South Carolina women's basketball: Aliyah Boston and Indiana win the Commissioner's Cup
Aliyah Boston and the Indiana Fever won the 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup, defeating Minnesota 74-59.
Playing at the Target Center, where she was the 2022 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, Boston had 12 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, and two steals.
Boston and MVP Natasha Howard led Indiana, which was playing without starter Caitlin Clark, to the upset over heavily favored Minnesota. Minnesota leads the WNBA with a 14-2 record and was a 10.5-point favorite.
“We knew that we had to come in here with great energy, and they were going to go on runs,” Boston said. “For us, it was about containing those runs and going on our own.”
Indiana finished the first half on an 18-0 run to turn a deficit into a lead it would never relinquish.
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The players from Indiana and Minnesota share a $500,000 prize pool. In addition, Coinbase has committed $120,000 in cryptocurrency to the prize pool, which includes $5,000 for each player in the championship game.
Actual payouts have not been announced, but winning players are expected to make somewhere between $30,000 and $45,000. Boston’s annual salary is $83,371, according to Her Hoop Stats.
An additional $10,000 donation will be made to Indiana’s non-profit organization of choice. The Fever has designated the Peace Learning Center, whose mission is to facilitate community learning that acts as a catalyst for peace, as its charity of choice.
The game does not count in the standings, and statistics are not included in a player’s season averages.
