WATCH: Wings’ Paige Bueckers sets franchise’s single-season rookie assist record

The season of historic recruits of Paige Bueckers continued on Friday when she set the record for the recruit assistance in a Dallas Wings season during the defeat of 97-96 of her team against the Los Angeles Sparks. Bueckers, which finished with 29 points, four reobsertions and five assists, had a shot to win the match at the buzzer, but that did not drop.

The overall choice n ° 1 of the WNBA 2025 draft, Bueckers entered 141 assists on Friday and only needed two to pass the 142 record of Odyssey Sims in 2014 when the franchise was known as Tulsa Shock. It didn’t take long for Bueckers to take care of business.

In the middle of the first quarter, Bueckers ran a small transfer which turned into a peak-and-roll with Myisha Hines-Allen. The two defenders jumped to Bueckers, who calmly hit his veteran in front with a pocket pass that turned into ay-up.

The versatile offensive game of Bueckers is one of the main reasons why it was the first choice in the spring, and it was announced during its recruit season.

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After the competition on Friday evening, she has an average of 18.8 points and 5.4 assists, good for seventh and eight in the league, respectively. In the history of the WNBA, only 10 other players have an average of at least 18 points and five assists for a season, and Caitlin Clark is the only one to do it as a recruit.

The 146 assists in Bueckers are equal to the 14th by a recruit of all time. With 10 games to play in season, she will certainly climb higher on this list. She has only seven assists behind Jackie Young for a place in the top 10, and 31 behind Dawn Staley for a place in the top-five.

In addition to his help record, Bueckers also reached 500 career points on Friday, becoming the 22nd recruit to accomplish this feat. No one in the history of the Wings franchise has reached 500 points faster than Bueckers, who only needed 27 games to cross the milestone.

Despite the impressive recruit campaign of Bueckers, the Wings are stuck in 12th place at 9-25 and go to a second appearance of consecutive lottery.