Nobody was stopping Angel Reese on the glass on Monday night.
Reese racked up a ridiculous 26 rebounds while leading the Atlanta Dream to a 78-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena. That set the WNBA's new single-game rebounds record, surpassing the 24 that Hall of Famer Chamique Holdsclaw pulled down back in 2003 when she was with the Washington Mystics.
"Anything that goes up is mine," Reese said on NBC. "You just have to have that mindset, you know?"
Reese was already tied for the single-game rebounding record among active players after she grabbed 22 in a game during her rookie season in 2024 with the Chicago Sky. Jonquel Jones has secured 22 rebounds in a single contest twice in her career.
And with her 26 boards on Monday, Reese also set the WNBA's single-season rebounding record. She flew past Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson, who had 451 rebounds during the 2024 campaign. Reese is now up to 458 rebounds on the year. She was already second on that list with the 446 boards she had as a rookie.
Reese just barely got to 26 rebounds in the game, securing a missed free throw in the final minute of the contest. She scored a bucket with just less than 14 seconds left in the game to officially record her 27th double-double of the season. That's the most from any player in the league, and two shy of breaking the single-season double-double record.
Angel Reese in the history books 📚
Reese grabbed 26 rebounds tonight, setting a new WNBA record for most rebounds in a single game.
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Reese finished with 11 points and three assists. She shot 4-of-14 from the field in the win, which marked the franchise's ninth straight over the Sparks. Reese is averaging 12 rebounds per game, nearly a full board more than anyone else in the league. Dallas Wings forward Jessica Shepard is the only other player in the WNBA averaging double-digit rebounds this season with 11.1 per night.
Allisha Gray led Atlanta with 20 points on Monday, and Rhyne Howard added 18 points. The Dream now sit at 25-13 on the year, just barely ahead of the Indiana Fever for fourth in the league standings. The Dream have already secured a playoff spot, though they've not made it out of the opening round of the postseason since 2018.
Reese and the Dream have six games left in the regular season, leaving her plenty of time to pad her lead in the single-season rebounding race.
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