SEATTLE — With seven rebounds in Tuesday’s 85-72 win over the Seattle Storm, A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces surpassed injured Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese for the WNBA’s single-season rebounding record.
Last week, Wilson broke the WNBA’s single-season scoring record, and on Sunday she became the first player in league history to reach 1,000 points in a single season.
“It’s a blessing,” Wilson said. “This league is tough, so if my name can be in the record books in some sort of way, it’s a blessing. So that’s cool.”
Compared to the attention on her scoring record, Wilson was surprised when informed during postgame interviews that she’d set the rebounding mark, leading to a humorous back-and-forth exchange with Aces coach Becky Hammon.
“No, she didn’t know,” Hammon joked. “You can tell.”
“Only because I don’t hunt rebounds, so it’s not something that’s always on my mind,” Wilson replied.
“She doesn’t hunt rebounds,” Hammon countered. “She just has 13 of them all the time.”
“I’m 6-foot-4 and I’m around the basket, I hope I can grab a couple rebounds for my team,”…
