{"id":48728,"date":"2025-07-08T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48728\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:01:09","slug":"dallas-wings-fell-to-phoenix-mercury-behind-sami-whitcombs-career-high-36-points-losing-72-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48728\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings fell to Phoenix Mercury behind Sami Whitcomb&#8217;s career-high 36 points, losing 72-102"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Wings fell to the Phoenix Mercury Monday night, losing 72-102. <\/p>\n<p>In their last matchup on July 3, the Wings started four rookies due to injuries \u2014Paige Bueckers, Aziah James, JJ Quinerly, and Luisa Geiselosoder \u2014and beat the Mercury 98-89. <\/p>\n<p>Dallas&#8217; trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/james-scores-28-bueckers-23-as-the-wings-start-4-rookies-in-a-98-89-win-over-the-mercury\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bueckers, James and Quinerly combined for 68 points that game<\/a>, with James scoring a career-high 28 points. But they couldn&#8217;t produce that same magic during Monday&#8217;s game with the same lineup. <\/p>\n<p>Phoenix was all about avenging that loss. <\/p>\n<p>Phoenix&#8217;s Sami Whitcomb proved to be unstoppable Monday, scoring 29 of her career-high 36 points in the first quarter. Also, the Mercury shot 55% from the field and 50% from three-point range in the first, while the Wings were limited to 40% from the field and just 20% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, on the night, the Wings shot 36% from the field, while the Mercury shot nearly 48%. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, Quinerly had a career-high 18 points and a career-best four made threes during the game. James added 15, and Bueckers scored 11. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The three-ball started to fall, so that was good to see,&#8221; Quinerly said during the post-game press conference. &#8220;But still took that loss. We definitely got to come back for that next game better than we did today.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Wings have been without starters Arike Ogunbowale (left thumb injury) and DiJonai Carrington has been out for the last several games with a rib injury. <\/p>\n<p>Dallas&#8217; record is now 6-14 on the season, while Phoenix improved to 13-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dallas remains on the road to face the Chicago Sky on Wednesday, July 9. Tipoff at Wintrust Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/search\/author\/briauna-brown\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briauna  Brown<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Briauna Brown is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime and versatile journalist, Briauna writes, edits and produces social media content for all CBS Texas digital platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings fell to the Phoenix Mercury Monday night, losing 72-102. 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