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Jessica Shepard's breakout season with Wings doesn't surprise her or Paige Bueckers

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Jessica Shepard is having a breakout first season with the Dallas Wings, who are headed to the playoffs. Shepard is tied for the WNBA lead with five triple-doubles. She has doubled her scoring average from her first five seasons. Shepard and Angel Reese are the only two players averaging double figures in points and rebounds. Shepard explored free agency in the offseason and came away believing she could fit in with two elite scorers on the perimeter in Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale.

She has done more than that and is set to play a leading role when the playoffs start Sunday.

Read the original report at Apnews.

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