Paige Bueckers' college career ended on April 6 when she led UConn past South Carolina in the national championship game to win her first NCAA title. Less than a month later, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft will take the floor for the first time as a professional.

This past offseason, the Wings acquired DiJonai Carrington, a player who earned the 2024 Most Improved Player of the Year Award with the Connecticut Sun. She also finished fourth in WNBA Defensive Player of the Year voting.

The Wings vs. Aces game, which is a Notre Dame homecoming for Ogunbowale, will be televised on ION at 7 p.m. ET on Friday. It will become just the second WNBA preseason game ever to air on national television, following a 2019 exhibition between the New York Liberty and the China national team.