the sixth seed, Dallas faced off against third seed Connecticut in the first round of the playoffs. Being the lower seed, Dallas would play the first two games of the three game series in Connecticut, with the third game being in Dallas if needed. The Wings lost the first game by twenty five points in Connecticut, but would win the second game by ten to force a deciding game three in Dallas. Home court did not prove advantageous, as the Wings lost game three by fifteen points. Their 58 points in game three was their lowest point total of the season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2022 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	School/team/country	Nationality
1	7	Veronica Burton	United States	Northwestern
3	30	Jasmine Dickey	United States	Delaware
3	31	Jazz Bond	United States	North Florida

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
December 2, 2021	Exercised Team Options on Satou Sabally, Tyasha Harris, and Bella Alarie [2]
January 7, 2022	Waived Luisa Geiselsöder [3]
February 3, 2022	Signed Arike Ogunbowale to a Multi-Year Extension [4]
March 2, 2022	Renounced the rights to Imani McGee-Stafford [5]
March 3, 2022	Signed Destinee Walker to a training-camp contract [6]
March 7, 2022	Signed Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson to training-camp contracts [7]
March 8, 2022	Traded the 4th and 6th Picks in the 2022 WNBA draft and a 2023 First Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Teaira McCowan, the 7th Pick in the 2022 Draft and Chicago's 2023 First Round Pick [8]
April 7, 2022	Placed Bella Alarie on the Full-Season Suspension List for Personal Reasons [9]
April 13, 2022	Signed Veronica Burton, Jasmine Dickey, and Jazz Bond to rookie-scale contracts
April 26, 2022	Waived Chelsea Dungee and Jazz Bond [10]
April 29, 2022	Waived Morgan Bertsch [11]
May 2, 2022	Waived Destinee Walker [12]
May 5, 2022	Waived Unique Thompson [13]
	Temporarily Suspend Satou Sabally and Teaira McCowan due to Overseas Commitments [14]
May 9, 2022	Waived Moriah Jefferson [15]
May 10, 2022	Activated Teaira McCowan from her Temporary Suspension
May 17, 2022	Activated Satou Sabally from her Temporary Suspension

Roster

2022 Dallas Wings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 12 Burton, Veronica 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 07-12-2000 Northwestern R C 35 Collier, Charli 6' 5" (1.96m) 188 lb (85kg) 1999-09-22 Texas 1 G/F 23 Dickey, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 147 lb (67kg) 02-23-2000 Delaware R G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 5 G 52 Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 1998-05-01 South Carolina 2 F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 5 F/C 28 Kuier, Awak 6' 4" (1.93m) 168 lb (76kg) 2001-08-19 Finland 1 G 3 Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-09-14 Notre Dame 3 C 7 McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 3 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 3 F 0 Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-25 Oregon 2 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 188 lb (85kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 6	Head coach Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech) Assistant coaches Le'coe Willingham (Auburn) Kelly Schumacher (Connecticut) Tim Gittens (Milwaukee) Athletic trainer Branay Hicks (UT Tyler) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Teaira McCowan	Isabelle Harrison Charli Collier
PF	Kayla Thornton	Awak Kuier Satou Sabally
SF	Allisha Gray	Jasmine Dickey
SG	Arike Ogunbowale	Veronica Burton Jasmine Dickey
PG	Marina Mabrey	Tyasha Harris

