DeWanna Bonner and Tiffany Hayes combined for 60 points as the Connecticut Sun scrapped past the Dallas Wings 88-83 on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas
Bonner shot 9 of 20 from the field and went 11 of 11 from the free-throw line en route to 32 points, her second-highest total of the season. Hayes poured in a season-high 28 points on 8-of-15 field-goal shooting and 10-of-10 success at the foul line.
The pair combined for five of Connecticut's seven 3-pointers, including back-to-back treys late in the fourth quarter that put the Sun ahead for good
No other player scored more than nine points for Connecticut (18-6), which shot 29 of 66 (43.9 percent) from the field and 23 of 26 (88.5 percent) from the free-throw line.
Teaira McCowan and Satou Sabally each posted a double-double and Arike Ogunbowale recorded another 20-point game as Dallas (13-10) saw its winning streak end at five game. The franchise last won six straight games in 2015 during its final season as the Tulsa Shock.
McCowan logged 21 points and 15 rebounds, while Sabally racked up 16 points and 13 boards to complement Ogunbowale's 25-point effort. Ogunbowale has logged exactly 25 points in three consecutive games.
The Wings, who entered Tuesday shooting 81.4 percent on foul shots, made just 14 of 20 (70 percent) from the free-throw line, including 3 of 8 in the fourth quarter
Hayes rattled home a 3-pointer with 3:07 left that put the Sun ahead 79-76, and Bonner followed a Dallas miss with her own triple for a six-point cushion with 1:56 to play
Ogunbowale canned a contested trey that whittled Connecticut's lead to 86-83 with 24.2 seconds left, but Bonner tacked on two free throws to secure the Sun's third straight win
Connecticut led 38-26 after Bonner's layup with 5:54 remaining in the second quarter but didn't make another field goal until Natisha Hiedeman's basket at the 7:38 mark of the third quarter.
McCowan's putback basket gave the Wings their first lead since 2-0 as Dallas closed the half on a 16-2 run to enter the break ahead 42-40
During the Sun's eight-minute field-goal drought, the Wings engineered a 23-4 run and surged ahead 49-42 on McCowan's layup with 7:57 left in the third period
Dallas led by as many as nine in the quarter, but Hayes churned out seven points in the final three minutes to leave Connecticut trailing 64-63 entering the fourth.
--Field Level Media