WNBA All-Star Weekend Highlights: Dallas Wings Arike Ogunbowale Wins MVP; Team WNBA defeats Team USA

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor Photos: Charles “City” Gbadebo Records were made. Records were broken. History was made. And a fun time was had by all at the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale was named the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player after setting records for most points in a quarter, half and game. She helped lead Team WNBA to the 117-109 win over Team USA, which was made up of the WNBA players who will represent the USA in the Paris Olympics later this summer. TheAll-Star Game was held Saturday night at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Ogunbowale, who was making her fourth All-Star Game appearance, scored a single-quarter record 21 points in the third before adding 13 in the fourth to finish with a record 34 points in the game. All 34 of her record-setting points came in the second half to establish a single-half standard. Team WNBA trailed by two at the half, 54-52, before outscoring Team USA 36-25 in the third quarter, sparked by Ogunbowale. Team WNBA, which hadn’t led since early in the second quarter, regained the lead at the 8:08 mark in the third off an Ogunbowale 3-points...