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| Coach Fred Williams addresses the team as the Dallas Wings fall to the Atlanta Dream 102-93. Wings are now 3-2 on the season. Photo credit: Layne Murdoch |
The Wings Fall to the Atlanta Dream 102-93
by Willie Pointer
Atlanta Dream player Angel McCoughtry got the scoring started in the game with a drive to the hole in which she was foul by Erin Phillips of the Wings. The wings get on the board with 8:30 left in the quarter from two free throws by Erin Phillips. Courtney Paris fouls Elizabeth Williams for a three point play with 7:45 left in the quarter. McCoughtry cans another jumper to put the dream up by seven midway through the period.
Sims and the wings have turn the ball over three times in the first six min of the game, while the dream have capitalized off the wings miscues. Dreams Angel McCoughtry dazzles the crowd with one of her signature moves as she blow past sims to put the dream up by eight with 2:25 left in the first period.
Aerial Powers has come off the bench and put in 4 straight points, but McCoughtry has punished the wings this quarter with 13pts. Plenette makes two free throws to pull the wings within six points to end the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter Coutney Paris split a pair of free throws to make it a seven point game, McCoughtry continues her dominance in the second as she nails a deep three to put the dream back up by eight points with 5:56 left in the quarter. Pierson gets hit with her third foul of the half with 3:50, Plenette bangs in a corner three to tie the game at 38-38 for the wings with 2:52 left in the quarter.
Ruth Hamblin gives the Wings their first lead of the game as she knocks down two free throws with 2:26 to play. Pierson picks up her fourth foul of the half and has to sit late in the period. Jordan Hooper scores five straight points for the wings as they extend their lead to four points. Tiffany Hayes of the Dream splits a pair of free throws to end the half with the wings leading 49-48
Early in the third Tiffany Hayes puts the dream back up by three points with a steal on the inbound play. Paris gets the wings on the board with a driving layup and cuts the lead to one point with 8:40 remaining in the third. Hayes makes another driving layup off a wings turnover to put the dream up 63-57 with 4:31 left in the 3rd.
Powers connected on a short jumper in the lane to pull the wings within three points with three minutes left in the game. Atlanta’s Hayes knocks down yet another big three to extend the Dreams lead with two minutes remaining in the quarter. Phillips scores a quick four points off the bench and blocks an attempt by Meighan Simmons of the dream to end the quarter, but Atlanta leads by four going into the fourth quarter.
Aerial Powers picks up two quick fouls to start the quarter for the wings, McCoughtry pick up where she left off in the third by knocking down another jumper in the lane as the Dream pushes their lead to four points. Jordan Hooper has been big for the wings dropping another big three from deep in the corner to tie the game at 80-80 with 6:30 left in the game.
McCoughtry misses two huge free throws with five minutes left in the game, but the Dream's Elizabeth Williams get the offensive rebound and draws the foul. with the game in the balance wings Odyssey Sims connects on a big three basket to tie the game at 87-87 with 2:45,
Atlanta’s Tiffany Hayes makes a driving layup to put the dream up by opts with 1:45 remaining, Powers foul out the game with 1:35and sends Sancho Little to the line and she makes both free throws to put Atlanta up by six points.
Layshia Clarendon scores 4 quick points to put the dream ahead by seven points with 48:2 seconds left in the game. Simms misses a driving layup that could have cut the lead to four. Tonight just wasn’t the wings night as they fall to dream 102-93
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