Aces' A'ja Wilson sets WNBA single-season rebounding record - ESPN

SEATTLE — With seven rebounds in Tuesday's 85-72 win over the Seattle Storm, A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces surpassed injured Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese for the WNBA's single-season rebounding record.

Last week, Wilson broke the WNBA's single-season scoring record, and on Sunday she became the first player in league history to reach 1,000 points in a single season.

«It's a blessing,» Wilson said. «This league is tough, so if my name can be in the record books in some sort of way, it's a blessing. So that's cool.»

As compared to the attention on her scoring record, Wilson was surprised when informed during postgame interviews that she'd set the rebounding mark, leading to a humorous back-and-forth exchange with Aces coach Becky Hammon.

«No, she didn't know,» joked Hammon. «You can tell.»

«Only because I don't hunt rebounds, so it's not something that's always on my mind,» Wilson replied.

«She doesn't hunt rebounds,» countered Hammon. «She just has 13 of them all the time.»

«I'm 6-foot-4 and I'm around the basket, I hope I can grab a couple rebounds for my team,» Wilson concluded. «But when it comes to just getting them to get them, I'm not focused on that. I'm focused on putting the ball in the hoop.»

Reese's rebounding record, set Sept. 1, lasted less than three weeks. Reese played just two more games before suffering a wrist fracture that ended her rookie WNBA campaign. Reese averaged 13.1 rebounds per game, as compared to 11.9 for Wilson. That's a career high for Wilson, who had never previously averaged double-figure rebounds.

Hammon offered an example of how Wilson excels on the glass despite not focusing on rebounding.

«Earlier in the year,» Hammon recalled, «it was midway through the third and I looked at