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Despite the loss, rookie JJ Quinerly had a career-high 18 points and a career-best four made threes during the game.

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The Dallas Wings (6-13) featured a starting lineup with four rookies on July 3 against the Phoenix Mercury. It marked the first time any WNBA team had that many rookies in a starting lineup since 2000. Now, the Wings are looking to claim another victory against the Mercury in Phoenix Monday night.

The Dallas Wings defeated the Phoenix Mercury in their last game to give them their second loss in a row. The Mercury are looking to bounce back.

Sami Whitcomb scored 29 of her career-high 36 points in the first half, Alyssa Thomas had her 16th career triple-double and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Dallas Wings 102-72.

Midway through the second quarter on Sunday, veteran guard Sophie Cunningham quietly etched her name into Fever lore by scoring the 1,500th point of her WNBA career, doing so in just her 198th game. Afterwards, Indiana celebrated the moment with a simple message on X, "congrats to Sophie Cunningham on reaching 1,500 career points ❤️‍🔥."

The Dallas Wings will head to the Footprint Center to face the Phoenix Mercury in one of three WNBA games slated for Monday. This will be the third Mercury-Wings game of the 2025 season.

After the Mercury's 102-72 home rout of Dallas on Monday, July 7, Wings' star rookie Paige Bueckers talked about Mercury legend Diana Taurasi.