Angel Reese Gets Lessons From Brittney Griner As Both Players Set WNBA Records

Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese has been a powerhouse of basketball over the past few years, but she faced a good greater opponent when she played against WNBA veteran Brittney Griner.

According to , in a landslide victory over the Sky, the Phoenix Mercury center blocked five shots in the sport, and Reese, a possible Rookie of the Year, got three of them. The Mercury won the sport 85-65 after Griner returned to the States after helping Team USA win one other gold medal on the Paris Olympics.

In the sport, Griner coached Reese, and the previous Louisiana State University athlete shot 4-14 from the sector. Griner also scored 23 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and dished out 6 assists.

Three records were set throughout the match between Reese and Griner. Griner, who’s retiring from the WNBA, set a Mercury record when became the primary player in club history to attain greater than 20 points, have greater than 5 rebounds, greater than 5 assists and greater than 5 blocks in a single game.

Reese, who plays the way in which he should collect Her coveted Rookie of the Year award saw her 18th double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. In doing so, she passed former Sacramento Monarchs star Yolanda Griffith and Los Angeles Sparks legend Candace Parker (tied with 17) to grow to be the second-most double-doubles by a rookie in WNBA history.

But that was not all!

After playing in only 25 games, Reese had reached 300 rebounds and have become the primary player in WNBA history to record 300 or more rebounds in her first 25 games.

If she will be able to grab 4 or more rebounds before the top of the season, she could pass Atlanta Dream forward Tina Charles (22) for probably the most double-doubles amongst WNBA rookies. Charles had 22 double-doubles in 2010 while playing for the Connecticut Sun.