Dallas faces Chicago following Bueckers' 34-point showing
The Wings improved to 15-8 after Bueckers and Marina Mabrey each scored 34 points in a game that drew a WNBA regular-season record crowd.
- On Friday, the Dallas Wings defeated the Toronto Tempo 108-95 at the Bell Centre, drawing a WNBA regular-season record 20,966 fans. Paige Bueckers and Marina Mabrey each scored 34 points.
- Dallas trailed 33-25 after the first quarter but fought back, outscoring Toronto 24-10 in the fourth to extend their winning streak to four games.
- Jessica Shepard recorded 20 points and 17 rebounds for Dallas, while Arike Ogunbowale added 20 points for the Wings. Laura Juskaite contributed 25 for Toronto in the loss.
- The attendance of 20,966 eclipsed the previous WNBA regular-season record of 20,711 set at Capital One Arena in 2024. Bell Centre now holds the record for both PWHL and WNBA regular-season play.
- Sunday features upcoming matchups for both teams, as Dallas hosts the Chicago Sky while Toronto hosts the New York Liberty in Montreal.
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Canada makes WNBA history in game 1 of cross-country tour, setting season attendance record
Only one game into the cross-country tour that heads west in August, and the WNBA’s only Canadian team has set a new regular season, single-game attendance record. The Toronto Tempo took on the Dallas Wings at Montreal’s Bell Centre Friday night, where a record-setting 20,996 fans packed the seats. The Toronto Tempo lost 108-95 against the Dallas Wings Friday night, but hit a milestone in terms of attendance. Friday night’s 20,966 spectators br…
'Long overdue': Toronto Tempo fans react to historic WNBA crowd
What to know The Toronto Tempo may not have secured the win, but the team’s first game in Montreal still marked a historic night for... The post ‘Canada deserved women’s basketball’: Toronto Tempo make WNBA history in Montreal appeared first on NOW Toronto.
The monster interest in the WNBA expansion team in Toronto, the Tempo, was fully measured on Friday night.
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