2020 Dallas Wings season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaOriginally: College Park Center
Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance0 per game
Results
Record8–14 (.364)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not Qualify
Team Leaders
PointsArike Ogunbowale – 22.8 ppg
ReboundsSatou Sabally – 7.8 rpg
AssistsArike Ogunbowale – 3.4 apg

The 2020 Dallas Wings season was the franchise's 23rd season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 5th season for the franchise in Dallas. The regular season started on July 26, 2020, versus the Atlanta Dream.[1] This will be the second season under head coach Brian Agler.

This WNBA season will have an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[2] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[4][5]

The Wings started the season strongly, winning two of their first three games. The season then took a downward turn when the team had two separate three game losing streaks, separated by only one win. Dallas finished August 3–3 to arrive at a 6–10 overall record. The team went 2–4 in September, but ended the season with a win. A bright spot for the team was Arike Ogunbowale, who lead the WNBA in scoring and was named to the All-WNBA First Team.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

The Wings will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Satou Sabally  Germany Oregon
1 5 Bella Alarie  United States Princeton
1 7 Tyasha Harris  United States South Carolina
2 21 Luisa Geiselsöder  Germany Donau-Ries (Germany)

Trades and roster changes

Date Details
February 10, 2020 Signed G Moriah Jefferson[6]
Signed F/C Megan Gustafson[6]
Signed C Imani McGee-Stafford[6]
Signed G Karlie Samuelson[6]
Signed F Morgan Bertsch[6]
February 11, 2020 Signed F Isabelle Harrison[7]
February 12, 2020 Traded G Skylar Diggins-Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 5th and 7th picks in the 2020 WNBA draft and a first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft.[8]
Traded the first round selection in the 2021 WNBA draft acquired from Phoenix to the Chicago Sky in exchange for C Astou Ndour[8]
February 14, 2020 Traded F Azurá Stevens to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Chicago's First Round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft and F Katie Lou Samuelson[9]
February 21, 2020 Acquired G Marina Mabrey from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for their Second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft[10]
April 15, 2020 Engaged in 3 team trade in which they acquired a 2021 first round draft pick from the Washington Mystics and a second round draft pick New York Liberty for G Tayler Hill and the ninth and fifteenth pick in the 2020 draft to the New York Liberty.[11]
April 23, 2020 Waived G Kaela Davis[12]
May 26, 2020 Traded C Kristine Anigwe and a third round pick in the 2021 draft to Los Angeles in exchange for a second round pick in the 2021 draft.[13]

Roster

2020 Dallas Wings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F/C 32 United States Alarie, Bella 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-23 Princeton R
G 15 United States Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 3
F 10 United States Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-12-13 Iowa 1
G 52 United States Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) – 1998-05-01 South Carolina R
F 20 United States Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 3
G 4 United States Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 1994-03-08 Connecticut 3
G 5 United States Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-09-14 Notre Dame 1
F/C 45 Spain Ndour, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) 150 lb (68kg) 1994-08-22 Spain 4
G 24 United States Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 1
F 0 Germany Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-25 Oregon R
F 33 United States Samuelson, Katie Lou 6' 3" (1.91m) 163 lb (74kg) 1997-06-13 Connecticut 1
F 6 United States Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 4
Head coach
United States Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
United States Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State)
United States Bryce Agler (Wittenberg)
Athletic trainer
United States Branay Hicks (UT Tyler)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log
Total: 8–14
July
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 July 26 Atlanta Dream 95–105 Ogunbowale (19) Harrison (10) Sabally (5) IMG Academy 0–1
2 July 29 New York Liberty W 93–80 Ogunbowale (20) Tied (6) 3 tied (4) IMG Academy 1–1
3 July 31 Indiana Fever W 76–73 Sabally (23) Sabally (17) Harris (5) IMG Academy 2–1
August
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 August 2 Las Vegas Aces L 70–79 Ogunbowale (20) Tied (6) Jefferson (3) IMG Academy 2–2
5 August 4 Chicago Sky L 79–82 Ogunbowale (26) Alarie (9) Ogunbowale (5) IMG Academy 2–3
6 August 6 Connecticut Sun L 68–91 Ogunbowale (17) Harrison (9) Harris (7) IMG Academy 2–4
7 August 8 Atlanta Dream W 85–75 Ogunbowale (24) Jefferson (10) Ogunbowale (6) IMG Academy 3–4
8 August 10 Phoenix Mercury L 79–91 Ogunbowale (22) Sabally (10) Harrison (4) IMG Academy 3–5
9 August 12 Connecticut Sun L 66–70 Ogunbowale (19) Sabally (9) Sabally (3) IMG Academy 3–6
10 August 14 Seattle Storm L 65–83 Ogunbowale (22) Ndour (8) Mabrey (4) IMG Academy 3–7
11 August 16 Phoenix Mercury W 95–89 Ogunbowale (33) Gray (7) Samuelson (4) IMG Academy 4–7
12 August 19 Minnesota Lynx L 84–91 Gray (22) Thornton (11) Mabrey (5) IMG Academy 4–8
13 August 21 Washington Mystics W 101–92 Ogunbowale (24) Thornton (10) Ogunbowale (9) IMG Academy 5–8
14 August 23 Los Angeles Sparks L 81–84 Ogunbowale (20) Sabally (9) Ogunbowale (5) IMG Academy 5–9
15 August 25 Las Vegas Aces L 92–96 Ogunbowale (21) Sabally (11) Tied (5) IMG Academy 5–10
16 August 29 Indiana Fever W 82–78 Ogunbowale (30) Sabally (11) Tied (4) IMG Academy 6–10
September
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 September 2 Los Angeles Sparks L 83–91 Ogunbowale (17) Sabally (11) Ogunbowale (5) IMG Academy 6–11
18 September 4 Minnesota Lynx L 75–88 Gray (26) Sabally (6) Mabrey (5) IMG Academy 6–12
19 September 6 Washington Mystics W 101–94 (OT) Ogunbowale (39) Sabally (6) Ogunbowale (4) IMG Academy 7–12
20 September 9 Seattle Storm L 95–107 Sabally (25) Sabally (7) Harris (5) IMG Academy 7–13
21 September 11 Chicago Sky L 88–95 Ogunbowale (38) Ndour (7) Mabrey (7) IMG Academy 7–14
22 September 13 New York Liberty W 82–79 Ogunbowale (26) Thornton (10) Harris (5) IMG Academy 8–14
2020 season schedule

