Tina Charles has played at Madison Square Garden during her record-breaking career at UConn and also played in the "World's Most Famous Arena" in a preseason game against the New York Liberty. But Sunday at 4 p.m. the Queens, N.Y. native will play her first professional game at MSG.

"It will definitely be special, to play at home in New York because that is where I am from - Queens native - and I am looking forward to it," Charles said. "It is always different when you play for your home fans because you want to show them, you want to play great and show them all the hard work you put in definitely paid off."

To say her hard work is paying off would be an understatement. Her 23 rebounds in Friday's win over Phoenix was not only a franchise record but was one shy of the WNBA single-game record set by Chamique Holdsclaw in 2003. Not including Saturday's San Antonio/Minnesota game, Charles is leading the league in rebounding with an average of 12.3 per game and is also setting the pace with 10 double doubles. Charles is 13th in scoring (16.3), fifth in blocks (1.6). Only Sylvia Fowles, Lauren Jackson and Candace Parker have a better efficiency rating than Charles and she trails only Fowles in efficiency rating per 40 minutes.