Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese on Sunday had her third consecutive game with at least 20 rebounds, while also tying the WNBA mark for most double-doubles by a rookie with 22.
Reese had 11 points and 22 rebounds, but the Sky lost 77-75 to the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on MVP front-runner A’ja Wilson‘s basket at the buzzer.
Reese on Friday had become the first WNBA player to have back-to-back 20-rebound games.
The last NBA player to hit the 20-rebound mark for three straight games was Ben Wallace with the Detroit Pistons in 2003. The last NBA player before Wallace to hit that mark (or longer) was Wilt Chamberlain, who had several such streaks in 1973 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Reese’s 22 double-doubles match the rookie total set by Tina Charles in 2010, when she was with Connecticut. The overall WNBA double-double record for a season is 28 by Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas, set last season.
Reese just missed tying Charles’ single-game rookie rebound record of 23. The Sky tied the single-game…
