Arike Ogunbowale and Li Yueru, both members of the Dallas Wings last season, were part of the Mist BC team that took home a championship in the offseason 3-on-3 Unrivaled Basketball League after Wednesday’s 80-74 win over Phantom in the championship game.
Breanna Stewart led Mist with 32 points in the win, while Ogunbowale scored 19 on 7-of-13 shooting. Pahontom’s Kelsey Plum led all scorers with 40 in the loss.
Mist came into the championship game after tying for second in the standings during regular season play at 10-4. They beat Phantom, the odds-on favorite to win, after a somewhat controversial call late in the game. A charge was called on Stewart on a drive to the hoop, but it was overturned on review, giving Stewart a free throw to win the game.
The fourth quarter in Unrivaled games sets the winning score of the game by adding 11 points to the leading team’s score after three quarters. In the fourth quarter on Wednesday, that meant the winner of the game would be the first team to 79.
Each of the six Mist players receive a $50,000 payout for winning the league in its second season. Former Dallas Wings Veronica Burton and Allisha Gray were also members of the team.
Ogunbowale was a key scorer for Mist this season, often coming off the bench to inject offense with her slashing style and perimeter prowess. Yueru wasn’t used as often, but still gained valuable offseason experience with the team.
Mist beat Paige Bueckers’ Breeze BC in the Unrivaled semifinals, 73-69. Ogunbowale had 21 points in that game, while Bueckers piled up 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the loss.
The Unrivaled season, which lasts just over two months, underscored Ogunbowale’s ability to get to the bucket at will and shoot the lights out at times. These are not things she’s forgotten how to do, despite something of a down season in 2025 with the Wings. She averaged 15.5 points per game on 36.4% shooting and 30.4% 3-point shooting as the Wings went a disappointing 10-34 in Bueckers’ rookie season. Those numbers are all career low marks for Ogunbowale in what was her seventh year with the team.
Both Ogunbowale and Yueru are WNBA free agents ahead of the 2026 season. [ESPN reported in late February](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48017494/sources-wnba-sets-cba-deadline-keep-2026-schedule-intact), citing anonymous sources, that the WNBA presented the WNBPA with a March 10 deadline for an agreement on the next collective bargaining agreement, which, if not met, would mean at least a delay to the start of the 2026 season. The WNBPA more recently has [reportedly called the league’s latest proposal “not worth taking.”](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48102047/wnbpa-committee-says-latest-cba-proposal-not-worth-taking)
It all means that it’s still very much up in the air whether either of the two Unrivaled champs are back with the Wings when WNBA resumes play.