Ogunbowale, the 2020 league scoring champion, finished 2-of-14 from the floor and 1-of-8 from three. She scored the bulk of her eight points at the line, three nights after free throws accounted for half of her 16 points in Dallas’ home-opening loss to the Minnesota Lynx.

MINNEAPOLIS — Arike Ogunbowale is still looking to find her rhythm in the 2025 WNBA season, but she took a big step forward on Wednesday night in Minneapolis. Although the Dallas Wings were defeated by a final score of 85-81 in a loss to the Minnesota Lynx, Ogunbowale led Dallas with 21 points.

Rookie Paige Bueckers led the Wings with 19 points in the loss but looked more comfortable with the speed and physicality of the game than in her WNBA debut.

During the Wings showdown against the Minnesota Lynx, she arrived at the arena in a sexy cowboy style — a leather cropped top paired with printed short shorts and a studded belt that screamed runway-ready Western glam. Unfortunately, despite Carrington slaying the tunnel walk, the Wings were defeated 99–84 by the Lynx.

It was a battle of the top two picks from the 2025 WNBA draft between Bueckers and Seattle’s Dominique Malonga. Malonga shares a home country with Wembanyama, as both are from France and have both played for the French national teams.

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Miro Heiskanen, Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene scored power-play goals in a 5:26 span early in the third period.