{"id":2451,"date":"2025-06-21T13:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2451\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:27:11","slug":"paige-bueckers-scores-21-points-aziaha-james-posts-career-high-as-dallas-wings-beat-connecticut-sun-86-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/2451\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers scores 21 points, Aziaha James posts career high as Dallas Wings beat Connecticut Sun 86-83"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paige Bueckers<\/a> had 21 points and seven assists in the former UConn star’s return to Connecticut, fellow rookie Aziaha James scored all of her season-high 17 points in the second half, and the Dallas Wings beat the Connecticut Sun 86-83 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Bueckers and James are the lone rookies this season to record a 15-point, 5-rebound, 5-assist game, with Bueckers doing so three times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NaLyssa Smith scored 12 points and Li Yueru<\/a> added 11 points and nine rebounds, both season highs, for the Wings.<\/p>\n

The game featured 12 lead changes and 10 ties, the last of which came when the Sun’s Aneesah Morrow scored in the lane to make it 62-62 with 1:18 left in the third quarter. James answered 26 seconds later with a floater that gave Dallas the lead for good.<\/p>\n

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Aziaha James posted a career-high 17 points against the Sun on June 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dallas Wings<\/p>\n

Morrow made a driving layup that trimmed Connecticut’s deficit to 76-73 with three minutes to play, but Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer and then made two free throws before DiJonai Carrington made a layup with 45.8 seconds left that gave the Wings a 83-76 lead.<\/p>\n

The Wings shot just 36% (11 of 31) in the second half but made 21 of 26 (81%) from the free-throw line, where Connecticut made 12 of 15.<\/p>\n

The Sun (2-11) have lost five straight.<\/p>\n

Dallas (3-11), which won its first home game of the season<\/a> and snapped a seven-game skid Tuesday with an 80-71 victory over Golden State, won back-to-back games for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

The Wings beat Connecticut 109-87 on May 27<\/a>, the Wings’ first win of the season.<\/p>\n

“It’s fun coming back here every single time,” Bueckers said during the post-game press conference about returning to Connecticut, where she secured an NCAA Championship with the UConn Huskies. “They’ve always shown so much love to me, and it’s been a state that’s done a lot for me. It’s always amazing to come back and get another win here.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Wings play Sunday, June 22, at Washington.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dallas Wings practice facility approved for park, design funding tops $5M<\/a> by
\n CBS TEXAS<\/a> on
\n YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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