Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese made WNBA historical past by placing up seven double-doubles in a row — the longest streak for a rookie within the league.
The previous LSU star set the file on Thursday in a house sport win towards the Dallas Wings, 83-72. Reese earned 16 factors and a career-high 18 rebounds.
In basketball, a double-double is when a participant scores within the double digits in not less than two of 5 main statistical classes: factors, rebounds, assists, steals and blocked pictures.
“I am simply completely satisfied we lastly received, and at residence,” Reese stated within the ESPN broadcast after the sport. “It is tremendous thrilling clearly for myself. I attempt to give myself some grace and inform myself I am doing job. However I’ve a lot extra to develop and I am simply excited to be on this league and excited to win some extra.”
Reese surpassed the earlier file of six consecutive double-doubles set by Tina Charles in 2010 and Cindy Brown in 1998, CBS Sports activities reported. Charles nonetheless holds the rookie season file with 22 double-doubles.
Reese nonetheless has an opportunity to match that, with eight double-doubles this 12 months, and 26 video games left. She at present averages 12.4 factors and 10.8 rebounds per sport.
Requested about her accomplishment in a post-game information convention, Reese shouted out different robust rookies who got here earlier than her, together with fellow LSU alum Sylvia Fowles. Fowles, who holds the file for probably the most double-doubles (193) scored in a WNBA profession, dubbed Reese “Miss Double-Double Queen” when Reese was nonetheless in school.
“I like Sylvia. She was a fantastic individual to me and a fantastic mentor to me after I was at LSU,” Reese stated. “I do know she goes to be tremendous happy with me.”
Her historic success comes forward of Chicago’s extremely anticipated rematch towards the Indiana Fever, led by one other star rookie, Caitlin Clark.