Courtney Vandersloot notched the second-evertriple-double inWNBA playoffs history Tuesday night.- She didn't know she hit the mark until ESPN's Holly Rowe referenced it in their post-game interview.
- "Oh my god, I had no idea I had a triple-double," the
Chicago Sky point guard said in disbelief.
Courtney Vandersloot had a sensational performance in her Chicago Sky's double-overtime victory over the top-seeded Connecticut Sun Tuesday night.
The superstar point guard's 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 18 assists on the night marked the second-ever triple-double in
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But after the game, Vandersloot didn't even realize the magnitude of what she had accomplished. She didn't even realize she had recorded a triple-double at all.
During her postgame interview, the 32-year-old looked shocked as ESPN's Holly Rowe explained that league legend Sheryl Swoopes was "the only other woman in WNBA history to have a triple-double in the playoffs until you tonight." With her eyebrows raised, Vandersloot glanced up at the scoreboard with her mouth agape until Rowe finished her question.
"Oh my god, I had no idea I had a triple-double," Vandersloot said in disbelief. "... Wow. That's awesome."
The three-time WNBA All-Star also found her way onto another page of the
But the ever-humble Vandersloot balked at the opportunity to bask in her own accomplishments. Instead, she gave credit to her teammates and insisted that she was just doing her job as the squad's floor general.
"I have so many threats around me," Vandersloot said. "I was just trying to be aggressive. My team was getting to open spots. I got a couple thread-the-needles late."
"It's just kind of my role, so, I just try to continue to do that," she added.
Check out Vandersloot's full post-game comments below, and tune in to ESPN2 for Game 2 of the Sky-Sun WNBA playoffs series Thursday at 8 p.m. ET:
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