Dallas Wings defeat Storm behind Bueckers, James
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Aziaha James scored 18 points off the bench and Paige Bueckers added 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 79-56 on Monday night at College Park Center.
Dallas led 36-25 at halftime behind Bueckers’ 10 first-half points. The Wings opened the third quarter on an 8-0 run to push the lead to 44-25, and Seattle did not make its first field goal of the second half until the 5:39 mark of the third. Dallas outscored Seattle 21-12 in the third and 22-19 in the fourth.
Flau’jae Johnson recorded a double-double for Seattle with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Awa Fam added eight points and seven rebounds. The Storm shot 20 of 61 from the field and committed 17 turnovers. Dallas shot 29 of 81 and forced eight turnovers.
The Wings improved to 6-3, while Seattle fell to 3-7.