South Carolina's Aliyah Boston sets double-double mark; Texas A&M's Gary Blair coaches last home game

On a historic night in SEC women's basketball, South Carolina star forward Aliyah Boston set the league's women's record for consecutive doubles-doubles at 20, and Gary Blair coached his last game on the Texas A&M court named after him.

No. 1 South Carolina earned the SEC regular-season title outright with an 89-48 victory at Texas A&M. The Gamecocks had already clinched the No. 1 seed in next week's SEC tournament with their win Sunday over Tennessee.

Boston, the favorite for national player of the year, had 18 points and 10 rebounds, eclipsing the 19 straight double-doubles by LSU's Sylvia Fowles in 2006-07.

«I think I celebrated a little bit,» Boston told SEC Network after the game. «I'm just very excited. I'm just thankful to God that I'm able to do this. I'm thankful to my teammates.»

Boston is the fifth woman in Division I history to have at least 20 consecutive double-doubles, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. DePaul freshman Aneesah Morrow also joined that list this season; she currently has 21.

The others are Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, who had streaks of 33, 31, 28 and 20 double-doubles from 2005-2009; Cal's Kristine Angiwe, who had 32 straight in 2018-19; and Robert Morris' Artemis Spanou, who had 24 straight in 2012-13.

«This league is a tough league,» South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. «This league puts you in position to do some historical things. And that's exactly what it did for Aliyah. I'm so happy for her. She etches her name in history.

»But I know she would deflect and give credit to her teammates. I have to share one moment, because it's kind of the epitome of our team. In the third quarter, Brea Beale and Aliyah were near each other for a rebound and Brea was like, 'Go get it.'