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 on Tuesday scored a career-high 21 points and seven assistance to lead wings to win the 109–87 victory on the Connecticut Sun.
Dallas (1-4) broke the 13-game losing line back in the previous season. Surya fell to 0–5 since 2020, matches its worst beginning.
Wings’ 109 points were scored the most by any WNBA team this season and a franchise was eight from a record.
Bueckers, the number 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, was congratulated with cheers in the entire game from the crowd selling acquainted with its exploits for the nearby connectivity Hakis. He took Hakis to the last four on four occasions including the national title in April.
Arika Ogunbole scored 19 points for wings, including a stretch in the third quarter, where she worked for a long time on three direct 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. Dallas shot 56 percent from the floor and scored 19 points from 16 sun turnover.
Wings shattered their season with 56 first half points, shooting 54 percent from the floor, in which the beukers made way with 15, mostly on bridge-up jumpers near the free throw line.
Both teams fired in the first quarter, with seven lead changes and The Sun lashed on the horn of 24-23 when Bria Hartley left three 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.
Surya pulled up to 88–76 when Charles scored on a spin move to start the fourth quarter, but Dallas pulled away with an 8–0 run. Bueckers checked for good with 4:09.
The wings lost the reserve guard Tyasha Harris for a knee injury and she did not return after Haftim
