Siegrist, Yueru Have Career Nights In Win At Indiana

Siegrist, Yueru Have Career Nights In Win At Indiana

Indianapolis, IN (Aug. 12, 2025) – The Dallas Wings held off the Indiana Fever to attain an 81-80 victory Tuesday evening at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Maddy Siegrist and Li Yueru every posted profession highs in factors because the duo mixed for 42 factors within the nationally televised win. The Wings (9-24) had 25 assists on 30 discipline targets, as Paige Bueckers and Myisha Hines-Allen mixed for 17 dimes, together with a career-best 9 for Hines-Allen.

Dallas led by as many as 17 earlier than Indiana (18-15) used a 25-point fourth quarter to mount the comeback. Yueru and Bueckers mixed for 9 factors within the fourth whereas Hines-Allen tallied 5 dimes over the ultimate 10 minutes to carry off the Fever.

Game Leaders

First Quarter: Dallas 23, Indiana 15

Dallas featured a beginning lineup of Grace Berger, Paige Bueckers, Maddy Siegrist, Haley Jones and Luisa Geiselsöder for the primary time this season. Berger signed a remainder of season contract with the Wings earlier that morning, whereas Arike Ogunbowale was dominated out with proper knee soreness previous to tipoff.

After buying and selling baskets for the primary 2:37, Dallas went on a 7-0 run to take an 11-4 lead, with Bueckers, Siegrist and Jones all scoring. After Indiana scored the following 4 factors, the Wings responded with a 10-1 spurt to take a 12-point lead, 21-9. Li Yueru drained two threes throughout that stretch and completed the primary quarter with a game-high eight factors. Dallas shot 44.4 % from the sector whereas limiting Indiana to only a 26.7-percent clip over the primary 10 minutes. The Fever dedicated six turnovers which Dallas changed into 10 factors.

Second Quarter: Dallas 19, Indiana 27

The Wings bumped their lead again to double figures, 31-20, following a Siegrist layup, forcing one other Fever timeout. Dallas scored three straight out of the break to develop their result in 14 at 34-20. A 5-0 Indiana run pressured Dallas to burn a timeout with a 34-25 lead with 5:13 remaining within the half. The Fever spurt grew to 7-0 earlier than Siegrist buried a nook three and Jones added a jumper within the lane to convey the Dallas lead again to double digits, 39-29, with 3:31 left within the second quarter. Indiana closed the half on a 13-3 run to knot the sport at 42-42 headed into the break.

Siegrist tied for the sport excessive with 12 factors within the first half, becoming a member of Yueru in double figures (10). Dallas shot 43.2 % within the first half and 31.2 % from three, whereas Indiana shot 47.1 % general and 38.5 % from deep.

Third Quarter: Dallas 25, Indiana 13

Bueckers and the Wings struck first out of halftime earlier than a 6-0 Indiana run gave the house crew a four-point lead, 48-44. The lead grew to 6, 52-46, earlier than an 8-0 Dallas stretch gave the Wings a 54-52 lead with underneath 4 minutes left within the third. Siegrist and JJ Quinerly sank threes in the course of the run, together with Siegrist’s third of the sport, marking a profession greatest. Dallas closed the quarter on an 18-3 stretch to hold a 12-point lead into the fourth. Siegrist scored eight within the third whereas Yueru and JJ Quinerly added 5 apiece. Indiana was restricted to underneath 28-percent taking pictures within the quarter whereas Dallas posted a 44.4-percent clip.

Fourth Quarter: Dallas 14, Indiana 25

The Wings noticed their lead develop to 17 with 6:38 left after Hines-Allen drained a 3 to present Dallas a 78-61 lead. The Fever chipped away and closed the sport on a 19-3 run, with an and-one by Yueru proving to be the distinction within the ultimate rating. Yueru was fouled by Aliyah Boston on a made layup which Indiana unsuccessfully challenged, sending Yueru to the road for what proved to be ultimate level the Wings would rating with 2:31 remaining. Dallas led by seven, 81-74, at that time however missed its ultimate 4 pictures from the sector as Indiana continued to inch nearer. Down one with 1.7 seconds left, the Fever had one final shot to win it, however Kelsey Mitchell’s try was off the mark as Dallas picked up its first win over the Fever this season.

Siegrist completed with 22 factors off 9-13 taking pictures, including 5 rebounds and a career-best three made threes. Yueru tallied 20 factors off 7-14 taking pictures together with 4 rebounds and two steals. Bueckers scored in double figures for the twenty sixth consecutive sport, totaling 16 factors and eight assists. Her 26-game stretch is fourth-longest by a rookie in WNBA historical past. Hines-Allen stuffed the stat sheet with eight factors, six rebounds, 9 assists and a steal. The Dallas bench outscored Indiana’s 36-16.

On the evening Dallas shot 42.3 % from the sector, 30.8 % from deep and 86.7 % from the free-throw line, in comparison with Indiana at 44.4 %, 40.9 % and 78.9 %, respectively. The Fever received the rebounding battle 39-30 and held a 12-3 benefit in second likelihood factors. The Wings outscored the Fever in factors within the paint, 38-34, and quick break factors, 18-11. Dallas scored 27 factors off 18 Indiana turnovers.

Mitchell led Indiana with a game-high 24 factors, whereas Natasha Howard had 12 factors and a game-best 12 rebounds.

Dallas returns residence to host the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday within the Wings annual Rock The Pink sport. Tipoff on ION is slated for six:30 p.m. CT.