Schedule

Preseason

2022 pre-season game log
April: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 25 @ Chicago W 92–77 Marina Mabrey (24) Unique Thompson (10) Burton Harris (5) Wintrust Arena N/A 1–0
May : 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 May 2 Indiana W 101–89 Isabelle Harrison (18) Harrison Kuier (8) Veronica Burton (6) College Park Center N/A 2–0
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2022 game log Total: 18–18 (Home: 8–10; Road: 10–8)
May: 5–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 7 Atlanta L 59–66 Marina Mabrey (20) Allisha Gray (9) Gray Harrison Burton (2) College Park Center 5,796 0–1 2 May 13 @ Washington W 94–86 Arike Ogunbowale (27) Isabelle Harrison (10) Tyasha Harris (10) Entertainment and Sports Arena 3,281 1–1 3 May 15 @ New York W 81–71 Arike Ogunbowale (21) Isabelle Harrison (10) Ogunbowale Thornton (4) Barclays Center 3,095 2–1 4 May 17 Washington L 68–84 Harrison Mabrey (16) Kayla Thornton (8) Marina Mabrey (5) College Park Center 3,035 2–2 5 May 19 @ Phoenix W 94–84 Arike Ogunbowale (37) Kayla Thornton (11) Marina Mabrey (10) Footprint Center 6,151 3–2 6 May 21 Minnesota W 94–78 Marina Mabrey (22) Mabrey Sabally Thornton (5) Arike Ogunbowale (7) College Park Center 3,813 4–2 7 May 24 @ Connecticut W 85–77 Marina Mabrey (20) Kayla Thornton (10) Marina Mabrey (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,180 5–2 8 May 26 @ Connecticut L 68–99 Satou Sabally (18) Isabelle Harrison (7) Mabrey Harris (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,308 5–3 9 May 31 @ Los Angeles L 91–93 Isabelle Harrison (20) Isabelle Harrison (8) Satou Sabally (4) Crypto.com Arena 4,852 5–4
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 June 3 @ Seattle W 68–51 Allisha Gray (18) Satou Sabally (11) Satou Sabally (6) Climate Pledge Arena 8,023 6–4 11 June 5 @ Las Vegas L 78–84 Allisha Gray (24) Kayla Thornton (15) Tyasha Harris (5) Michelob Ultra Arena 4,814 6–5 12 June 10 Seattle L 88–89 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Harrison Thornton (6) Harris Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 3,292 6–6 13 June 12 Seattle L 79–84 Allisha Gray (20) Kayla Thornton (14) Tyasha Harris (6) College Park Center 3,273 6–7 14 June 15 Las Vegas L 84–92 Arike Ogunbowale (28) Harrison Thornton (10) Arike Ogunbowale (4) College Park Center 4,375 6–8 15 June 17 Phoenix W 93–88 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 3,140 7–8 16 June 19 Los Angeles W 92–82 Arike Ogunbowale (27) Allisha Gray (12) Allisha Gray (6) College Park Center 3,779 8–8 17 June 21 @ Atlanta L 75–80 Allisha Gray (18) Kayla Thornton (7) Gray Mabrey (4) Gateway Center Arena N/A 8–9 18 June 23 Indiana W 94–68 Arike Ogunbowale (24) Teaira McCowan (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 2,791 9–9 19 June 25 Phoenix L 72–83 Arike Ogunbowale (25) Isabelle Harrison (10) Arike Ogunbowale (6) College Park Center 4,240 9–10 20 June 28 @ Minnesota L 64–92 Arike Ogunbowale (16) Harrison McCowan (8) Arike Ogunbowale (3) Target Center 5,603 9–11
July : 4–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 July 1 Los Angeles L 89–97 Arike Ogunbowale (23) Teaira McCowan (10) Allisha Gray (4) College Park Center 3,187 9–12 22 July 5 Connecticut W 82–71 Arike Ogunbowale (20) Allisha Gray (8) Marina Mabrey (5) College Park Center 3,445 10–12 23 July 12 @ Seattle L 74–83 Teaira McCowan (18) Teaira McCowan (10) Marina Mabrey (5) Climate Pledge Arena 9,486 10–13 24 July 14 @ Minnesota W 92–87 Arike Ogunbowale (32) Teaira McCowan (8) Tyasha Harris (6) Target Center 4,834 11–13 25 July 16 Chicago L 81–89 Marina Mabrey (22) Teaira McCowan (6) Marina Mabrey (3) College Park Center 5,126 11–14 26 July 22 @ Chicago L 83–89 Arike Ogunbowale (28) Gray Mabrey (7) Tyasha Harris (6) Wintrust Arena 7,014 11–15 27 July 24 @ Indiana W 96–86 Arike Ogunbowale (22) Kayla Thornton (8) Ogunbowale Thornton (5) Hinkle Fieldhouse 1,048 12–15 28 July 28 Washington L 77–88 Teaira McCowan (27) Teaira McCowan (11) Marina Mabrey (4) College Park Center 4,382 12–16 29 July 30 @ Atlanta W 81–68 Ogunbowale Thornton (21) Teaira McCowan (14) Gray Ogunbowale (8) Gateway Center Arena 3,138 13–16
August : 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 August 2 @ Chicago W 84–78 Marina Mabrey (26) Teaira McCowan (12) Veronica Burton (9) Wintrust Arena 5,602 14–16 31 August 4 Las Vegas W 82–80 Teaira McCowan (21) Teaira McCowan (16) Tyasha Harris (6) College Park Center 3,492 15–16 32 August 6 Indiana W 95–91 (OT) Kayla Thornton (21) Teaira McCowan (14) Marina Mabrey (8) College Park Center 4,184 16–16 33 August 8 New York W 86–77 Marina Mabrey (31) Teaira McCowan (9) Gray Mabrey (4) College Park Center 3,036 17–16 34 August 10 New York L 73–91 Marina Mabrey (19) Teaira McCowan (13) Marina Mabrey (6) College Park Center 3,795 17–17 35 August 12 @ Phoenix L 74–86 Kayla Thornton (14) Teaira McCowan (9) Marina Mabrey (6) Footprint Center 8,047 17–18 36 August 14 @ Los Angeles W 116–88 Marina Mabrey (27) Teaira McCowan (8) Tyasha Harris (11) Crypto.com Arena 7,245 18–18
2022 season schedule

