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Mabrey made 8 of 14 shots from the floor and 13
of 14 attempts from the free-throw line for the Sky (12-15), who
have scored 104 points in each contest during their three-game
winning streak.
Chicago also recorded a sweep of the three-game season series.
The Sky posted a 94-88 win over Dallas at home on May 28 and a
104-89 decision on Friday.
Dana Evans made all nine of her foul shots and finished with 14
points off the bench for Chicago, which made 85.7 percent of its
shots from the charity stripe (30 of 35).
Dallas' Satou Sabally collected 25 points and eight assists, and
Natasha Howard followed up her first career triple-double by
scoring 24 points. Arike Ogunbowale added 14 points before being
ejected for making contact with an official late in the fourth
quarter.
Tempers flared late in the third quarter between Evans and
Dallas' Odyssey Sims after the latter was called for an
offensive foul. The players exchanged words before teammates and
coaches separated them, resulting in a double technical foul as
well as an ejection for Chicago forward Ruthy Hebard for leaving
the bench.
The sequence appeared to ignite a spark under the Sky, who
scored 21 of the next 35 points to seize an 82-72 lead early in
the fourth quarter. Dallas halted the surge by making baskets on
consecutive possessions before Mabrey and Copper each sank a
3-pointer and Copper added two more free throws to give Chicago
a 90-78 lead with 4:43 to play.
The Wings (15-13) chipped away, and Howard drained a 3-pointer
to trim their deficit to four with 1:49 remaining. However,
Mabrey made three free throws and Copper converted a layup to
seal the victory.
Sabally sank a jumper to give the Wings a 34-33 lead with 4:45
remaining in the second quarter before Mabrey scored eight
points during Chicago's 13-3 run to close the quarter. Mabrey
drained a mid-range jumper and a 3-pointer before capping the
Sky's surge by converting a three-point play.
--Field Level Media
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