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Aliyah Boston Has Lost Her Accent, but Not Her Determination

NY Times | March 24, 2022

Related Topics: Boston, South Carolina, Dawn Staley, Massachusetts, Saint Thomas, Nashville, Virgin Islands, United States of America, North Carolina, University of South Carolina

Her move to Massachusetts from the Virgin Islands at age 12 exposed her to a world of basketball possibilities. Now she’s leading top-ranked South Carolina into the round of 16.

Forward Aliyah Boston took the court before South Carolina’s second-round game against Miami.Credit...Sean Rayford/Associated Press

NASHVILLE — There are times when Aliyah Boston opens her mouth and is mortified by what comes out. There is no island lilt. There is no bounce to her cadence. Dahts and deys do not roll off her tongue. Never is never, not nevah.

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