This was the first win of the season for Pagi Beukers and the first win for the Dallas Wings for Pagi Beukers.
Playing his first game as a supporter in his collegiate state, the Beukers untolded the 109-87 victory on the connecting sun on Tuesday for a career-high 21 points and seven assistance.
Dallas (1-4) broke the 13-game losing line back in the previous season. Suraj fell to 0–5, since his worst start, he dropped his first five in 2020.
Wings’ 109 points were scored the most by any WNBA team this season and a franchise was eight from a record.
In the 2025 WNBA draft, the number 1 overall pick Beukers were congratulated the crowd from the crowd, who was familiar with his exploits for the nearby connecting Hakis, with cheers in the entire game. He took Hakis to the last four on four occasions including the national title in April.
Arika Ogunbole had 19 points for wings, including a stretch in the third quarter, where he had made 3-pointers for a long time on three straight assets. Dijonai Carrington, after playing with the Sun for four years, after returning to the connecticut, was 16 for Dallas.
Tina Charles led the Connecticut with a game-high 27 points. Marina Mabre added 19 points, and Briya Hartley had 12.
Dallas shot 56.1 percent from the floor and scored 19 points from 17 sun turnover.
Wings shattered their season with 56 first-huff points, shooting 54.5 per cent from the floor, in which the beukers made way with 15, mostly on bridge-up jumpers near the free-thro line.
Both teams fired in the first quarter, with seven lead changes and The Sun leads 24-23 in The Horn when Hartley dipped a tray with 1.6 seconds.
Dallas dominated the second quarter and controlled Aziaha James with 11–0 runs, which was his first points of his WNBA career. In the first half, the lead exceeded 17.
Connecticut replied with a boom, scoring five straight points by the Sani rivers and pulled to half by 56–42.
The sun was within 88–76 when Charles scored on a spin move to start the fourth quarter, but Dallas scored 8–0. Bueckers checked for good with 4:09.
Wings lost the reserve guard Tyya Herris due to a knee injury, and he did not return after Haftime.
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