Chicago rookie Angel Reese broke the WNBA single-season rebounding record Sunday, as she also had her 24th double-double in the Sky’s 79-74 loss at Minnesota.
Reese said afterward that she wasn’t even aware of the record, which previously was held by another former LSU star, retired center Sylvia Fowles. Reese finished her LSU career earlier this year; Fowles played for the Tigers from 2004 to 2008, then spent 15 seasons in the WNBA with Chicago and Minnesota. Fowles is the WNBA’s career rebounding leader with 4,006 in 408 regular-season games.
Reese entered Sunday’s game in Minneapolis needing six rebounds to pass Fowles’ mark of 404. That was set when Fowles was with the Lynx in 2018, when the WNBA’s regular season was 34 games. Reese finished with 19 rebounds Sunday, moving her to 418 through 32 games. The WNBA went to a 40-game regular season last year.
“Coming into [the WNBA] I just knew my motor,” Reese said. “Offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds is something that I know I can always do. I knew it was going to…
