Aliyah Boston set the SEC record for consecutive double-doubles on Thursday, recording her 20th in South Carolina’s 89-48 win over Texas A&M. With the win, the No. 1-ranked Gamecocks earned the SEC regular-season title outright after clinching the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament on Sunday.

Boston registered 18 points and 10 rebounds, surpassing Sylvia Fowles’ mark of 19 straight double-doubles set in 2006-07 during her junior season at LSU. Boston is the fifth woman in Division I history to record at least 20 consecutive double-doubles, according to ESPN Stats & Information. DePaul’s Aneesah Morrow is the only other player to join the ranks this season. The freshman has 21 straight double-doubles heading into a Friday night matchup with Seton Hall.

The other three players are Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris, Cal’s Kristine Anigwe and Robert Morris’ Artemis Spanou.

“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.”

“This league puts you in position to do some historical things,” said South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley. “And that’s exactly what it did for Aliyah. I’m so happy for her. She etches her name in history.

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Staley also shared a moment that helped Boston reach the the milestone, calling it the epitome of our team.”

“I know she would deflect and give credit to her teammates,” Staley said. “In the third quarter, Brea Beal and Aliyah were near each other for a rebound and Brea was like, ‘Go get it.’ That is the type of friends and teammates they are. No one wanted her to get it more than her sisters.”

Beal finished the game with seven points and eight rebounds, while Destanni Henderson added 17 points. The Gamecocks’ bench was a major factor, outscoring the Aggies’ 42-25, and South Carolina dominated Texas A&M with points in the paint, 48-22.

Jordan Nixon was the lone Aggie to reach double digits, contributing 11 points. Qadashah Hoppie added nine points and four rebounds in the final home game for head coach Gary Blair, who announced his retirement in October.

Staley had nothing but praise for Blair after the game.

“In the world in which a large portion of guys don’t think our game is worth looking at or following, coaches like Coach Blair dedicated their entire lives to girls’ and women’s basketball,” Staley said. “Certainly it’s much deserved [they] named the court after him. I respect Coach Blair a great deal for winning championships and doing it the right way.

“Coach Blair has given so much of himself. I’m sure he missed a lot of family time, all because he sacrificed for the betterment of our game. So I just told him, ‘Thank you.’ I hope his retirement is as fulfilling as basketball was for him.”

The WSL hit some opening day snags over the weekend, with a last-minute media deal causing broadcasts Stateside to generate confusion and widespread technical difficulties as the UK league's big-name US talent pool took the pitch.

First, in Friday's 2025/26 season kick-off match, ESPN+ served fans an error screen during the first 15 minutes of six-time defending WSL champion Chelsea's 2-1 win over Manchester City.

Then on Saturday morning, skips and lags continuously interrupted Arsenal's 4-1 victory over the recently promoted London City Lionesses.

Notably, the WSL media rights extension deal with ESPN+ — the 2024/25 US carrier of the top-flight UK league —came together at the very last minute.

As such, the WSL left fans in the dark by omitting US coverage details from all promotions in the lead-up to the 2025/26 season's opening weekend — possibly missing out on a big Stateside moment as USWNT stars like Naomi Girma, Catarina Macario, Emily Fox, and Alyssa Thompson kick off their club campaigns in the UK.

"The delays weren't about lack of interest so much as the sheer number of changes the league has been managing," former head of broadcast at WSL Football Andrea Ekblad told The Athletic this week.

"Of course, nobody wants a broadcast deal announced only hours before kickoff. That's not ideal," she continued. "But continuing the [ESPN] partnership makes great sense."

USWNT prospect Jaedyn Shaw is on her way to New York City, with ESPN reporting late Monday that the No. 11 North Carolina Courage is sending the rising NWSL star to No. 6 Gotham FC in an intra-league-record $1.25 million trade deal.

North Carolina's return nearly doubles the NWSL's previous $600,000 transfer record, set when the No. 1 Kansas City Current acquired forward Ally Sentnor from the last-place Utah Royals in early August.

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As for Shaw, this will be her second major move this year, after the attacker requested a trade to the Courage from the San Diego Wave last January — a deal in which the Wave received a combined $450,000 in allocation money and fees.

During her time in San Diego, Shaw shattered the NWSL record for most goals scored by a teenager, but the now-20-year-old has only logged three in her 10 starts for North Carolina this season.

With this trade to Gotham, Shaw will exit a Courage side sitting three spots below the postseason line as North Carolina regroups following the abrupt firing of head coach Sean Nahas.

She instead will join a NJ/NY side in the midst of a serious playoff push, with ESPN reporting that Gotham is going all in on Shaw with plans to sign the young talent through the 2029 season.

The No. 8 Seattle Storm are only one win away from making the 2025 WNBA Playoffs, shooting to oust the No. 9 LA Sparks from the postseason race by claiming a victory over the No. 6 Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night.

"Our team has changed from the beginning of the season until now," Seattle head coach Noelle Quinn said earlier this week. "Part of that is finding some consistency with one another: minutes, reps, all of those things."

Should the Storm lose to the already-clinched Valkyries in their final 2025 regular-season game, Seattle will still have a shot at the playoffs: The Sparks must still win both of their remaining two games to secure a playoff berth and bounce Seattle from the postseason — starting with their own Tuesday night matchup against the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury.

"[We're] not talking about things we can't control," Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts said over the weekend. "Whether Indiana wins or loses or Seattle, we can't control that. We just have to focus on what we're doing and see how it all shakes out."

How to watch the Storm and Sparks on Tuesday

Both No. 8 Seattle and No. 9 LA will take the court at 10 PM ET on Tuesday, with the Storm battling No. 6 Golden State on WNBA League Pass while the Sparks face No. 4 Phoenix on NBA TV.

Bay FC is shifting gears as the NWSL's 12th-place team's postseason hopes slip away, with the 2024 expansion side announcing a plan to part ways with inaugural head coach Albertin Montoya at the end of the 2025 season.

"I have so much love for these players, staff, and fans," Montoya said in Monday's club release. "We've built a culture and a style of play that I believe will compete for championships for years to come."

Brought on in 2023, Montoya led Bay FC to 11 victories in 2024, setting a league record for wins by an expansion team in its debut season.

Under Montoya, Bay FC also became just the second expansion club to qualify for the NWSL Playoffs in their inaugural campaign, but the team has fallen down the table this year amid accusations of fostering a toxic work environment.

The team also recently lost a high-profile player in Nigerian star Asisat Oshoala, who signed with Saudi Premier League side Al Hilal last week.

Bay Collective CEO Kay Cossington and club sporting director Matt Potter stated that they will work together to hire a replacement for Montoya prior to the 2026 NWSL season.

"Bay FC's startup phase is ending and we're moving to our next phase of growth," Bay FC chair Alan Waxman added in the team's statement.