Aliyah Boston Breaks Consecutive Double-Doubles Record
By: Lamarr Fields
In South Carolina’s 89 to 48 win over Texas A&M, Gamecocks star Aliyah Boston set a new SEC record for most consecutive double-doubles. The record was 19, held by LSU legend Sylvia Fowles.
CROWN HER 👑
Aliyah Boston has broken the SEC record for consecutive double-doubles 👏 @GamecockWBB pic.twitter.com/9xFMYk6CId
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) February 25, 2022
Aliyah Boston
Boston tied the record on Sunday against No.12 Tennesee. Against the Vols, Boston scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 67-53 win. Boston broke the record on Thursday, scoring 18 points with ten rebounds. She shot 6-10 from the field and added two blocked shots. The forward now has 51 double-doubles in 91 games played. Boston now has 21 double-doubles on the season, four shy of the Gamecocks’ single-season double-double record of 25.
Boston is a hard worker, plays discipline, and is very consistent. So far this season, Boston is averaging 16.8 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game. She is shooting 54% from the field.
Boston should be the front runner for Player of the Year; she is great on both ends of the floor and is on the best team in the country. The Gamecocks are now 26-1 and 14-1 in the SEC with the win. The victory also clinched South Carolina the SEC title. Destanni Henderson scored 17 points on 8-11 shooting from the field. South Carolina did a great job moving the basketball finding the open person. The Gamecocks dished out 22 team assists and shot 53.1% from the field. South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said this was one of the Gamecocks’ best games.
“We didn’t have lapses on either side of the basketball,” she said. “If we turned it over, we corrected it. Turnovers came few and far between. I thought we were locked in defensively, we made it hard for them to score. We made it difficult for them to get rebounds because we were so efficient. We pushed the ball, we played in half-court, so it was a number of things that we did extremely well.”
South Carolina outrebounded Texas A&M 49-31; 17 of the 49 were offensive rebounds. Offensive rebounds lead to second-chance points. The Gamecocks were outstanding, holding the Aggies to 30% shooting from the field and held them to 48 points.
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