{"id":23661,"date":"2025-06-29T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23661\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:01:10","slug":"rookie-jj-quinerly-scores-season-high-15-in-her-first-wnba-start-to-help-the-wings-beat-mystics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/23661\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie JJ Quinerly scores season-high 15 in her first WNBA start to help the Wings beat Mystics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DALLAS (AP) &#8211;<\/strong> JJ Quinerly scored a season-high 15 points in her first WNBA start and fellow rookie Aziaha James also had 15 to help the Dallas Wings beat the Washington Mystics 79-71 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas&#8217; other rookie, Paige Bueckers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/paige-bueckers-knee-injury-wings-loss-fever-caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">did not play<\/a> because of a right knee issue. There were no details about what the exact issue was a day after she scored 27 points and had six assists while playing nearly 36 1\/2 minutes in the Wings&#8217; 94-86 loss to the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2221891364.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Washington Mystics v Dallas Wings \" height=\"407\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; JUNE 28: JJ Quinerly #11 of the Dallas Wings shoots the ball as Sug Sutton #1 of the Washington Mystics defends during the first half at College Park Center on June 28, 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>                Ron Jenkins \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Dallas jumped out to a 28-9 lead over Washington at the end of the first quarter after making 11 of 18 shots and led 45-31 to match their largest halftime lead of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Washington responded by scoring the opening 12 points of the third quarter to get within 45-43. But that&#8217;s as close as the Mystics would get.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas regained control by going on an 8-0 run later in the third quarter, started by Kaila Charles&#8217; three-point play and capped by James&#8217; 3-pointer for a 62-51 lead. The Wings also started the fourth with seven straight points for a 15-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Arike Ogunbowale finished with 14 points and Myisha Hines-Allen had 13 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals for Dallas (5-13), which outscored Washington 36-5 in bench points. <\/p>\n<p>Sonia Citron had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Washington (8-9). Shakira Austin added 18 points. Brittney Sykes returned to the starting lineup and scored six points in 26 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS (AP) &#8211; JJ Quinerly scored a season-high 15 points in her first WNBA start and fellow rookie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[2470,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-23661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-dallas-wings","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114764898939373019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23661","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=23661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}