{"id":21712,"date":"2026-06-12T03:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/paige-bueckers-scores-season-high-31-and-the-wings-beat-the-mercury-85-70\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:40:48","slug":"paige-bueckers-scores-season-high-31-and-the-wings-beat-the-mercury-85-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/paige-bueckers-scores-season-high-31-and-the-wings-beat-the-mercury-85-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers scores season-high 31 and the Wings beat the Mercury 85-70"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) &mdash; Paige Bueckers scored a season-high 31 points, Jessica Shepard had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and the Dallas Wings beat the Phoenix Mercury 85-70 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers scored 24 points in the first half on 11-of-14 shooting, capped by a 3-pointer with 54.2 seconds left to give the Wings a 45-33 lead. Dallas also outscored Phoenix 25-16 in the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Dallas, which led by as many as 22 points, had its lead cut to 80-70 with 1:28 left after sitting Bueckers with a big lead. But Phoenix was called for an offensive foul on its next possession and Li Yueru completed a three-point play with 42.5 seconds remaining for a 13-point lead to seal it.<\/p>\n<p>Bueckers, who also had six rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes, recorded the 17th 30-point game in the WNBA this season. The 30-point performance was the third of her career and first since setting the rookie scoring record last August. <\/p>\n<p>Azzi Fudd also scored 17 for Dallas (8-4). Shepard secured her 26th career double-double and seventh of the season. <\/p>\n<p>Lexi Held led Phoenix (4-10) with 17 points. Kahleah Copper was 3 of 10 from the field to finish with 13 points. Alyssa Thomas had six points, nine rebounds and 10 assists. <\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Phoenix: Begins a three-game homestand on Saturday against Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>Dallas: Plays at Portland on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP WNBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Paige Bueckers scores season-high 31 and the Wings beat the Mercury 85-70<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) &mdash; Paige Bueckers scored a season-high 31 points, Jessica Shepard had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and the Dallas Wings beat the Phoenix Mercury 85-70 on Thursday night. Bueckers scored 24 points in the first half on 11-of-14 shooting, capped by a 3-pointer with 54.2 seconds left to give the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/paige-bueckers-scores-season-high-31-and-the-wings-beat-the-mercury-85-70\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Paige Bueckers scores season-high 31 and the Wings beat the Mercury 85-70&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}