It was another thrilling week in women’s basketball. Here are five of the best from last week:
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
South Carolina senior forward Aliyah Boston was dominant in a pair of Southeastern Conference wins as the top-ranked Gamecocks moved to 18-0 on the season.
Boston’s first back-to-back 20-point SEC games in her career were both double-doubles as she averaged 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds while adding 3.0 blocks and 2.0 assists per game as well. Her rebounding total moved her into the top spot in the South Carolina record books for career offensive rebounds (455).
In last week’s games, Boston asserted herself early, scoring 10 points in the first quarter at Kentucky and eight in the opening 10 minutes against Missouri on a combined 8-of-12 shooting. Six of her 10 rebounds against Missouri came on the offensive end, and she scored eight points off them in the 81-50 blowout victory. At Kentucky, she started a 16-2 run to close the first half with an inside move and added a block, an assist and three defensive rebounds to the surge that turned a 10-point deficit into a four-point halftime lead in a five-minute span that eventually led to a 95-66 win.
She blocks, she scores!! | @aa_boston 😮💨
