Las Vegas AcesvsDallas Wings
LV 66/DAL 96
Things to say
Dallas Wings throttled the Las Vegas Aces 96-66 at College Park Center.
01
opener
Wings absolutely ate the Aces up last night. Thirty-point beatdown at home. Vegas never had it.
02
key player
Arike went for 22 and looked like she had ice in her veins every time she touched it.
03
hot take
Aces are 10-4 but don't buy it. They got punked by a sub-.500 team on national TV.
04
deep cut
Jessica Shepard quietly put up a 15 and 9 — basically ran the offense from the post all night.
05
exit
Anyway, Vegas better figure it out quick before this turns into a real slide.
The recap
Dallas absolutely ate Vegas up, 96-66, and it wasn't even that close. Arike Ogunbowale was cooking for 22, but Jessica Shepard ran an absolute clinic with a 15-and-9 double-double plus 9 dimes — she was everywhere.
The Aces couldn't buy a bucket and Jewell Loyd's 21 was basically garbage time stat-padding. Vegas took the L and dropped behind Dallas in the standings, which nobody saw coming.