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Marina Mabrey’s 32 points lift the Chicago Sky to a 104-96 win over the Dallas Wings and a season sweep

ARLINGTON, Texas — Marina Mabrey scored 32 points, including 13 of 14 free throws, and Kahleah Copper added 23 to help the Chicago Sky beat the Dallas Wings 104-96 on Sunday.

The Sky (12-15), who swept the three-game season series with the Wings, have scored 104 points in each of their last three games and have topped 100 four times this season.

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The Sky’s Ruthy Hebard and the Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale were both ejected. Hebard left the bench during a dust-up between teammate Dana Evans and Dallas’ Odyssey Sims — who were each charged with a technical foul — midway through the third quarter.

Ogunbowale, who finished with 14 points, was charged with a technical foul and ejected for unnecessary contact with an official with 52 seconds to play. That could lead to a suspension.

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The teams combined for 54 personal fouls and shot 35 free throws apiece.

Evans, who made 9 of 9 from the line, scored 14 points for the Sky and Morgan Bertsch added 11. The Sky made 31 of 64 (48.4%) from the field, 12 of 26 (46.2%) from 3-point range and hit a season-high 30 free throws on 35 attempts (85.7%).

Satou Sabally led the Wings (15-13) with 25 points and eight assists. Natasha Howard added 24 points and Kalani Brown scored 13.

Sabally made a short jumper to give Dallas a one-point lead with 4:45 left in the first half. Copper answered with a jumper, Mabrey hit a pull-up jumper and a 3-pointer and Courtney Williams made a step-back jumper to cap a 9-0 run that made it 42-34, and the Wings never again led.

Dallas tied the score twice in the third quarter on jumpers by Howard and Ogunbowale, but Evans hit a 3-pointer to make it 59-56 with 4:32 left in the quarter and the Sky led the rest of the way.

The WNBA’s No. 4 scorer this season (21.4 per game), Ogunbowale has made just 30 of 89 (34%) from the field while averaging 16.8 points over the last five games.


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