Playoffs

2022 playoff game log
First Round vs. Connecticut Sun Lost Series: 1–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 18 @ Connecticut L 68–93 Allisha Gray (17) Gray Harris McCowan (5) Burton Harris (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,797 0–1 2 August 21 @ Connecticut W 89–79 Kayla Thornton (20) Teaira McCowan (11) Allisha Gray (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,788 1–1 3 August 24 Connecticut L 58–73 Marina Mabrey (20) Teaira McCowan (12) Burton Gray (4) College Park Center 5,016 1–2
2022 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	x – Las Vegas Aces	26	10	.722	–	15–3	13–5	13–5	9–1
2	x – Chicago Sky	26	10	.722	–	15–3	14–4	12–6	9–1
3	x – Connecticut Sun	25	11	.694	1.0	11–7	13–5	12–6	5–5
4	x – Seattle Storm	22	14	.611	4.0	10–8	13–5	9–9	6–4
5	x – Washington Mystics	22	14	.611	4.0	11–7	12–6	10–8	5–5
6	x – Dallas Wings	18	18	.500	8.0	8–10	8–10	10–8	5–5
7	x – New York Liberty	16	20	.444	10.0	10–8	9–9	7–11	6–4
8	x – Phoenix Mercury	15	21	.417	11.0	7–11	11–7	4–14	3–7
9	e – Minnesota Lynx	14	22	.389	12.0	8–10	7–11	7–11	4–6
10	e – Atlanta Dream	14	22	.389	12.0	5–13	8–10	6–12	3–7
11	e – Los Angeles Sparks	13	23	.361	13.0	6–12	7–11	6–12	3–7
12	e – Indiana Fever	5	31	.139	21.0	2–16	3–15	2–16	2–8

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

See also: 2022 WNBA Playoffs

	Round One: Best-of-3					Semifinals: Best-of-5					Finals: Best-of-5
	1	Las Vegas Aces	2
	8	Phoenix Mercury	0
						1	Las Vegas Aces	3
						4	Seattle Storm	1
	4	Seattle Storm	2
	5	Washington Mystics	0
											1	Las Vegas Aces	3
											3	Connecticut Sun	1
	2	Chicago Sky	2
	7	New York Liberty	1
						2	Chicago Sky	2
						3	Connecticut Sun	3
	3	Connecticut Sun	2
	6	Dallas Wings	1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arike Ogunbowale	30	30	31.4	.400	.352	.798	3.3	3.6	1.5	0.1	19.7
Marina Mabrey	34	32	28.0	.420	.351	.681	3.6	3.7	0.8	0.4	13.6
Allisha Gray	33	33	32.9	.423	.408	.798	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	13.3
Satou Sabally	11	6	21.7	.398	.233	.914	4.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	11.3
Teaira McCowan	33	15	18.9	.602	.000	.600	7.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	11.0
Isabelle Harrison	35	18	18.4	.466	1.000	.867	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.1	8.7
Kayla Thornton	36	35	29.2	.471	.329	.829	5.9	1.8	1.1	0.6	8.0
Tyasha Harris	35	5	15.8	.416	.309	.792	0.9	2.8	0.4	0.1	5.0
Awak Kuier	33	0	12.6	.395	.190	.613	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.8
Veronica Burton	36	6	15.2	.329	.279	1.000	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.3	2.6
Charli Collier	17	0	4.6	.444	.000	.714	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.0
Jasmine Dickey	20	0	4.7	.212	.250	.667	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.1
Moriah Jefferson ‡	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marina Mabrey	3	3	32.7	.429	.455	1.000	4.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	15.0
Allisha Gray	3	3	35.7	.484	.231	.600	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.3	13.0
Teaira McCowan	3	1	24.7	.480	.000	.533	9.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	10.7
Kayla Thornton	3	3	26.3	.526	.500	1.000	4.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	8.3
Satou Sabally	3	0	15.3	.333	.300	.800	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	7.0
Veronica Burton	3	3	28.0	.400	.300	.800	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.3	6.3
Tyasha Harris	3	0	12.3	.538	.000	1.000	2.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	6.0
Isabelle Harrison	3	2	12.3	.538	.000	1.000	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	5.3
Arike Ogunbowale	1	0	6.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Awak Kuier	3	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
Jasmine Dickey	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale	WNBA All-Star Selection	June 28	[16]
Teaira McCowan	Western Conference Player of the Week	August 8	[17]
	Western Conference Player of the Month - August	August 16	[18]
Vickie Johnson	WNBA Coach of the Month - August	August 16	[19]

References

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7. "Dallas Wings Sign Morgan Bertsch and Unique Thompson". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
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13. "We have waived forward Unique Thompson". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
14. "Dallas Wings Finalize 2022 Opening Day Roster". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
15. "We have waived guard Moriah Jefferson". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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17. @WNBA (August 8, 2022). "Your #WNBA Week 12 Players of the Week ⬇ @Teaira_15 and @sabrina_i20 showed up and showed OUT last week for their squads 🙌" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. @WNBA (August 16, 2022). "They put the W on notice ALL MONTH LONG ‼ @Teaira_15 and @sabrina_i20 are your @KIA #WNBA Players of the Month #MoreThan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
19. @WNBA (August 16, 2022). "After leading the @DallasWings to a 5-2 record throughout the month of August, @VickieJohnson_ is your #WNBA Coach of the Month 👏" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website of the Dallas Wings