What to watch this weekend in women’s sports
The last WNBA games of the season headline the weekend.
Read more
A game-sealing block proved to be enough to send the Dallas Wings to the playoffs.
Allisha Gray came up clutch for the Wings, denying Sabrina Ionescu to defeat the New York Liberty 77-76 on Saturday night.
THIS DEFENSIVE STOP BY @Graytness_15 GETS THE @DallasWings IN THE #WNBAPLAYOFFS pic.twitter.com/kiqtERBn9X
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 12, 2021
Marina Mabrey led Dallas in points with 21, adding eight rebounds and six assists. Gray, making the game-winning defensive stop, also added 13 points and 11 rebounds to Dallas’s win.
Make it rain @mmabrey1 ☔️
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 12, 2021
💻 https://t.co/fnncD5G4m5 pic.twitter.com/ehp7ewd9rq
The Wings now sit in seventh, while the Liberty fall a half-game behind the Washington Mystics for the last playoff spot.
Next up: New York will take on the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday. Dallas will travel to Las Vegas to face off against the Aces on Monday.
The last WNBA games of the season headline the weekend.
The WNBA stars pitch Osaka on attending a Lynx and Aces game.
The Mystics currently sit at eighth in league standings.
Thomas had six points in the win.