planoweekly.news chose Jessica Shepard for Star of the Game after her career-high 26 points helped the Dallas Wings past the Indiana Fever 91-85.
ESPN's box lists Shepard at 11-for-16 from the field, 1-for-1 from three, 3-for-8 at the line, eight rebounds (two offensive, six defensive), one assist, one steal, one block, and a plus-8 in 35 minutes. CBS Sports confirms the 26 on 11-for-16. The Associated Press led with Arike Ogunbowale's season-high 32 but still opened with Shepard's 26 beside it. Together they scored 58.
How the makes looked
ESPN's play-by-play is a paint-heavy menu: short finishes, floaters, a midrange jumper, one three. Assist credit on those makes runs through Odyssey Sims, Awak Kuier, Paige Bueckers, and Ogunbowale in the same log. The free-throw misses (five points left on the stripe in a six-point game) are the leak; the field-goal rate is why the Wings survived it.
Fourth quarter without early Bueckers
The AP described Dallas opening the fourth up five with Bueckers on the bench. Shepard scored in that stretch; Alysha Clark did too. Caitlin Clark hit a three. Sims made free throws. Bueckers' jumper later made it 74-64, the first double-digit lead, per the AP. Shepard's plus-8 topped Dallas starters on ESPN's plus-minus; Bueckers was minus-1 in equal minutes.
Indiana got 37 from Kelsey Mitchell, the AP reported. Clark shot 4-for-15 and Bueckers 5-for-16 on ESPN's board. ESPN listed the clubs at 21-16 (Dallas) and 24-13 (Indiana). The AP noted the Fever's five-game streak ending and Dallas' first game after the Azzi Fudd surgery announcement.
