{"id":135847,"date":"2025-08-11T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/135847\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:29:14","slug":"mystics-overcome-wings-91-78-as-iriafen-scores-career-high-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/135847\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystics overcome Wings, 91-78, as Iriafen scores career-high 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                   CBS News Live <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/keyart-texas-1920x1080.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/live\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>          CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>          Live<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kiki Iriafen scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the Washington Mystics used a strong second half to beat the Dallas Wings 91-78 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Citron scored 17 of her 18 points in the second half, Stefanie Dolson scored 14, and reserve Emily Engstler had 11 for the Mystics (14-17) who ended a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Paige Bueckers scored 17 points to lead Dallas and move into a tie for fourth place in WNBA history with Ruthie Bolton, with her 25th game scoring in double digits to start a career. Cynthia Cooper is the leader at 92 games, followed by A&#8217;ja Wilson with 37 and Candace Parker with 32.<\/p>\n<p>Arike Ogunbowale scored 12 points and Haley Jones 11 for Dallas, which has lost five straight.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-2229447745.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Washington Mystics v Dallas Wings \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; AUGUST 10: Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings is defended by Kiki Iriafen #44 and Sonia Citron #22 of the Washington Mystics during the first half at College Park Center on August 10, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>                Sam Hodde \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>After scoring 30 points in the first half and allowing Dallas (8-24) to build a 41-30 lead, Washington outscored the Wings 33-17 in the third and 28-20 in the fourth. Up 63-58 at the end of the third, Citron buried a 27-foot, step-back 3-pointer to make it 76-66 with 5:34 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas led 23-18 at the end of the first quarter. Iriafen&#8217;s tip-in with 4:57 before halftime brought the Mystics within 28-27, but Washington failed to convert a field goal before the break, and Dallas pushed its lead to 41-30 at intermission with a 13-0 run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CBS News Live CBS News Texas Live Kiki Iriafen scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[2470,81774,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-135847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-dallas-wings","9":"tag-ruthie-bolton","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115007780594808869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}