2019 Dallas Wings season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's 4th season in Dallas. The season tipped off on May 24, 2019 versus the Atlanta Dream.^[1]

2019 Dallas Wings season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	College Park Center
Attendance	4,999 per game
Results
Record	10–24 (.294)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Arike Ogunbowale – 19.1 ppg
Rebounds	Isabelle Harrison – 5.8 rpg
Assists	Arike Ogunbowale – 3.2 apg
Media
Television	Fox Sports Southwest
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The Wings in action against Minnesota

During the off-season, interim coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was not retained. Brian Agler was hired from the Los Angeles Sparks to become the team's new head coach.^[2]

The Wings started the season slowly, losing their first five games in a row. However, they turned things around, winning 4 of their next 6 to finish June with a 4–7 record. July proved to be disastrous for the Wings. They posted a 1–8 record in July only beating the Los Angeles Sparks at home. The Wings managed to turn things around in August, going 5–6 overall. Three of those five wins game against eventual playoff teams. The team couldn't keep the momentum going, finishing the season on a 4 game losing streak. Their final record of 10–24, was the franchises worst record since moving to Dallas, and worst record since 2012. Rookie Arike Ogunbowale proved to be a bright spot for the team. She won Rookie of the Month in June and August and lead the team in points scored per game, and assists per game.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2019 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Arike Ogunbowale	United States	Notre Dame
2	17	Megan Gustafson	United States	Iowa
2	22	Kennedy Burke	United States	UCLA
3	29	Morgan Bertsch	United States	UC Davis

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 1, 2019	Re-signed F Kayla Thornton[3][4]
	Re-signed F Glory Johnson[3][4]
	Re-signed C Cayla George[3][4]
February 19, 2019	Signed G Brooke McCarty–Williams[5][6]
February 25, 2019	Signed G Nicole Seekamp[7][8]
May 16, 2019	Traded C Liz Cambage to the Las Vegas Aces for G Moriah Jefferson, C Isabelle Harrison, the Aces' first and second round picks in the 2020 WNBA draft[9]
	Traded third round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to Atlanta Dream for C Imani McGee-Stafford[10]
June 13, 2019	Signed C Megan Gustafson[11]
August 6, 2019	Traded C/F Theresa Plaisance to Connecticut Sun in exchange for C/F Kristine Anigwe[12]

Roster

2019 Dallas Wings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/c 31 Anigwe, Kristine 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) 1997-03-31 California R G 3 Davis, Kaela 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1995-03-15 South Carolina 2 G 4 Diggins-Smith, Skylar 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-08-02 Notre Dame 6 G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 2 F 13 Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-12-13 Iowa R F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 3 G 2 Hill, Tayler 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-10-23 Ohio State 6 G Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 1994-03-08 Connecticut 3 F 25 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1990-07-27 Tennessee 6 G 1 McCarty–Williams, Brooke 5' 4" (1.63m) 1995-10-02 Texas R C 34 McGee-Stafford, Imani 6' 7" (2.01m) 215 lb (98kg) 1994-10-11 Texas 3 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame R G 44 Samuelson, Karlie 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1995-05-10 Stanford 1 F/C 30 Stevens, Azurá 6' 6" (1.98m) 180 lb (82kg) 1996-02-01 Connecticut 1 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 3	Head coach Brian Agler (St. Edward's) Assistant coaches Erin Phillips (Australia) Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State) Athletic trainer Allison Russell (Tulsa) Strength and conditioning coach Danny Wardell (Huddersfield) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Game log

