South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston impressed by how Iowa’s Monika Czinano ‘doesn’t dribble’

Boston says Czinano’s scoring-without-dribbling knack is ‘something that I haven't seen’

Mar. 30, 2023 5:47 pm, Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 6:25 pm

DALLAS — South Carolina star center Aliyah Boston's compliment for her counterpart at Iowa, Monika Czinano, might not sound like a compliment to someone not well-versed in post play.

“She doesn’t dribble,” said Boston, last year’s national player of the year. “No seriously, that's pretty cool. It's something that I haven't seen honestly from other post players.”

Czinano’s scoring-without-dribbling knack is an “impressive” trait. In Czinano’s first three games of the NCAA tournament, she only took one dribble, according to ESPN.

“As a post player, you’re trying to work for deep position,” Boston said. “She does a really good job of that, and she uses her pivot.”

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Iowa forward Monika Czinano (25) smiles as she answers a question during a news conference at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)