The WNBA’s post stars of the present and future will battle when the re-energized Las Vegas Aces travel to the Chicago Sky Thursday.
Chicago rookie Angel Reese is making her case as the league’s most promising frontcourt rookie, but she has never faced the defending two-time champion Aces and their super-star center A’ja Wilson.
Reese has improved her scoring (13.2 ppg) and is second in the league in rebounding (11.1 rpg). She has double-doubles in her last eight games and is coming off a career-best 25-point outing in an 88-87 win over the Indiana Fever Sunday.
Reese noted her excitement to play against the WNBA’s premiere front-court talent.
Chicago (6-9) has won its last two games and has also gotten a lift from guard Chennedy Carter, who has averaged 20 points over the past three games, shooting 67 percent.
Las Vegas (8-6) may have turned its season around with the return of point guard Chelsea Gray from a leg injury. The Aces started 6-6 without Gray, but have won both games since her return. In Gray’s WNBA career, her teams have been 207-93 when she has played and just 21-27 without her.
Two-time MVP Wilson will offer a stiff test for Reese. The 6-foot-4 center leads the league in scoring (27.8 ppg) and rebounding (11.6 rpg). She is the reigning two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year as well.
It will be the first of four meetings this season between the teams.
