Nneka Ogwumike led the Storm with 23 points (10-of-21 FGs, 2-of-3 FTs), 18 rebounds, three assists, two steals and one three-pointer in Monday’s win over the Wings.
While the Storm’s offense was erratic at times, Ogwumike was steady, efficient and dominant for Seattle. The first quarter was her strongest scoring the basketball, where she tallied up eight points. What followed in the second was Ogwumike’s most active quarter on the glass; she accounted for 60 percent of her team’s total rebounds in the quarter. Ogwumike made league history Monday night by reaching 2,188 career defensive rebounds, which moved her into ninth all-time and passed WNBA legend Tina Thompson. What sealed the win for the Storm was Ogwumike’s offensive rebound and putback following an Alysha Clark miss to put the Storm in front by seven points with 29 seconds remaining in regulation.