Fever's Aliyah Boston continues to tear up the Indiana record book

Jeremy Beren

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Amid all the Indiana Fever's difficulties this season, the one player that head coach Stephanie White has been able to rely upon night in and night out is Aliyah Boston, her star center.

Now firmly established as one of the WNBA's top interior players, Boston has set her sights now on rewriting the Fever's record book with all sorts of accomplishments. Already a three-time All-Star, Boston is elevating her game in 2025, maintaining her efficient, consistent offensive game and expanding her role amidst the lengthy absence of Caitlin Clark.

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Boston was vital once more on Tuesday night, when the Fever blew out the Seattle Storm for a crucial victory amidst the intensifying WNBA playoff race. Boston scored a game-high 27 points as Indiana beat Seattle, 95-75 -- and the former #1 overall pick set a new franchise record during the win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

With nine rebounds, Boston became the fastest player in Fever franchise history to reach the 1,000-rebound mark, doing so in only 118 games. It is the latest milestone Boston has reached in Indiana, after she set the franchise's single-season double-doubles record earlier this month. The 23-year-old also holds the team's single-season rebounding record, which she set last year.

Given her youth, trajectory and durability -- she has not missed a game since entering the WNBA -- Boston could go down as one of the best players of her generation. Dragging injury-stricken Indiana (20-18) to the playoffs in a season where Clark has played just 13 games would only enhance her growing legacy.

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Jeremy Beren

Jeremy Beren is a freelance WNBA writer with The Sporting News. A Phoenix native, he is a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and he has a decade’s worth of sports journalism experience. Jeremy's work has appeared in publications such as Marca, SB Nation, Athlon Sports and Vice Sports. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.