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Last Updated: February 02, 2024, 00:00 IST
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The Dallas Wings have resigned AllStar Satou Sabally after a breakout season that helped the franchise to its first playoff collection victory since shifting to Texas eight years in the past.
ARLINGTON, Texas: The Dallas Wings have re-signed All-Star Satou Sabally after a breakout season that helped the franchise to its first playoff collection victory since shifting to Texas eight years in the past.
Sabally had a franchise-report seven consecutive double-doubles on the way in which to the fifth-most within the WNBA at 14. The 25-yr-previous had profession-finest averages of 18.6 factors, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per sport.
The Wings additionally introduced Thursday the re-signing of former Baylor standout Kalani Brown. Terms of the offers weren’t launched.
Led by Sabally and guard Arike Ogunbowale, the Wings completed fourth and swept Atlanta in a finest-of-three collection within the first spherical. Las Vegas swept Dallas in the very best-of-5 semifinals on the way in which to a second consecutive title.
The No. 2 total pick of Oregon in 2020, Sabally has profession averages of 15.3 factors and seven.1 rebounds. She shot profession bests of 43.5% from the sector and 36.1% from 3-level vary final season.
Sabally completed ninth in scoring, tenth in rebounding and fourth in steals at 1.8 per sport.
“I’m excited to build off the success and the strides we made as a team a year ago, and to continue to work towards our main goal of bringing a championship to Dallas,” Sabally stated.
Sabally scored a profession-excessive 40 factors in a victory over Indiana and had her first triple-double with 14 factors, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a win over Washington.
“Satou has established herself as one of the premier players in the WNBA and we are thrilled to have her continue her career in a Wings uniform,” Wings president and CEO Greg Bibb stated.
The 6-foot-7 Brown averaged 7.8 factors and 4.5 rebounds whereas spending most of final season on hardship exception contracts. Brown received a nationwide championship with Baylor in 2019, when she was the seventh total choose by the Los Angeles Sparks.
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