MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Last night in the Chicago Sky's 91-88 win over the Minnesota Lynx, Gonzaga alum Courtney Vandersloot broke Ticha Penicheiro's 18 year-old record for most assists (236) in a single season in the WNBA.

Vandersloot now has 241 this season with two games remaining. In WNBA history, 200 assists has only been achieved 16 times.  She finished the game with 16 points and 10 assists in her eighth double-double of the season.

Vandersloot has led the WNBA in assists the past two seasons and is averaging 8.6 per game this season, over one assist better than the next closest player.  On July 20 of this year, she became the seventh player to have a triple-double in WNBA history, finishing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and a career-best 15 assists.  She was the first Chicago Sky player in team history to record the feat.

"I mean it's pretty nice, Ticha Penicheiro set the bar pretty high," Vandersloot told the Sky.  "She is one of the best passers that the game has ever seen, I am lucky to have played with her here in Chicago, and I am lucky to try to fill those shoes if I can, like I said it's going to be pretty tough, it was tough but when it comes down to it, it's my teammates making shots. I get a lot of assists off them just making an open jumper."

In the 2011 WNBA Draft, she became the first Bulldog player in school history to be drafted in the first round of the WNBA, as she was the third overall pick, taken by the Chicago Sky. 

Vandersloot, the three-time West Coast Conference Player of the Year, was also was named to the Associated Press All-America Team second-team and State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball team, USBWA All-America, the Nancy Lieberman Award winner as the top point guard in the nation, and is the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner.