Neeffa Kolier scored 34 points on 12-for-21 shooting, as Minnesota Links controlled the 99–84 victory over Dallas Wings in the third quarter, which spoiled the start of WNBA of Pakers on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.
Courtney Williams scored 25 points on 10-for-15 shooting with Game-High Nine Assistes for Minnesota, which started strong after reaching the WNBA final a season ago. Jessica Shepard scored 15 points and Diamond Miller covered a distance of 13 points from the bench.
Bueckers, a three -time all -American in Uconn, who was the number 1 pick in the WNBA draft of the previous month, hit just 3 -10 shots as she finished with 10 points and seven rebounds in 30 minutes. Arike Ogunbowale carried the wings forward with 16 points and ended with Dijonai Carrington 15 points.
Minnesota dropped Dallas from 53–38 in the second half.
Bukers created the first basket of the game to start their wings career. The native of Minnesota caught a pass and created a turnaround jumper from Baseline.
Links led 81–66 at the end of the third quarter. They excluded 35–20 wings during the quarter to seize the control.
Dallas had no response to Kolier, who scored 18 points on 7 -for -9 shooting during the third quarter. He buried the 3-pointer and made a driving at a interval of 28 seconds to give Minnesota a 78–64 lead in the quarter.
Myisha Hines-Allen made a trimmed to cut the wings deficit up to 12 points with 53.1 seconds in the third quarter, but Williams replied with a 3-pointer at the other end that the links were placed above 15 points.
Links maintained a double -point lead in the fourth quarter. Williams gave a hurry to scoring, including back-to-back jump shots to keep Minnesota ahead 96–75, with 2:51 remaining.
The score in Haftime was 46–46.
Dallas also scored the last four points of the first half. Ogunbole formed a pair of free throw with 4.1 second left, then Maddy Sigrist made a trimmed one with a help from Carrington with a second.
The wings led 21–19 at the end of the first quarter.
-Bield level media
