Maddy Siegrist drops season-high 22 as Wings edge Fever in a thriller

Maddy Siegrist poured in a season-high 22 points as the visiting Dallas Wings snapped a five-game skid with an 81-80 win over the Indiana Fever on Tuesday night. Li Yueru added 20 points and Paige Bueckers had 16 points and eight assists for Dallas (9-24), which seized control with a 19-0 third-quarter run but had to withstand a late Indiana surge.


Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever (18-15) with 24 points. Sophie Cunningham and Aliyah Boston scored 14 apiece, Natasha Howard tallied 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Chloe Bibby added 11. Indiana played its 11th straight game without Caitlin Clark (groin).


Tied 42-42 at halftime, the Fever opened the third with a 10-4 spurt before going cold. Siegrist scored six points and Yueru and JJ Quinerly added five each during Dallas’ 19-0 burst, turning a six-point deficit into a 13-point lead.


Bibby’s three-pointer broke Indiana’s 4:06 scoring drought, but Dallas still led 67-55 entering the fourth.

Myisha Hines-Allen’s three-pointer pushed the margin to 78-61 with 6:38 left before the Fever stormed back with a 19-3 run, trimming the deficit to 81-80 on Mitchell’s jumper with 33 seconds remaining.


Bueckers missed a mid-range shot at 14 seconds, giving Indiana a final chance, but Mitchell’s last-second jumper missed.

Dallas started strong with a 9-0 run capped by Siegrist’s jumper and three-pointer for an early 11-4 lead. Bibby’s back-to-back threes helped Indiana close to 23-15 after one.

Dallas extended the margin to 34-20 in the second before Mitchell and Boston fueled a 9-0 run for the Fever. The Wings regained a 10-point cushion, but Howard and Cunningham combined for 10 points late in the half to tie it at intermission.