Dana Evans' 2024 Season in Review

Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 3:23 PM

BIO:

Height: 5-6

Position: G

Years Pro: 3

College/Country: Louisville/United States

Drafted: Dallas Wings (No. 13 overall in 2021)

TOP-10 ALL-TIME SKY FRANCHISE RECORDS:

  • No. 9 on Sky’s All-Time Three-Pointers Made List (122)

2024 SEASON OVERVIEW: In her fourth year with the Sky, Evans continued to play a pivotal role for Chicago in 2024. She set career highs in games started (12) and hit three-pointers at a career rate, knocking down 37.6% of her 2.8 threes per game. She knocked down 41 threes this year, one fewer than last season, but took 34 fewer attempts to do so.

She began the year as a starter, making her first career consecutive starts in the first two games of the season against Dallas. In those games, she set and tied her season high for assists. She capped off the month of May with a season-high 15 points against Los Angeles.

Evans also had a career year from the free throw line, knocking down 96.0% of her free throw attempts. 

She closed the year on a strong note, scoring in double figures in four of the Sky’s final seven games of the year. In the last 10 games of the year, she averaged 7.7 points while shooting 42.9% from three in 18.7 minutes.

2024 SEASON MILESTONES: 

  • May 15 — Secured a season-high six assists against Dallas
  • May 18 — Started consecutive games for the first time in her career in the first two games of the season against Dallas
  • May 18 — Matched her season high of six assists against Dallas
  • May 30 — Recorded a season high 15 points against Los Angeles along with a career-high five steals
  • June 14 — Scored 14 points against Washington
  • June 20 — Shot a career-high 10 free throw attempts, making all 10 against Dallas
  • July 2 — Made a career high-tying four three-pointers against Atlanta
  • July 2 — Reached 100 career made three-pointers against Atlanta
  • July 2 — Scored 14 points against Atlanta
  • Aug. 15 — Scored 14 points against Phoenix
  • Sept. 19 — Scored 14 points at Connecticut

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