Standings

# Team W L PCT GB Conf.
1 x – Las Vegas Aces 18 4 .818 – 8–2
2 x – Seattle Storm 18 4 .818 – 8–2
3 x – Los Angeles Sparks 15 7 .682 3 5–5
4 x – Minnesota Lynx 14 8 .636 4 4–6
5 x – Phoenix Mercury 13 9 .591 5 4–6
6 x – Chicago Sky 12 10 .545 6 6–4
7 x – Connecticut Sun 10 12 .455 8 7–3
8 x – Washington Mystics 9 13 .409 9 6–4
9 e – Dallas Wings 8 14 .364 10 1–9
10 e – Atlanta Dream 7 15 .318 11 5–5
11 e – Indiana Fever 6 16 .273 12 4–6
12 e – New York Liberty 2 20 .091 16 2–8

Notes

x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.
Updated to include results from September 13, 2020
Source


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

Source:[14]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Arike Ogunbowale 22 22 34.0 41.2 33.6 85.6 2.8 3.4 1.5 0.0 22.8
Satou Sabally 16 14 28.2 36.8 19.7 87.2 7.8 2.5 0.8 0.9 13.9
Allisha Gray 20 14 26.2 46.4 35.2 83.1 4.2 1.3 1.1 0.3 13.1
Marina Mabrey 18 12 22.4 43.0 41.8 66.7 3.3 2.4 1.4 0.1 10.6
Kayla Thornton 22 14 25.3 42.5 34.7 87.5 5.1 0.8 0.9 0.2 7.3
Tyasha Harris 21 3 19.6 43.3 33.9 63.6 1.2 2.8 0.9 0.1 6.8
Isabelle Harrison 13 11 19.8 44.7 0 78.9 4.6 1.4 0.7 0.4 6.4
Katie Lou Samuelson 22 4 20.0 41.7 31.7 73.3 2.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 5.0
Moriah Jefferson 9 6 16.7 41.9 33.3 58.3 3.1 2.1 0.8 0.2 5.0
Astou Ndour 13 7 11.6 35.1 24.0 0 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.5 3.5
Bella Alarie 22 3 14.0 36.4 7.7 83.3 2.9 0.5 0.6 0.9 2.7
Megan Gustafson 9 0 5.2 28.6 0 66.7 1.2 0.1 0 0.1 1.6

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale Peak Performer: Points September 14, 2020 [15]
Satou Sabally All-Rookie Team September 27, 2020 [16]
Arike Ogunbowale All-WNBA First Team October 4, 2020 [17]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Dallas Wings Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Dallas Wings Sign Jefferson, Gustafson to Multi-Year Deals". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Harrison Signs Multi-Year Deal with Wings". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Wings Trade Diggins-Smith, Acquire Astou Ndour". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Wings Trade for Katie Lou Samuelson". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "Wings Trade for Mabrey". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "Wings Waive Kaela Davis". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. April 23, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. ^ "Wings Trade Anigwe, Waive Karlie Samuelson". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  14. ^ "Team Stats". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  15. ^ "Dallas' Ogunbowale, Los Angeles' Parker And Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2020 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  16. ^ "Rookie Of The Year Crystal Dangerfield Headlines 2020 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  17. ^ "A'ja Wilson And Candace Parker Unanimously Selected To 2020 All-WNBA First Team". wnba.com. WNBA. October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

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