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Angel Reese Breaks WNBA Record for Most Rebounds in a Single Season
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Angel Reese Breaks WNBA Record for Most Rebounds in a Single Season

Angel Reese continues to set WNBA records in her rookie season.

The Chicago Sky forward broke the record for most rebounds in a season when she grabbed her sixth board in Sunday’s 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx. That gave Reese 405 rebounds for the season, surpassing Sylvia Fowles’ record of 404, set during the 2018 campaign. Fowles played for the Lynx at the time, adding an intriguing footnote to Reese’s feat.

Reese, 22, finished with 19 rebounds and 17 points for her 24th double-double of the season. That brought her rebound total to 418 with eight games remaining in the Sky’s regular season. Fellow rookie Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago with a career-high 22 points, to go with nine rebounds, while Michaela Onyenwere contributed 15 points.

Courtney Williams led Minnesota with 22 points, followed by Kayla McBride with 17 and Napheesa Collier with 15. The Lynx improved to 23-9, maintaining the third-best record in the WNBA.

Reese currently leads the WNBA with an average of 13.1 rebounds per game. If the rookie can maintain that average, she could move the single-season record for rebounds out of reach. Reese is on pace to finish the season with 517 rebounds, as Noa Dalzell of SB Nation reported. That would give her 113 more boards than Fowles’ previous record.

With that kind of rebounding ability, it was certainly no coincidence that Reese wore Dennis Rodman’s Detroit Pistons jersey for Friday’s match against the Indiana Fever. Rodman was a prolific rebounder during his NBA career, leading the league in rebounding for seven consecutive seasons and averaging 13.1 rebounds per game.

Since the Olympic break, Reese has averaged 16.1 rebounds in seven games. During that span, she became the first WNBA player to grab 20 rebounds in three consecutive games and recorded her 23rd double-double of the season, surpassing Tina Charles’ record.

The Sky (11-20) next play at the Las Vegas Aces (19-12) on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET. That pits Reese against A’ja Wilson, the favorite for WNBA MVP who ranks second in the league with an average of 11.8 rebounds per game.