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Urbana standout Scott commits to Illini

Urbana senior Arieal Scott has verbally committed to Illinois women's basketball, doing so on Tuesday night and giving new coach Nancy Fahey one of the top shooters in the state and in the Class of 2018.

Scott posted an announcement on her Twitter account late Tuesday night.

always been a fighter, so why not be a fighting illini? honored to say im staying home pic.twitter.com/F8Ycj8UGK7

— arieal (@airballher3) September 20, 2017

The former Duke commit decommited from the Blue Devils this summer.

Scott played half of last season at Urbana before she was ruled ineligible by the Illinois High School Association.