The 2019 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Dallas Wings franchise of the WNBA. This was the franchise's 4th season in Dallas. The season tipped off on May 24, 2019 versus the Atlanta Dream.
During the off-season, interim coach Taj McWilliams-Franklin was not retained. Brian Agler was hired from the Los Angeles Sparks to become the team's new head coach.
The Wings started the season slowly, losing their first five games in a row. However, they turned things around, winning 4 of their next 6 to finish June with a 4–7 record. July proved to be disastrous for the Wings. They posted a 1–8 record in July only beating the Los Angeles Sparks at home. The Wings managed to turn things around in August, going 5–6 overall. Three of those five wins game against eventual playoff teams. The team couldn't keep the momentum going, finishing the season on a 4 game losing streak. Their final record of 10–24, was the franchises worst record since moving to Dallas, and worst record since 2012. Rookie Arike Ogunbowale proved to be a bright spot for the team. She won Rookie of the Month in June and August and lead the team in points scored per game, and assists per game.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 5 Arike Ogunbowale Notre Dame 2 17 Megan Gustafson Iowa 2 22 Kennedy Burke UCLA 3 29 Morgan Bertsch UC Davis
Trades and roster changes DateDetails February 1, 2019 Re-signed F Kayla Thornton Re-signed F Glory Johnson Re-signed C Cayla George February 19, 2019 Signed G Brooke McCarty–Williams February 25, 2019 Signed G Nicole Seekamp May 16, 2019 Traded C Liz Cambage to the Las Vegas Aces for G Moriah Jefferson, C Isabelle Harrison, the Aces' first and second round picks in the 2020 WNBA draft Traded third round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to Atlanta Dream for C Imani McGee-Stafford June 13, 2019 Signed C Megan Gustafson August 6, 2019 Traded C/F Theresa Plaisance to Connecticut Sun in exchange for C/F Kristine Anigwe
Roster
Game log Pre-season
| 1 | May 13 | vs. Atlanta Dream | L 59–82 | Burke (11) | 3 tied (5) | 3 tied (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena3,300 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 14 | @ Connecticut Sun | W 71–67 | Ogunbowale (19) | Gray (10) | 3 tied (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena3,965 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 19 | Indiana Fever | L 66–71 | McCarty–Williams (14) | Gray (5) | 3 tied (2) | College Park Center3,428 | 1–2
Regular season
| 1 | May 24 | @ Atlanta Dream | L 72–76 | Gray (14) | Johnson (9) | McCarty–Williams (8) | State Farm Arena3,070 | 0–1
| 2 | June 1 | Minnesota Lynx | L 67–70 | Thornton (12) | Stevens (8) | Thornton (3) | College Park Center6,535 | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 7 | @ Indiana Fever | L 64–79 | Harrison (18) | Tied (7) | McCarty–Williams (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse3,671 | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 9 | @ Washington Mystics | L 62–86 | Johnson (15) | Johnson (9) | Davis (5) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena3,564 | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 13 | Indiana Fever | L 72–76 | Thornton (19) | Gray (8) | Plaisance (4) | College Park Center3,562 | 0–5 |- | 6 | June 15 | Atlanta Dream | W 71–61 | Ogunbowale (17) | Gray (8) | Johnson (4) | College Park Center5,220 | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 20 | Phoenix Mercury | W 69–54 | Thornton (18) | Tied (11) | Tied (3) | College Park Center4,626 | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 22 | @ Las Vegas Aces | L 68–86 | Ogunbowale (25) | Thornton (10) | McCarty–Williams (5) | Mandalay Bay Events Center4,347 | 2–6 |- | 9 | June 26 | Connecticut Sun | W 74–73 | Ogunbowale (23) | Gray (7) | Plaisance (5) | College Park Center4,017 | 3–6 |- | 10 | June 28 | @ New York Liberty | L 68–69 | Thornton (20) | Plaisance (10) | Ogunbowale (5) | Westchester County Center2,191 | 3–7 |- | 11 | June 30 | Minnesota Lynx | W 89–86 | Ogunbowale (19) | Plaisance (10) | 3 tied (5) | College Park Center4,521 | 4–7
