CHICAGO — Kamilla Cardoso scored a career-high 23 factors and Courtney Vandersloot set franchise data for factors and discipline targets because the Chicago Sky beat the Dallas Wings 97-92 on Thursday evening.
Vandersloot completed with 13 factors, 9 assists and 4 steals. She moved previous her spouse, Allie Quigley, into first in franchise historical past with 3,728 factors and 1,394 discipline targets. Quigley scored 3,273 factors and had 1,386 discipline targets for the Sky from 2013-22.
“What means essentially the most is my time spent right here,” Vandersloot informed reporters, based on the Chicago Solar-Instances. “It simply speaks to the dedication that I made to the Chicago Sky and their dedication to me as nicely. They drafted me and let me develop. We had lots of powerful seasons. It wasn’t all the time straightforward.”
Vandersloot tied the report for discipline targets with a 3-pointer halfway by way of the second quarter. The 2-time WNBA champion hit a pull-up jumper with 4:34 to go within the third to interrupt Quigley’s scoring mark.
Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 37 factors for the Wings and hit a 3-pointer that gave Dallas a 92-91 lead with 2:11 remaining. However Ogunbowale went 0 for 3 the remainder of the best way and the Sky closed with a 6-0 run.
Ogunbowale, who entered the sport averaging a career-low 13.8 factors on 30% taking pictures, shot 14 of 25 from the sector and 6 of 12 from 3-point vary.
Angel Reese scored inside to offer the Sky the lead for good at 93-92 with 1:21 remaining and completed with six factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Dallas (1-5) snapped its season-opening four-game dropping streak with a 109-87 victory over Connecticut on Tuesday.
Chicago (1-4) led by as many as 13 factors as Cardoso scored 14 factors on 5-of-7 taking pictures and grabbed three of Chicago’s 11 offensive rebounds within the first half earlier than going into the intermission with a 49-43 lead.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
