A first-year guard from Hamilton, Danielle Boiago played like a seasoned veteran and led the McMaster women’s basketball team to a pair of playoff victories.
In the OUA West quarter-finals, Boiago was Mac’s leading scorer in an 81-51 victory over Guelph. She dropped 17 points on the Gryphons, making 6 of 10 field goal attempts, including an outstanding 5 of 7 from beyond the three-point arc.
Moving on to the OUA West semi-final versus Brock, Boiago picked up right where she left off against Guelph and powered the Marauders to a 73-67 win over the Badgers. The Hamilton St. Thomas More grad scored a game-high 30 points, shooting 11 of 19 from the floor and making 6 of 12 three-point shots. With 30 seconds left in the game, Boiago drained a long three-pointer to give Mac a 4-point lead at 71-67, making it a two-possession game and then hit two late free throws to clinch the victory after Brock twice failed to score.
In the two playoff wins, Boiago shot a blistering 58.6 % from the floor and made 58% of her three-point attempts, while averaging 23.5 points per game.
