A’ja Wilson is placing collectively a season not like some other in WNBA historical past.
The Las Vegas Aces star set the all-time WNBA single-season record for factors scored on Wednesday evening, cashing in a mid-range jumper within the second quarter to go Seattle Storm star Jewell Loyd, who set the mark final season with 939 factors.
Sadly, the WNBA League Move broadcast failed to acknowledge that second of league historical past. The Indiana Fever’s broadcast crew of play-by-play announcer Pat Boylan and analyst Debbie Antonelli skated via Wilson’s record-breaking shot prefer it was some other bucket.
A’ja Wilson simply broke the WNBA single season scoring report and the announcers didn’t even say something
— Extra time (@time beyond regulation) September 11, 2024
To be truthful, the printed did point out Wilson’s pursuit of the report within the first quarter when she scored the Aces’ first 10 factors of the sport. They only missed the second when Wilson made WNBA historical past.
Wilson’s second, nonetheless, was not misplaced on the remainder of the WNBA world. Shortly after Wilson made NBA historical past, her former collegiate coach Daybreak Staley congratulated her on social media.
Giving @_ajawilson22 her flowers for breaking the one season scoring report for many factors in a @WNBA season…..when the love comes from love and family members it’s fulfilling sufficient!
— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) September 12, 2024
Wilson performed 4 seasons for Staley at South Carolina from 2014 to ’18 and performed a starring position on the Gamecocks’ nationwide championship in ’17. Now nicely into her skilled profession, the 28-year-old is the front-runner to take residence her third profession WNBA MVP award this season, as she entered Wednesday averaging a league-high 27.3 factors and 11.9 rebounds per sport.
WNBA followers joined Staley in congratulating Wilson on her achievement:
Congrats @_ajawilson22 ! Respect! https://t.co/VbjSeU2gaS
— Paige (@_paigerettig92) September 12, 2024 we actually witnessing greatness https://t.co/P0nEs7k0oH
— cb (@ColinStayBallin) September 12, 2024 Nobody does it higher. The primary unanimous WNBA MVP in historical past!! https://t.co/uYvHMqLSyM
— 🐐👽 (@Donndada20) September 12, 2024 — Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) September 11, 2024
Wilson, who scored 27 factors within the Aces’ 86–75 win over the Fever, nonetheless has two regular-season matchups remaining to proceed to pad her single-season scoring report.
