Satou Sabally had arguably the best game of her All-Star starter season Sunday afternoon and her Dallas Wings outrebounded an Elena Delle Donne- and Shakira Austin-less Washington Mystics team 54-24 en route to an 89-72 win at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
Sabally finished with 27 points, 15 rebounds and four assists. She was 2-of-2 from three and 9-of-14 from the field.
After being held scoreless in the first half, Arike Ogunbowale scored 15 points for Dallas (8-8) in a third quarter that saw the Wings increase their lead from four to 18. She finished with 17 points and five helpers. Teaira McCowan added 10 points, 11 boards, four assists and two steals to the winning cause while Natasha Howard was good for 13 points and six rebounds.
Delle Donne was injured in Washington’s Friday loss to the Atlanta Dream.
The Mystics (9-7) were also without Austin (hip), Kristi Toliver (foot) and Li Meng (overseas commitment) so it’s really not that surprising that they lost this game. They were truly at a disadvantage, missing four great players. The Wings were without Diamond DeShields (knee) and Lou Lopez Sénéchal (knee), but weren’t missing quite as much talent as the Mystics.
Dallas closed the third on a 16-4 run, which started with a Sabally 3-point play….
