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Dallas seeks 20th victory this season in matchup with Washington

Dallas Wings (19-11, 8-6 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (16-12, 9-5 Eastern Conference)

Washington; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Wings -2.5; over/under is 165.5

BOTTOM LINE: Dallas Wings will try to earn its 20th win this season when the Wings take on the Washington Mystics.

The Mystics are 8-6 in home games. Washington leads the Eastern Conference in rebounding, averaging 37.3 boards. Shakira Austin leads the Mystics with 9.4 rebounds.

The Wings are 10-6 on the road. Dallas ranks eighth in the WNBA averaging 8.3 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 34.2% from deep. Azzi Fudd leads the team averaging 2.1 makes while shooting 40.1% from 3-point range.

Washington scores 81.2 points per game, 3.9 fewer points than the 85.1 Dallas gives up. Dallas has shot at a 46.4% rate from the field this season, 3.9 percentage points above the 42.5% shooting opponents of Washington have averaged.

The teams play for the third time this season. The Mystics won the last matchup 81-75 on July 31, with Austin scoring 28 points in the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Austin is averaging 15.5 points and 9.4 rebounds for the Mystics. Kiki Iriafen is averaging 14.8 points over the last 10 games.

Arike Ogunbowale is averaging 15.1 points and 3.1 assists for the Wings. Paige Bueckers is averaging 18.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mystics: 7-3, averaging 78.1 points, 39.2 rebounds, 19.0 assists, 3.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.8 points per game.

Wings: 7-3, averaging 90.9 points, 35.0 rebounds, 22.6 assists, 5.7 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.3 points.

INJURIES: Mystics: None listed.

Wings: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Mystics’ Kiki Iriafen, Sonia Citron selected to USA for FIBA Women’s World Cup

A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum will miss the FIBA Women's World Cup for health reasons and will be replaced by Washington teammates Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron, USA Basketball announced Monday. Wilson, the four-time WNBA MVP, has shouldered quite a workload in the first part of the season for the Las Vegas Aces and needed a break to rest and get ready for the playoffs. She was voted the most outstanding player of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2022 World Cup. She will be sorely missed by the United States. Plum has been dealing with a calf injury for most of the WNBA season and it still hasn't 100% healed. She was a catalyst in the Paris Games gold-medal contest against France and sparked the Americans to the one-point victory. Iriafen and Citron were both part of U.S. camps this past winter. Iriafen played on the American team that went to Puerto Rico and won the World Cup qualifier. Citron had to miss that tournament because of an injury, so she'll be making her national team debut in Germany.
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