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Angel Reese makes LSU program history grabbing 28 rebounds

Angel Reese might've made herself the favorite to take home national player of the year honors after putting up 26 points and 28 rebounds.

Angel Reese, LSU WBB

Angel Reese had already made a strong national player of the year case before LSU's bout with Texas A&M on Friday. After putting up 26 points and grabbing a program-record 28 rebounds, she might have made herself the favorite to take home the honors.

Reese's 28 rebounds in the Tigers' 74-38 win over the Aggies were the most by any SEC player since 1979-1980. She also is the only SEC player in the last 20 years to record a 25-point, 25-rebound performance. Reese is now averaging 24.1 points and 15.8 rebounds per game while leading LSU to a 15-0 record. The Tigers haven't been undefeated 15 games into the season since Minnesota Lynx legend Seimone Augustus starred for LSU in the 2002-03 season.

“There's a lot of great players who came before me,” Reese said after the win. “On [Jan. 15] Seimone Augustus' statue is going up [at LSU]. I want to be like that. I want to set records. I want a statue one day. Being able to look up to someone like Seimone or Sylvia Fowles, I want to be in the same columns as players like them. I'm very blessed to be in the situation that I'm in.”

Reese is the only Division-I player this season to record multiple 20-20 performances. Only four other SEC players have had multiple 20-20 performances in a single season. That list includes WNBA center Teaira McCowan, who did it five times in the 2017-18 season for Mississippi State, while Unique Thompson (Auburn, 2020-21) and Sylvia Fowles (LSU, 2006-07) did it twice for their respective teams.

Reese, who attended Maryland last season, has recorded double-doubles in all of the Tigers' games this season. She will look to extend that streak when LSU plays Kentucky on Jan. 8.

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James Kay is a former associate editor at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the WNBA, NBA, and women's sports.