DALLAS — When asked recently whether Aliyah Boston deserves a statue outside of Colonial Life Arena, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley credited not only the legacy the 2021-22 national player of the year will leave in Columbia but also that of Boston’s fellow seniors.
“I think this entire class deserves to be just lifted up,” Staley said ahead of the NCAA tournament. “They’re deserving of something, of us really celebrating them and what they have meant to our program, to our university, to the city of Columbia and the state of South Carolina.”
Fresh off a stunning upset in the national semifinal to No. 2 seed Iowa, Staley’s attention will start to shift to the future of what South Carolina women’s basketball will look like, not just likely post-Boston but also without the decorated senior class that led the Gamecocks to three consecutive Final Four appearances.
“When that buzzer went off, it was kind of just an end of an era, it feels like,” Boston said. “We had a…
