CONNECTICUT SUN VS. DALLAS WINGS
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena Tip: 7:30 p.m. (ION)
Probable starters: Wings, 6-4 F Monique Billings (15.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.5 apg), 6-2 F Maddy Siegrist (13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.4 apg), 6-7 C Teaira McCowan (13.6 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.4 apg), 5-8 G Arike Ogunbowale (28.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4.2 apg, 2.4 spg), 5-10 G Sevgi Uzun (6.0 ppg, 5.8 apg).
Sun, 5-10 G Ty Harris (10.3 ppg, 3.2 apg), 5-11 G DiJonai Carrington (13.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.7 apg), 6-4 G DeWanna Bonner (20.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg), 6-2 F Alyssa Thomas (14.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 7.8 apg), 6-3 F Brionna Jones (12.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.3 spg).
Noteworthy: The Sun (6-0) remain as the only unbeaten team in the WNBA, with the franchise’s longest win streak ever to start a season. They believe firmly, however, that they still haven’t played their best basketball. “We’re still working out a lot of kinks, lineups, minute restrictions,” the Sun’s Thomas said. “There’s a lot of room for us to continue to grow . ... For us to start this way when we weren’t even picked to make playoffs, it just speaks volumes to the kind of players we have. We know it’s a long season, so it’s not time for us to get comfortable or feed into that, but just continue to do what we’re doing.” ... The Sun defeated the Phoenix Mercury 70-47 Monday, holding their opponents to their worst single-game field goal percentage in franchise history (15-for-63, .238). The Mercury were 1-for-27 from 3-point range (3.7%) and finished 41 points under their season average . ... Connecticut’s last meeting with Dallas came on Aug. 18, 2023, a 95-75 win for Dallas at Mohegan Sun . ... The Wings (3-2), in the midst of a five-game road trip, are coming off an 84-83 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday. Ogunbowale, the league’s leading scorer, paced Dallas with 20 points, four rebounds and four assists.