ANGEL REESE fought back the tears after being praised for yet another historic achievement.
The WNBA superstar claimed her third-straight BET Sportswoman of the Year award this week, pipping A’ja Wilson, Claressa Shields, Coco Gauff, Dawn Staley, Flau’jae Johnson, Juju Watkins, Sha’Carri Richardson and Simone Biles to the gong.
Angel Reese scooped her third-straight BET Sportswoman of the Year award this week[/caption]
But she wasn’t in the mood for celebrating the prestigious gong after the Chicago Sky’s midweek loss to the New York Liberty[/caption]
Reese was quizzed about her latest bagging of the prestigious award after the Chicago Sky‘s 85-66 midweek loss to the New York Liberty.
And she wasn’t in the mood for celebrating, fighting back the tears as she said: “It’s great. Obviously, this is my third one.
“I think it really meant something to other people today because it’s me. I just focus on basketball, I come in every day and I work.
“I don’t complain, I don’t care about anything else. I have bad days, I haven’t been playing well at all.
“And I could just sit here and mope around and point the finger, but it’s been me.
“And I took accountability, I come in every day and I try to get better than the next and better than the last.
“I know my team-mates trust me and I know they have my back. Ariel has my back through everything.
“I love being a part of a team that I know trusts me and trusts my work.
Defeat to the Liberty saw Angel Reese and her Chicago Sky team-mates fell to 2-6 for the season[/caption]
“Everything else is everything else.
“I’m just here to go to work every day and go home.
“That’s all I want to do, be able to go to work and enjoy my job, that I love.
“People would die and kill to be able to have this job. And being able to play with the best players in the world means a lot to me.”
Reese ended her empassioned speech with a defiant seven-word declaration, insisting: “I put my all into this s**t.”
Defeat to the Liberty has seen the Sky drop to 2-6 for the season.
While Reese and the Sky have been struggling, the same can’t be said of her rival Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, who have won DOUBLE the number of games as Jeff Pagliocca’s side.
Reese and her team-mates will be back in action on Friday night, travelling to the Gateway Center Arena to take on the Atlanta Dream.