| 12 | July 5 | Indiana Fever | L 56–76 | Tied (15) | Plaisance (7) | McCarty–Williams (4) | College Park Center5,093 | 4–8 |- | 13 | July 7 | @ Chicago Sky | L 66–78 | Ogunbowale (22) | Tied (8) | Tied (5) | Wintrust Arena6,102 | 4–9 |- | 14 | July 9 | Los Angeles Sparks | W 74–62 | Thornton (17) | Tied (6) | Davis (4) | College Park Center6,885 | 5–9 |- | 15 | July 12 | @ Seattle Storm | L 81–95 | Ogunbowale (23) | Johnson (9) | Davis (9) | Alaska Airlines Arena6,451 | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 14 | Chicago Sky | L 79–89 | Ogunbowale (20) | McGee-Stafford (8) | Gray (4) | College Park Center4,261 | 5–11 |- | 17 | July 17 | @ Phoenix Mercury | L 64–69 | Ogunbowale (14) | McGee-Stafford (11) | Tied (3) | Talking Stick Resort Arena10,143 | 5–12 |- | 18 | July 18 | @ Los Angeles Sparks | L 64–69 | Harrison (14) | Harrison (9) | Ogunbowale (7) | Staples Center14,050 | 5–13 |- | 19 | July 20 | Phoenix Mercury | L 66–70 | Thornton (16) | Plaisance (10) | Tied (3) | College Park Center5,471 | 5–14 |- | 20 | July 30 | @ Las Vegas Aces | L 54–86 | Ogunbowale (14) | Tied (8) | Gray (4) | Mandalay Bay Events Center3,756 | 5–15
| 21 | August 1 | New York Liberty | W 78–64 | Ogunbowale (22) | Gustafson (8) | Gray (9) | College Park Center4,011 | 6–15 |- | 22 | August 3 | Las Vegas Aces | L 70–75 | Ogunbowale (24) | 3 tied (4) | Gray (4) | College Park Center5,882 | 6–16 |- | 23 | August 8 | @ Seattle Storm | L 57–69 | Thornton (14) | Harrison (7) | Ogunbowale (6) | Angel of the Winds Arena6,268 | 6–17 |- | 24 | August 10 | @ Phoenix Mercury | W 80–77 | Ogunbowale (23) | Harrison (9) | Ogunbowale (4) | Talking Stick Resort Arena9,717 | 7–17 |- | 25 | August 14 | Los Angeles Sparks | W 84–78 | Ogunbowale (35) | 3 tied (6) | 3 tied (2) | College Park Center5,004 | 8–17 |- | 26 | August 16 | New York Liberty | W 83–77 | Gray (22) | Tied (7) | Ogunbowale (5) | College Park Center4,070 | 9–17 |- | 27 | August 18 | @ Connecticut Sun | L 68–78 | Gray (22) | Harrison (13) | Harrison (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena7,275 | 9–18 |- | 28 | August 22 | @ Minnesota Lynx | L 70–86 | Ogunbowale (22) | McCarty–Williams (5) | Tied (3) | Target Center8,124 | 9–19 |- | 29 | August 25 | Atlanta Dream | L 73–77 | Ogunbowale (29) | Harrison (10) | Tied (2) | College Park Center4,715 | 9–20 |- | 30 | August 29 | @ Chicago Sky | W 88–83 | Ogunbowale (35) | Harrison (12) | Ogunbowale (6) | Wintrust Arena5,614 | 10–20 |- | 31 | August 31 | Washington Mystics | L 85–91 | Ogunbowale (30) | Anigwe (9) | Ogunbowale (7) | College Park Center5,205 | 10–21
| 32 | September 4 | @ Connecticut Sun | 72–102 | Ogunbowale (32) | 3 tied (4) | Ogunbowale (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,284 | 10–22 |- | 33 | September 6 | @ Washington Mystics | L 73–86 | Ogunbowale (30) | Tied (8) | Ogunbowale (6) | St. Elizabeth's East Arena3,963 | 10–23 |- | 34 | September 8 | Seattle Storm | L 64–78 | Ogunbowale (25) | Harrison (8) | Ogunbowale (5) | College Park Center5,910 | 10–24
Standings
Statistics
Regular season
Source:
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Arike Ogunbowale 33 28 32.1 38.8 35.2 81.5 2.4 3.2 1.1 0.0 19.1 Allisha Gray 34 29 30.4 45.7 38.4 84.8 4.1 2.3 1.2 0.4 10.6 Kayla Thornton 27 25 30.4 34.3 27.2 93.1 5.3 1.8 0.9 0.3 10.4 Isabelle Harrison 31 29 25.6 45.6 0 71.6 5.8 1.4 1.1 0.8 8.6 Glory Johnson 28 19 24.1 36.4 34.0 58.3 5.1 1.4 1.4 0.6 7.3 Kaela Davis 33 16 19.2 32.9 31.4 87.9 2.2 2.1 0.5 0.2 6.0 Azurá Stevens 9 1 16.0 35.8 11.1 80.0 3.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 4.8 Imani McGee-Stafford 29 6 11.9 46.8 25.0 64.3 3.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.9 Tayler Hill 4 2 12.3 30.8 16.7 80.0 1.3 0.8 0.3 0 3.3 Kristine Anigwe 10 0 12.9 33.3 0 66.7 3.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 3.2 Megan Gustafson 25 0 9.5 49.1 11.1 90.0 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.9 Brooke McCarty–Williams 34 3 13.1 28.9 36.0 91.7 1.3 1.9 0.5 0 2.4 Karlie Samuelson 4 0 12.0 28.6 33.3 0 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 1.5
Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Arike Ogunbowale WNBA Rookie of the Month - June July 2, 2019 WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week August 19, 2019 WNBA Rookie of the Month - August September 4, 2019 WNBA All-Rookie Team September 16, 2019
References
External links The Official Site of the Dallas Wings