Marina Mabrey scored 32 points and Kahleah Copper added 23 to lift the Chicago Sky to a 104-96 victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
Mabrey made 8 of 14 shots from the floor and 13 of 14 attempts from the free-throw line for the Sky (12-15), who have scored 104 points in each contest during their three-game winning streak.
Chicago also recorded a sweep of the three-game season series. The Sky posted a 94-88 win over Dallas at home on May 28 and a 104-89 decision on Friday.
Dana Evans made all nine of her foul shots and finished with 14 points off the bench for Chicago, which made 85.7 percent of its shots from the charity stripe (30 of 35).
Dallas’ Satou Sabally collected 25 points and eight assists, and Natasha Howard followed up her first career triple-double by scoring 24 points. Arike Ogunbowale added 14 points before being ejected for making contact with an official late in the fourth quarter.
Tempers flared late in the third quarter between Evans and Dallas’ Odyssey Sims after the latter was called for an offensive foul. The players exchanged words before teammates and coaches separated them, resulting in a double technical foul as well as an ejection for Chicago forward Ruthy Hebard for leaving the bench.
The sequence appeared to ignite a spark under the Sky, who scored 21 of the next 35 points to seize an 82-72 lead early in the fourth quarter. Dallas halted the surge by making baskets on consecutive possessions before Mabrey and Copper each sank a 3-pointer and Copper added two more free throws to give Chicago a 90-78 lead with 4:43 to play.
The Wings (15-13) chipped away, and Howard drained a 3-pointer to trim their deficit to four with 1:49 remaining. However, Mabrey made three free throws and Copper converted a layup to seal the victory.
Sabally sank a jumper to give the Wings a 34-33 lead with 4:45 remaining in the second quarter before Mabrey scored eight points during Chicago’s 13-3 run to close the quarter. Mabrey drained a mid-range jumper and a 3-pointer before capping the Sky’s surge by converting a three-point play.
–Field Level Media
