The lingering presence of a legend could have intimidated a lot of players, but not Aliyah Boston. She has built a legacy of her own with GamecockWBB 👏 ✍️ MAVoepel
Wilson was the beloved hometown girl who grew up in Columbia and led the Gamecocks to their first national championship in 2017. Boston, a native of the Virgin Islands who played high school basketball in Worcester, Massachusetts, didn't give much thought to following Wilson's footsteps until reporters started asking about it.
Wilson was a three-time SEC player of the year; Boston has won the honor twice. They are both also uber-elite on defense; Boston was the SEC's defensive player of the year all four seasons, while Wilson won it twice. "It's about having strong roots," said Staley, whose Gamecocks could become the 10th Division I women's team to go unbeaten."Aliyah is very rooted in who she is. She has an old-school perspective. Like her mom, she's just really inquisitive. Her dad, he's calm, he's cool. She gets the best of both worlds from them.
"You can say you want to win," Staley said."But to do it, sometimes it challenges you and your selfishness. But she's been to the mountaintop of women's basketball. She's not being driven by, 'I want to repeat as national player of the year.' She just wants to win.Aliyah Boston's double-double helps propel South Carolina to Final Four
"I remember my parents and Coach Staley sort of let me figure a lot of things out," Wilson said."They said, 'When the time is right, you are going to know your voice and who you are, and you're going to stand by that.' I think it's the same with Aliyah." "Being able to turn the page," Boston said."She emphasized that whatever happens in the game, just being able to say, 'OK, let's go to the next thing. Let's move on.'"The Final Four of the 2023 women's NCAA tournament is set. Check your bracket now in theIt's something Wilson has continued to learn in her pro career.
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