Angel Reese breaks WNBA record with 26 rebounds in Dream’s win over Sparks

Reese broke Chamique Holdsclaw’s grounds of 24 rebounds and added 11 points for her 27th double-double of the season.

Angel Reese broke the WNBA single-game rebounding grounds with 26, portion besides breaking the league’s play grounds for rebounds, arsenic the Atlanta Dream bushed the Los Angeles Sparks.

Reese surpassed Chamique Holdsclaw’s grounds of 24 rebounds, acceptable connected May 23, 2003 for the Washington Mystics, successful the Dream’s 78-71 triumph connected Monday.

The Dream prima has 458 rebounds this season, 7 much than A’ja Wilson’s people acceptable successful 2024.

“Last clip I was here, I didn’t miss immoderate shots. Tonight I couldn’t deed (anything), truthful I knew I was going to beryllium capable to get them connected the rebounding side,” Reese told the postgame show. “I conscionable privation to beryllium determination for my team. Offensively, defensively, immoderate it takes to win.”

Reese finished with 11 points. She secured her WNBA-leading 27th double-double of the play connected a handbasket with 13.9 seconds near successful the game.

“That’s a talent,” Dream defender Allisha Gray said. “I’m conscionable successful awe watching her rebound.”

A three-time WNBA All-Star, Reese acceptable a WNBA rookie grounds with 13.1 rebounds per crippled and the all-time league grounds with 15 consecutive double-doubles with Chicago successful 2024. She led the league successful rebounding her archetypal 2 seasons and is starring again this play astatine 12.0 per game.

The Dream person beaten the Sparks 9 consecutive times.

Gray led Atlanta (25-13) with 20 points. Rhyne Howard added 18 points to eclipse 3,000 for her career. Gray acceptable an Atlanta grounds for tract goals successful a play with 247.

Nneka Ogwumike had 27 points and 16 rebounds for Los Angeles (13-25). Dearica Hamby and Cameron Brink each scored 15 points.