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Ogunbowale and Shepard Lead Wings over Fever 91-85 on Off Shooting Night for Bueckers and Clark
Arike Ogunbowale scored 32 points and Jessica Shepard added 26 as Dallas used a strong defensive effort to hand Indiana its fifth straight loss.
On Thursday, Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 32 points and Jessica Shepard added a career-best 26 as the Dallas Wings defeated the Indiana Fever 91-85, ending Indiana's five-game winning streak.
With this win, Dallas improved to 21-16 and sits in eighth place, while the Fever dropped to 24-13 and missed their first chance to set a franchise record for victories, holding at 24.
Tensions flared between stars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers when they became tangled during the game; Bueckers told Clark to "calm down" after the exchange escalated.
Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell scored a season-high 37 points, extending her WNBA record to 21 consecutive games with at least 20 points and making all 15 of her free throws.
All eight playoff teams face critical matchups before the league takes a three-week break for the FIBA Basketball tournament, with seeding races intensifying over the next week.