2020 Dallas Wings season

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.

2020 Dallas Wings season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Originally: College Park Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	8–14 (.364)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Arike Ogunbowale – 22.8 ppg
Rebounds	Satou Sabally – 7.8 rpg
Assists	Arike Ogunbowale – 3.4 apg
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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 Alarie, Bella 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-23 Princeton R G 15 Gray, Allisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 167 lb (76kg) 1995-01-12 South Carolina 3 F 10 Gustafson, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m) 195 lb (88kg) 1996-12-13 Iowa 1 G 52 Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) – 1998-05-01 South Carolina R F 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 1993-09-27 Tennessee 3 G 4 Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 1994-03-08 Connecticut 3 G 5 Mabrey, Marina 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-09-14 Notre Dame 1 F/C 45 Ndour, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) 150 lb (68kg) 1994-08-22 Spain 4 G 24 Ogunbowale, Arike 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-03-02 Notre Dame 1 F 0 Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-25 Oregon R F 33 Samuelson, Katie Lou 6' 3" (1.91m) 163 lb (74kg) 1997-06-13 Connecticut 1 F 6 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 4	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State) Bryce Agler (Wittenberg) Athletic trainer Branay Hicks (UT Tyler) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended 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

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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. "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. "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.

External links

• Official website of the Dallas Wings