Chicago Sky star Angel Reese breaks Sylvia Fowles single-season WNBA rebounding record
Angel Reese has been the best rebounder in the association in her rookie year this season. That has now become an all-time statistic for her after one she collected this afternoon in Minnesota.
With her fifth board in the second quarter between the Chicago Sky and Lynx on Sunday, Reese set the single-season rebounding record in the WNBA with 405 and counting. It broke the total by Sylvia Fowles from just six years ago at a total of 404.
Reese is the league leader in rebounding with 12.9 per game going into today. She’s also doing it on both ends with her grabbing 7.8 on the defensive end and then 5.1 on the offensive glass.
Reese pairs that with 13.2 ppg. although on just 38.6% shooting from the field. Still, it’s enough to be one of only two players to post a double-double this season along with A’ja Wilson. Today was her latest in that category with her having 23 on the year now, including a stretch where she had 15 consecutive and has had 22 in her last 24 appearances.
With only eight games to go after this afternoon, Reese is on pace to be the highest single-season average for rebounding in the history of the WNBA.
This comes after Reese averaged 12.3 rebounds over her collegiate career at Maryland and LSU. That included a mark of 15.4 boards a game in her junior year with the Tigers.
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Reese has been elite in this aspect of her game in her debut in the WNBA. It could now set her up to be among the league’s best of all time if she keeps it up over a professional career that is just only beginning.
Reese launches new podcast called ‘Unapologetically Angel’
Angel Reese is launching her own podcast.
The outspoken star on the hardwood will get behind the microphone for a new podcast titled ‘Unapologetically Angel’. It will air episodes on Thursdays starting on September 5th according to a promotional video that Reese launched on Tuesday last week.
Love her or hate her, Angel Reese has become a lightning-rod figure that is sure to get people talking. Her popularity has further skyrocketed in many ways thanks to her early success in the pros too.
Bottom line: Angel Reese is a superstar and she’ll likely have a sizable following for this weekly venture