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SOURCE SPORTS: Aliyah Boston Drafted No. 1 Overall by Indiana Fever

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After a stellar run at the University of South Carolina, Aliyah Boston is joining the Indiana Fever. On Monday night (Apr. 10), Boston was drafted first overall by the Fever in the WNBA Draft.

“It’s just really special,” said Boston. “I’m thankful, first, to God just for putting me in this position but also thankful to everybody in Indiana, just because they saw something in me and I’m just ready to get there and get to work.”

Rounding out the top 5 draft pics were Maryland’s Diamond Miller, who will join the Minnesota Lynx, Vilanova’s Maddy Siegrist, headed to the Dallas Wings, Iowa State’s Stephanie Soares was drafted by the Washington Mystics before being traded to the Wings, and the last Wings also grabbing Lou Lopez Senechal from UConn.

Joining the W from the South Carolina Gamecocks were Laeticia Amihere (No. 8 to the Atlanta Dream), Zia Cooke (No. 10 to the Los Angeles Sparks), Brea Beal (No. 24 to the Lynx), and Victaria Saxton (No. 25 to the Fever).

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SOURCE SPORTS: South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston Sets New Double-Double Record

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Future WNBA No. 1 Draft Pick Aliyah Boston has set the South Carolina women’s basketball record 73rd double-double. Boston pulled in 13 points and 14 rebounds as her Gamecocks beat Arkansas in blowout fashion on Sunday.

Boston’s head coach, Dawn Staley, stated her star player is currently unstoppable.

“Mentally tough, mentally strong. Those are the separators for Aliyah,” Staley said to ESPN. “She’s at a place where you really can’t stop her.”

“Coming in [to college], I didn’t really know this was a record,” Boston said. “To do it, is very exciting because, wow, who’d have thought?”

The person Boston passed was Shiela Foster who played for the Gamecocks from 1979 to 1982. She was in attendance for the game and spoke to WIS News 10. “Good players don’t player-hate … it just knocked me down one notch,” Foster said. “It’s all in the Gamecock family. It’s all in the Gamecock house.”

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