Pre-season

2019 pre-season game log
May: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 13 vs. Atlanta Dream L 59–82 Burke (11) 3 tied (5) 3 tied (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,300 0–1 2 May 14 @ Connecticut Sun W 71–67 Ogunbowale (19) Gray (10) 3 tied (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,965 1–1 3 May 19 Indiana Fever L 66–71 McCarty–Williams (14) Gray (5) 3 tied (2) College Park Center 3,428 1–2
2019 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2019 game log Total: 10–24 (Home: 8–9; Road: 2–15)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 24 @ Atlanta Dream L 72–76 Gray (14) Johnson (9) McCarty–Williams (8) State Farm Arena 3,070 0–1
June : 4–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 1 Minnesota Lynx L 67–70 Thornton (12) Stevens (8) Thornton (3) College Park Center 6,535 0–2 3 June 7 @ Indiana Fever L 64–79 Harrison (18) Tied (7) McCarty–Williams (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,671 0–3 4 June 9 @ Washington Mystics L 62–86 Johnson (15) Johnson (9) Davis (5) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,564 0–4 5 June 13 Indiana Fever L 72–76 Thornton (19) Gray (8) Plaisance (4) College Park Center 3,562 0–5 6 June 15 Atlanta Dream W 71–61 Ogunbowale (17) Gray (8) Johnson (4) College Park Center 5,220 1–5 7 June 20 Phoenix Mercury W 69–54 Thornton (18) Tied (11) Tied (3) College Park Center 4,626 2–5 8 June 22 @ Las Vegas Aces L 68–86 Ogunbowale (25) Thornton (10) McCarty–Williams (5) Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,347 2–6 9 June 26 Connecticut Sun W 74–73 Ogunbowale (23) Gray (7) Plaisance (5) College Park Center 4,017 3–6 10 June 28 @ New York Liberty L 68–69 Thornton (20) Plaisance (10) Ogunbowale (5) Westchester County Center 2,191 3–7 11 June 30 Minnesota Lynx W 89–86 Ogunbowale (19) Plaisance (10) 3 tied (5) College Park Center 4,521 4–7
July : 1–8 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 July 5 Indiana Fever L 56–76 Tied (15) Plaisance (7) McCarty–Williams (4) College Park Center 5,093 4–8 13 July 7 @ Chicago Sky L 66–78 Ogunbowale (22) Tied (8) Tied (5) Wintrust Arena 6,102 4–9 14 July 9 Los Angeles Sparks W 74–62 Thornton (17) Tied (6) Davis (4) College Park Center 6,885 5–9 15 July 12 @ Seattle Storm L 81–95 Ogunbowale (23) Johnson (9) Davis (9) Alaska Airlines Arena 6,451 5–10 16 July 14 Chicago Sky L 79–89 Ogunbowale (20) McGee-Stafford (8) Gray (4) College Park Center 4,261 5–11 17 July 17 @ Phoenix Mercury L 64–69 Ogunbowale (14) McGee-Stafford (11) Tied (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena 10,143 5–12 18 July 18 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 64–69 Harrison (14) Harrison (9) Ogunbowale (7) Staples Center 14,050 5–13 19 July 20 Phoenix Mercury L 66–70 Thornton (16) Plaisance (10) Tied (3) College Park Center 5,471 5–14 20 July 30 @ Las Vegas Aces L 54–86 Ogunbowale (14) Tied (8) Gray (4) Mandalay Bay Events Center 3,756 5–15
August : 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 August 1 New York Liberty W 78–64 Ogunbowale (22) Gustafson (8) Gray (9) College Park Center 4,011 6–15 22 August 3 Las Vegas Aces L 70–75 Ogunbowale (24) 3 tied (4) Gray (4) College Park Center 5,882 6–16 23 August 8 @ Seattle Storm L 57–69 Thornton (14) Harrison (7) Ogunbowale (6) Angel of the Winds Arena 6,268 6–17 24 August 10 @ Phoenix Mercury W 80–77 Ogunbowale (23) Harrison (9) Ogunbowale (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,717 7–17 25 August 14 Los Angeles Sparks W 84–78 Ogunbowale (35) 3 tied (6) 3 tied (2) College Park Center 5,004 8–17 26 August 16 New York Liberty W 83–77 Gray (22) Tied (7) Ogunbowale (5) College Park Center 4,070 9–17 27 August 18 @ Connecticut Sun L 68–78 Gray (22) Harrison (13) Harrison (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,275 9–18 28 August 22 @ Minnesota Lynx L 70–86 Ogunbowale (22) McCarty–Williams (5) Tied (3) Target Center 8,124 9–19 29 August 25 Atlanta Dream L 73–77 Ogunbowale (29) Harrison (10) Tied (2) College Park Center 4,715 9–20 30 August 29 @ Chicago Sky W 88–83 Ogunbowale (35) Harrison (12) Ogunbowale (6) Wintrust Arena 5,614 10–20 31 August 31 Washington Mystics L 85–91 Ogunbowale (30) Anigwe (9) Ogunbowale (7) College Park Center 5,205 10–21
September : 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 September 4 @ Connecticut Sun 72–102 Ogunbowale (32) 3 tied (4) Ogunbowale (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,284 10–22 33 September 6 @ Washington Mystics L 73–86 Ogunbowale (30) Tied (8) Ogunbowale (6) St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,963 10–23 34 September 8 Seattle Storm L 64–78 Ogunbowale (25) Harrison (8) Ogunbowale (5) College Park Center 5,910 10–24
2019 season schedule

Standings

The Wings in action against New York

#	Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1	Los Angeles Sparks (3)	22	12	.647	–	15–2	7–10	10–6
2	Las Vegas Aces (4)	21	13	.618	1	13–4	8–9	11–5
3	Seattle Storm (6)	18	16	.529	4	11–6	7–10	10–6
4	Minnesota Lynx (7)	18	16	.529	4	11–6	7–10	7–9
5	Phoenix Mercury (8)	15	19	.441	7	9–8	6–11	5–11
6	e – Dallas Wings	10	24	.294	12	8–9	2–15	5–11

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:^[13]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arike Ogunbowale	33	28	32.1	38.8	35.2	81.5	2.4	3.2	1.1	0.0	19.1
Allisha Gray	34	29	30.4	45.7	38.4	84.8	4.1	2.3	1.2	0.4	10.6
Kayla Thornton	27	25	30.4	34.3	27.2	93.1	5.3	1.8	0.9	0.3	10.4
Isabelle Harrison	31	29	25.6	45.6	0	71.6	5.8	1.4	1.1	0.8	8.6
Glory Johnson	28	19	24.1	36.4	34.0	58.3	5.1	1.4	1.4	0.6	7.3
Kaela Davis	33	16	19.2	32.9	31.4	87.9	2.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	6.0
Azurá Stevens	9	1	16.0	35.8	11.1	80.0	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.8
Imani McGee-Stafford	29	6	11.9	46.8	25.0	64.3	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	3.9
Tayler Hill	4	2	12.3	30.8	16.7	80.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0	3.3
Kristine Anigwe	10	0	12.9	33.3	0	66.7	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	3.2
Megan Gustafson	25	0	9.5	49.1	11.1	90.0	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.9
Brooke McCarty–Williams	34	3	13.1	28.9	36.0	91.7	1.3	1.9	0.5	0	2.4
Karlie Samuelson	4	0	12.0	28.6	33.3	0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.5

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Arike Ogunbowale	WNBA Rookie of the Month - June	July 2, 2019	[14]
	WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week	August 19, 2019	[15]
	WNBA Rookie of the Month - August	September 4, 2019	[16]
	WNBA All-Rookie Team	September 16, 2019	[17]