Wings star Paige Bueckers was cheered up after another defeat by talking about her former UConn Huskies teammate postgame.

Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers reunites with former UConn teammate Aubrey Griffin before a Wings game against the Minnesota Lynx.

Ten miles southwest of where Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers received a roaring ovation Wednesday night at the Target Center, she first learned how to shoot a basketball. She was just another anonymous ponytailed kid who spent her winters in the gymnasium.

Ogunbowale, the 2020 league scoring champion, finished 2-of-14 from the floor and 1-of-8 from three. She scored the bulk of her eight points at the line, three nights after free throws accounted for half of her 16 points in Dallas’ home-opening loss to the Minnesota Lynx.

Paige Bueckers held the fate of the game against the Minnesota Lynx in the same stadium, which saw her go from an amateur to a budding prospect. The post Paige Bueckers Lets Her Game Do the Talking Hours After Caitlin Clark Dismissed Comparisons appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Paige Bueckers admired the Minnesota Lynx as a kid while cheering on each of the four WNBA championships that played a part in her ascension to becoming the first overall pick in the draft last month.

Paige Bueckers has already met them, and now wants to beat them. Tuesday afternoon, Bueckers, the former Hopkins and UConn star who was selected with the first pick in the 2025 draft by the Dallas Wings,

This game will be Buckers’ first time on the court in Minnesota as a WNBA player, and she definitely has a support base here. The former Hopkins high school basketball player was the first overall pick in this year’s WNBA draft and was selected by the Dallas Wings.