Skylar Diggins-Smith
After a 97-87 win over the Liberty in New York on Sunday, the Dallas Wings host the Phoenix Mercury in a 7 p.m. game at College Park Center in Arlington tomorrow (Tuesday, July 10). Dallas is on a three-game winning streak headed into the rematch with Phoenix, and will be looking to avenge their last-minute, 75-72 loss to the Mercury at College Park Center on June 12. It will be the last time the two teams face each other in regular season play this year.
Tickets to tomorrow night’s game are available at a discounted price, online only, and only for a limited time. Go here to get your tickets.
The Wings are 10-8 and in sixth place in the WNBA. They face the fourth-place Sparks (12-8) in Los Angeles on Thursday before heading to Seattle to take on the first-place Storm (15-5) on Saturday.
Skylar Diggins-Smith led the Wings to victory over the Liberty on Sunday, scoring 32 points, pulling down seven rebounds and adding five assists. It was the eighth 30-point game of her career and put her ahead of Deanna Nolan for the most in franchise history.
Center Liz Cambage recorded her eighth double-double of the season against New York, with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Allisha Gray added 15 points and recorded a career-high six assists. Rookie Azurá Stevens led the team off the bench with 13 points.
Cambage and Diggins-Smith, both in the running for the Verizon WNBA All-Star Game set for July 28 in Minnesota, are also both in top 10 stats leaders in two categories each. Cambage is third in average points per game (20.5) and second average rebounds per game (9.9), and Diggins-Smith is eighth in average points per game (19.3) and third in average assists per game (6.3).
Liz Cambage, left
Under this year’s revamped system, the 22 players getting the most votes, regardless of conference, will make the All-Star team. The two top vote-getters will be named team captains and will choose their teams from the remaining 20.
The 22 players are chosen by fan votes (40 percent of the vote), current WNBA player votes (20 percent), current WNBA head coach votes (20 percent) and a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters (20 percent).
As of July 5 when the first returns from the fan voting were tallied, both Diggins-Smith and Cambage were in the top 22. Diggins-Smith was at No. 9, and Cambage was at No. 19. Allisha Gray was at No. 30.
Fan voting for the All-Stars roster closes Thursday, July 12. You can vote here once a day through Thursday.
