Dallas Wings re-sign Gustafson
AP
6/13/19
The Dallas Wings have re-signed former Hawkeye and AP Player of the Year Megan Gustafson.
Gustafson was drafted 17th by the Wings, but was one of the final cuts from the roster before the season started.
With injuries depleting Dallas’ roster, the Wings were able to sign the former Iowa star. Skylar Diggins-Smith is still out while recovering from giving birth to her first child. Tayler Hill will undergo knee surgery within the next few days. Glory Johnson will depart for Eurobasket to compete with Montenegro following the Wings’ game against Atlanta on Saturday. Moriah Jefferson is injured and hasn’t played all season.
To make matters worse, rookie Arike Agunbowale was doubtful for the game against Indiana on Thursday night because of an ankle injury sustained in the team’s game at Washington last week.
At Iowa, Gustafson led the nation in scoring for the second straight season, averaging 27.9 points, and became the fourth player to reach 1,000 points in a year. She won The Associated Press women’s college basketball player of the year award.
In three preseason games for Dallas, Gustafson averaged 2.6 points and 3.0 rebounds.
Gustafson wrote a first-person account Monday for the AP of what it was like to be drafted and then eventually cut by the Wings. A few days after she was cut, Gustafson was offered a spot on the Iowa team that’s playing in The Basketball Tournament.
She landed in Dallas on Thursday and will be in uniform for the Indiana game.