A month into the WNBA season, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese has already been able to translate the skills that made her a star in college to the pros. Reese was a double-double machine at LSU and is doing the same for the Sky.
This past week was a particularly good one for Reese, the No. 1 player in CBS Sports’ latest Rookie Rankings, as she became the first WNBA player this season to register consecutive double-doubles with five-plus steals. She now has four double-doubles and multiple other games in which she got close.
That is no small feat for a rookie, but it is not too surprising based on what Reese did with Kim Mulkey and the Tigers. While she was in college, Sylvia Fowles nicknamed her “Ms. Double-Double Queen,” which is high praise coming from the fellow LSU alum who registered a record 193 double-doubles during her WNBA career.
In her first 10 games in the WNBA, Reese has scored in double figures eight times despite some struggles finishing around the basket. She is currently averaging 11.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and a team-high 1.9 steals per contest.
Atlanta Dream center Tina Charles — who has the second most double-doubles in WNBA history (173) behind Fowles — gave the rookie…
