Paige Bueckers, No. 1 overall pick of WNBA Draft, in concussion protocol after facing Angel Reese's Sky

Already off to a rough start in the young WNBA season the Dallas Wings are going to be without arguably their best athlete The band on Friday communicated that Paige Bueckers the No overall pick in this year's draft out of UConn was put in concussion protocol The move came after the Wings' - loss to Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky on Thursday night it was the Sky's first win of the season CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe improvement will force her to miss at least two games The unit didn't provide any specific details on what led to the move and it's unclear what prompted Bueckers to go into protocol She had points eight assists and five rebounds in Thursday's competition Bueckers won't play in Dallas' home event on Saturday against the Sky or in Seattle against the Storm on Tuesday night She will be re-evaluated after that Dallas has lost five of their first six games to begin the season Bueckers has averaged points a team-high assists and steals a contest in her professional debut while playing minutes per battle also the the bulk on the crew She ranks second in points and third in rebounds as well INDIANA FEVER SUFFER WORST LOSS OF THE SEASON IN CAITLIN CLARK'S FIRST MISSED BATTLE OF CAREERBueckers had been slated to be the top pick of this year's draft for particular time amid a record-setting career at UConn even as a torn ACL cost her the - season She averaged points per event for the Huskies the majority of in school history Bueckers also had the third-most career points in women's March Madness history She ended her run at UConn with a title back in April having made the Final Four in each season It had authentically been nine years since UConn's previous title their longest such stretch since winning their first in The Associated Press contributed to this summary Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter