SPOKANE, WA– Utah Athletics has had a terrific day of breaking records, as women’s basketball player Alissa Pili now has the most points in a single season.
Pili scored her 692nd point of the 2023-24 season during the Utes’ first-round NCAA Tournament game against South Dakota State.
That figure, according to the Utah women’s basketball X account, breaks the Utah basketball record for most points scored in a single season.
Pili led the Utes to a victory over the Jackrabbits, scoring 26 points. She also recorded seven rebounds, three assists, one block, and two steals.
Alissa Pili Earns Recognition
The Utah women’s basketball player was recently given the State of Sports Award’s Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year.
Furthermore, the talented Ute has had a terrific run in recent weeks, garnering All-Pac-12 honors and being named a finalist for both the Katrina McClain Award and the John R. Wooden Award.
Pili scored a new career best of 37 points on December 1, 2023, against No. 1 South Carolina, which drew national notice. Pili matched that total against her previous team, USC, on January 19, 2024.
Perhaps most importantly, Pili has had a significant impact off the court this season.
Pili has drawn crowds of Indigenous and Polynesian fans wherever the Utes have gone in the 2023-24 season, hoping to see a glimpse of themselves succeeding on the court.
“It’s honestly really crazy to me that I’m one of the first ones to be in this position with where I come from and what backgrounds I have,” she added. “It makes me so happy after Games to have little girls Everyone comes up to me and tells me how much of a role model I am for these young females. They’ve never had someone to look up to before, and now I am that person. It’s a lot of pressure, but I see it as a blessing to be that person for others. I wish I had grown up with someone like that to look up to and emulate.”
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