{"id":62344,"date":"2025-08-06T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62344\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:03:07","slug":"i-know-something-cougars-guard-backs-1700000-worth-angel-reeses-case-for-bigger-milestone-after-wnba-player-of-the-month-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62344\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Know Something\u201d: Cougars Guard Backs $1,700,000 Worth Angel Reese\u2019s Case For Bigger Milestone After WNBA Player of the Month Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former LSU Tigers standout and current Houston Cougars guard Kateri Poole recently backed up her former teammate Angel Reese to vie for this year\u2019s POY award. On Friday August 1, Poole reposted @chichagosky on Instagram\u2019s post, showcasing Reese\u2019s stats for the month of July wherein she averaged 17.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists throughout July, naming her as the player of the month for the WNBA.<\/p>\n

Reese is currently in her second year in the WNBA for Coach Tyler Marsh Sky team, and is steadily becoming a star in the league. With this, several from the women\u2019s basketball world such as her former running mate in Poole is giving her all-out support on Reese, who has an estimated net worth of $1.7 million per Yahoo Sports, potentially even being named to the regular season MVP award this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone else gets POY, I know something,\u201d Poole captioned on her story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"(image(image credits: @kateripoole on Instagram)<\/p>\n

Currently, Reese is tallying 14.2 points, 12.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per contest, and has led Chicago to record of 7-20 and is sitting as the fifth seed in the East thus far. With this, Reese is one of the true up-and-coming stars in the WNBA, and is looking to go father.<\/p>\n

Contrary to Poole\u2019s claims, however, per Fansided<\/a>, Reese is not in the top five of the power rankings for the regular season MVP award of the 2025 WNBA campaign. Nevertheless, the Sky also has a below .500 record so far, which may further derail the 2023 NCAA MOP\u2019s chances of this year\u2019s MVP award.<\/p>\n

For Poole\u2019s side, she will enter the 2025-26 college basketball season for her fifth and final year of collegiate hoops with the Houston Cougars. Poole spent her first two years with the Ohio State Buckeyes, and then the last two campaigns for coach Kim Mulkey\u2019s LSU Tigers. However, for her likely last stint, Poole opted to transfer to the Cougars, after sitting out the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n

Poole will be joining coach Matthew Mitchell\u2019s Houston squad that finished the 2024-25 season with an overall record of 5-25 (1-17, Big 12) as she posted averages of 2.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n

Kateri Poole and Angel Reese won the 2023 NCAA championship together<\/p>\n

Perhaps for a friendship that runs deep, Kateri Poole and Angel Reese\u2019s shining moment as teammates was when they won the 2023 NCAA title for the LSU Tigers, which was the first in the program\u2019s history. They defeated then-coach Lisa Bluder\u2019s Iowa Hawkeyes by 17 points, 102-85, through which Reese was named the MOP and was selected with the seventh overall pick in the draft later that year.<\/p>\n

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