After five seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, unrestricted free agent Jessica Shepard signed with the Dallas Wings in April. The move paid immediate dividends for the Wings and Shepard, who was named the WNBA's Most Improved Player on Wednesday after leading the league with six triple-doubles.
Jessica Shepard has revealed she was on the verge of walking away from the league. Jessica Shepard’s 2026 season with the Dallas Wings has been a total career turnaround, filling up the stat sheet, putting up 14.3 points, nearly 11 rebounds, and five assists a night.
A great basketball player and, more so, a better human being. Paige Bueckers couldn’t praise her teammate, Jessica Shepard, after her sensational performance against the Seattle Storm. This has been Shepard’s breakthrough season, and she couldn’t have had a better finish to the regular season.
How many of the WNBA players to record 20 double-doubles in a single regular season can you name in five minutes?
SEATTLE — Jessica Shepard said the Dallas Wings were flying around for each other on defense as the Seattle Storm made a late push Wednesday night. She spoke in a postgame interview with USA Sports after Dallas held on for a 103-91 win at Climate Pledge Arena.
The WNBA playoffs are getting closer, and the Atlanta Dream and Dallas Wings made sure to end their regular seasons on a high, defeating the New York Liberty 83-65 and the Seattle Storm 103-91, respectively.
SEATTLE — Jessica Shepard had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists Wednesday night for her sixth triple-double of the season, the most in the WNBA. The Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 103-91 at Climate Pledge Arena in the regular-season finale for both teams and finished 27-17.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jessica Shepard did not score in the first half Thursday night and finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists for her fifth triple-double of the season, the most in the WNBA.
Paige Bueckers certainly has no problem returning fire at the opposition.
Paige Bueckers scored 19 points and Jessica Shepard added her fifth triple-double of the season as the Dallas Wings surged in a pivotal stretch of the third quarter and cruised to a 97-77 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.
The forward, who had five seasons playing quietly in reserve, moved to a new team in April 2026, and five months later, the betting site Underdog WNBA predicts that she has a 77% probability of winning a significant personal award.
Paige Bueckers poured in 22 points and dished 11 assists to lead the Dallas Wings to a wire-to-wire, 96-78 win over the Portland Fire on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, to clinch the WNBA's eighth and final playoff spot.
DALLAS — The Dallas Wings had two different offensive standouts to get them across the finish line against the Indiana Fever Thursday night, and neither of them was named Paige Bueckers.
SAN FRANCISCO — Jessica Shepard is listed as probable for Monday night. The Dallas Wings forward has missed the last two games with a right ankle injury.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Dallas Wings will remain without three rotation players Friday against the Indiana Fever, but two of them took another step toward returning.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Wings will be without Jessica Shepard and Azzi Fudd for Wednesday night’s game against the Toronto Tempo. Shepard is out with a right ankle injury, while Fudd is out with a right knee injury.
The Dallas Wings are at home Wednesday night as they host the Toronto Tempo in an interconference matchup. Dallas enters Wednesday’s game with a 19-14 record after losing on the road to the Minnesota Lynx Sunday afternoon.
Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard suffered a right ankle injury in the first quarter Sunday at Target Center and will not return against the Minnesota Lynx.
The Dallas Wings held the Connecticut Sun to 8 points in the third quarter and pulled away for an 83-63 win Sunday at College Park Center. Jessica Shepard and Arike Ogunbowale scored 15 apiece as the Wings ended a two-game skid.
What happened? Both Dallas Wings All-Stars started, on opposite teams, and Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122 on Saturday night at United Center. How did they play?
Azzi Fudd scored 30 points in the championship round at Wintrust Arena to become the first rookie to win the WNBA 3-Point Contest.
Jessica Shepard and Team Dallas/Detroit posted 20 points in the first round of Friday’s WNBA Shooting Stars competition at Wintrust Arena, finishing third in the four-team field and missing the final.
Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard reached a major milestone Wednesday night after notching a triple-double in a 101-97 win over the Portland Fire. Shepard finished the game with 18 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists while shooting 7-of-11 from the field.
Jessica Shepard is in a back-and-forth battle with Angel Reese after recording another double-double performance in the Dallas Wings’ clash with the New York Liberty on Monday night.
It was announced on Wednesday that Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard has signed a multi-year deal with Unrivaled. The acquisition for the 3v3 league
Jessica Shepard notched a triple-double and Awak Kuier logged a double-double Tuesday night as the visiting Dallas Wings posted an 88-77 win over the New York Liberty.
Jessica Shepard recorded three assists in the Dallas Wings’ 89-76 win against the Toronto Tempo. Two of those three assists went to Paige Bueckers. First, Shepard brought the ball up about one minute into the first quarter, got a screen from Bueckers, and found her for an open 3-pointer.
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