Rhyne Howard breaks WNBA single-season record with lone three-pointer in Dream win

Despite a less than stellar night from beyond the arc, Rhyne Howard still did enough to make WNBA history.

Howard's lone three-pointer during the Atlanta Dream's dominating 103-59 win over the Connecticut Sun, set a new league record for the most in a single season.

And even though Howard was only 1-of-9 from long range on Thursday night, her only connection was her 129th of the year, passing New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu for the most any player has ever put up inside a season.

Howard, 26, has now hit at least one triple in 16 straight games. Her last game without one was back on July 17. In addition to her record-breaking three, Howard came close to double-double, if not a triple-double. She scored 10 points, granted was only 3-of-14 from the field, with eight assist and six rebounds.

Already having played in a career-high 40 games so far this season, Howard holds averages of 18.1 points, 3.8 boards and 3.7 helpers per game. She's shooting at a 40.5% clip from the field and a 36% mark from three.

Now in her fifth WNBA season after being drafted with the first overall pick in 2022 out of Kentucky, Howard has career averages of 17.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 176 games and 174 starts. Beyond a notable single-season record, Howard is already a four-time All-Star and has the 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year on her career resume.

She was named the SEC Player of the Year twice and the SEC Tournament MVP once (2022) in her four years in college.

Howard will now try to add a few more to push her new record out of reach of the next great sharpshooter in the final games of the regular season.