Angel Reese has seized her place within the WNBA file books.
The rookie ahead bought her thirteenth consecutive double-double on Sunday, scoring 17 factors and grabbing 14 rebounds because the Chicago Sky misplaced to the Seattle Storm, 84–71. It was the second matchup between the 2 groups in three days.
Reese almost bought a double-double within the first half with 9 factors and eight rebounds. She additionally notched 4 steals for the day.
The primary-time All-Star bought her tenth rebound with 7:49 remaining within the third quarter and reached double-figures in factors after tipping in a missed layup by Kamilla Cardoso on the 6:29 mark.
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Reese surpassed Candace Parker, who beforehand held the WNBA’s longest streak of video games with 12 straight double-doubles by means of the 2009 and 2010 seasons. She tied Parker in Friday’s 88–84 win over the Storm with a career-high 27 factors and 10 boards.
Final week, Reese overtook Parker for the league’s longest single-season streak together with her tenth double-double in a row. She set the mark as a 22-year-old rookie — and in solely 20 profession video games performed — whereas Parker was 29 and in her eighth season when she started her consecutive double-doubles streak.
“I attempt to take some issues from her sport and add them to mine,” Reese stated after the sport. “Simply with the ability to be named with a tremendous participant like that’s simply at all times going to be particular to me.”
Reese set the rookie file with seven consecutive double-doubles when she scored 16 factors with 18 rebounds on June 20 versus the Dallas Wings, topping the mark set by Tina Charles (2010, with the Solar) and Cindy Brown (1998, Detroit Shock).
“It is the extent of confidence to do far more than what individuals assume she will,” Sky coach Teresa Witherspoon stated after the sport. “She’s capable of belief herself, belief her coaching, shoot the ball when she’s open and believing and trusting that she will make these pictures… She’s gotten actually, actually good at ending across the rim, getting her offensive rebounds and putbacks or simply merely getting place in our offensive units and ending with energy.”
Has Reese’s file streak helped her achieve floor within the WNBA Rookie of the Yr race? Teammate Chennedy Carter stated after Friday’s sport that she’s already earned the award. Reese got here into the sport main the WNBA in rebounds, averaging 11.7 per sport.
Carter scored 21 factors for the Sky, who dropped to eight–12 with the loss. Marina Mabrey added 12 factors with 4 rebounds and 6 assists, whereas Cardoso tallied eight rebounds.
The Storm improved to 14–7 for the season regardless of a really sluggish begin, capturing 29% within the first half (21% within the first quarter) However they recovered impressively to complete at 42% for the sport.
Nneka Ogwumike led Seattle with 24 factors and bought her personal double-double with 13 rebounds. Jewell Loyd added 20 factors and 4 assists. Skylar Diggins-Smith dished a game-high eight assists with 15 factors.
Each groups subsequent play on Wednesday. The Sky host the Atlanta Dream, tipping off at midday ET, whereas Seattle faces the Las Vegas Aces at 3 p.m. ET.