By Sabreena Merchant, Ben Pickman and Chantel Jennings
South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston is entering the 2023 WNBA Draft, she announced on social media Saturday. Here’s what you need to know:
- Boston, a four-time All-American and back-to-back Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, is the projected No. 1 pick in the draft. The Indiana Fever have the top pick.
- Despite playing four NCAA seasons, Boston had an additional year of eligibility remaining because of the COVID-19 pandemic and could have returned to school.
- The Gamecocks went 36-1 this season, falling to Iowa in the Final Four on Friday.
- The 6-foot-5 center averaged 13 points, 9.8 rebounds and two blocks per game in her senior season. She holds career averages of 14.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game.
God makes no mistakes❤️ this program has been so good to my family and I. Wouldn’t trade these past 4 years for anything. With love gamecock nation❤️ #forevertothee pic.twitter.com/tM2iY0lMet
— Aliyah A. Boston (@aa_boston) April 1, 2023
Scouting report
Boston is convincingly the best player in this class, a future defensive stalwart who has wonderful touch and patience as a scorer in the post. The knock on Boston this season has been the decline in her box-score stats, but that’s…
