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Paige Bueckers misses Friday's game vs. Liberty with back injury
August 9 - Dallas Wings star rookie guard Paige Bueckers missed Friday night's home game against the New York Liberty due to a back injury. Bueckers injured her back during the third quarter of Tuesday's game against the Liberty in the first of a home-and-home set. She later returned but indicated after the contest that she felt her back tighten up. Bueckers missed practice Thursday and was listed as questionable for the contest. But she was ruled out just more than an hour before Friday's tipoff. Dallas is 1-5 this season when Bueckers misses a game. Bueckers, 23, had 21 points and eight rebounds in the 85-76 loss to the Liberty on Tuesday. She has recorded four consecutive 20-point outings and has 13 on the season. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 draft is averaging 18.6 points, 5.4 assists and 4.1 rebounds in 24 games. --Field Level Media
Rhyl Journal
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- Rhyl Journal
Kieran McKenna happy with last-gasp point but ‘hard work to do'
Birmingham deservedly took the lead in the 55th minute thanks to Jay Stansfield, who was on hand to emphatically smash into the roof of the net from close range after Kyogo Furuhashi's initial dinked effort bounced off the post. Ipswich failed to register a shot on target in open play and it looked like they would be handed a rude awakening on their return from the Premier League until referee Andrew Kitchen pointed to the spot in stoppage time for a handball by Lyndon Dykes. George Hirst stepped up and sent Ryan Allsop the wrong way. Tempers flared in the aftermath, which saw Ipswich midfielder Jack Taylor confronted by a Birmingham fan near the advertising hoardings. McKenna knows his team have to be better but is happy to pick up a point in a hostile atmosphere. He said: 'It was always going to be a difficult place to come here tonight and the group fought well in the first half. For sure we need to impose ourselves on the game earlier than what we did to be the team that we want to be this year. 'I think a lot of teams would have come here and lost tonight. It wasn't a fantastic game, didn't play as well as we would have liked, but we found a way to battle for a point which hopefully will will be an important one at the end. 'We've got some really hard work to do on the training pitch in the next few weeks, we have to sort some situations out, get the squad to where it needs to be. 'In the meantime, we have to pick up points and we've picked one up tonight in a really hard place.' After Taylor was confronted by a fan, McKenna confirmed the midfielder is fine. He added: 'Jack's alright. Somebody just showed me it. It's obviously not ideal. But I think it's being reported so, you know, the authorities will deal with it.' Birmingham boss Chris Davies thought his side were the better team and was proud of the way they fought against another of the favourites for promotion. He said: 'It was about the performance. It was about the attitude. How are we going to handle this occasion, this game, against a team of this quality? And I was really pleased with that, I thought we were the better team. We dominated the match. 'There was a lot to like, and I think for the players that should give them confidence that we've retained our identity and not just in terms of stylistically, but also the spirit and fight and determination that we had last season. 'We showed what we can do. But definitely tonight, there's enough there for me to go home (with) mixed emotions but pleased with what I've seen.'
Glasgow Times
an hour ago
- Glasgow Times
Kieran McKenna happy with last-gasp point but ‘hard work to do'
Birmingham deservedly took the lead in the 55th minute thanks to Jay Stansfield, who was on hand to emphatically smash into the roof of the net from close range after Kyogo Furuhashi's initial dinked effort bounced off the post. Ipswich failed to register a shot on target in open play and it looked like they would be handed a rude awakening on their return from the Premier League until referee Andrew Kitchen pointed to the spot in stoppage time for a handball by Lyndon Dykes. George Hirst stepped up and sent Ryan Allsop the wrong way. Tempers flared in the aftermath, which saw Ipswich midfielder Jack Taylor confronted by a Birmingham fan near the advertising hoardings. McKenna knows his team have to be better but is happy to pick up a point in a hostile atmosphere. He said: 'It was always going to be a difficult place to come here tonight and the group fought well in the first half. For sure we need to impose ourselves on the game earlier than what we did to be the team that we want to be this year. 'I think a lot of teams would have come here and lost tonight. It wasn't a fantastic game, didn't play as well as we would have liked, but we found a way to battle for a point which hopefully will will be an important one at the end. 'We've got some really hard work to do on the training pitch in the next few weeks, we have to sort some situations out, get the squad to where it needs to be. 'In the meantime, we have to pick up points and we've picked one up tonight in a really hard place.' After Taylor was confronted by a fan, McKenna confirmed the midfielder is fine. He added: 'Jack's alright. Somebody just showed me it. It's obviously not ideal. But I think it's being reported so, you know, the authorities will deal with it.' Birmingham boss Chris Davies thought his side were the better team and was proud of the way they fought against another of the favourites for promotion. He said: 'It was about the performance. It was about the attitude. How are we going to handle this occasion, this game, against a team of this quality? And I was really pleased with that, I thought we were the better team. We dominated the match. 'There was a lot to like, and I think for the players that should give them confidence that we've retained our identity and not just in terms of stylistically, but also the spirit and fight and determination that we had last season. 'We showed what we can do. But definitely tonight, there's enough there for me to go home (with) mixed emotions but pleased with what I've seen.'
