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Charles currently leads the league in both scoring and rebounding, pouring in 22.3 points and hauling down 9.9 rebounds a night. Incidentally, one of the only two other players to ever lead the league in both categories went to the same high school as Charles: Christ The King Regional High School in Queens, New York. That player was Chamique Holdsclaw, and she accomplished the feat in 2002 while playing for the Washington Mystics. In 2007, the Seattle Storm’s Lauren Jackson became the second, and last, player to pull it off.
While it doesn’t make the potential accomplishment less impressive, everyone has always known Charles was a dominant force in the paint. What has set Charles’ performance this year apart from the rest of her career, is her passing. Never a passing maestro, Charles is suddenly sixth in the league in assists, dishing out a career-high 4.5 dimes per game. The mark nearly doubles her previous career high, of just 2.4 a night, which she set last season. And on June 22 against the Dream, Charles set her single-game career high with 10 assists.
In addition, Charles is just 0.1 assists per game behind Moriah Jefferson for fifth in the league. If Charles can make up the minuscule difference and finish in the top five in the league in assists, it would, along with her other numbers, move her season from merely historic to one of a kind.
With Tina Charles On Pace For Historic Season, A Closer Look At Her Much-Improved Passing - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA
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While it doesn’t make the potential accomplishment less impressive, everyone has always known Charles was a dominant force in the paint. What has set Charles’ performance this year apart from the rest of her career, is her passing. Never a passing maestro, Charles is suddenly sixth in the league in assists, dishing out a career-high 4.5 dimes per game. The mark nearly doubles her previous career high, of just 2.4 a night, which she set last season. And on June 22 against the Dream, Charles set her single-game career high with 10 assists.
In addition, Charles is just 0.1 assists per game behind Moriah Jefferson for fifth in the league. If Charles can make up the minuscule difference and finish in the top five in the league in assists, it would, along with her other numbers, move her season from merely historic to one of a kind.
With Tina Charles On Pace For Historic Season, A Closer Look At Her Much-Improved Passing - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA
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