On Wednesday in a 93-71 win over the Alabama State Jaguars, Grambling State Lady Tigers’ guard Shakyla Hill put up one of the most amazing stat lines you’ll ever see. She posted 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals for only the fourth quadruple-double in women’s D1 history, and the first since 1993.
So @shakylaa_ of @GSU_TIGERS just put up a quadruple-double:
15 points
10 rebounds
10 assists
10 stealsSECURED. THE. BAG! pic.twitter.com/GLVVMmdEZ4
— Steven J. Gaither (@stevenjgaither) January 4, 2018
Unfortunately, there aren’t many highlights available of SWAC basketball games. But here’s a few clips of Hill, No. 5 in white, from Wednesday:
These other collegiate women could neverrrrr have agility & assist like this. What deeee heck pic.twitter.com/MbOEcyeXdF
— ken (@MagnifiedKen) January 4, 2018
Y’all got all these crazy kitchen jokes but THIS is Shakyla Hill @shakylaa_ and I bet can’t none of you chumps move like this with the ball. ???♂️? pic.twitter.com/payllyoH4N
— ken (@MagnifiedKen) January 4, 2018
Shakyla Hill low key been tough ??? pic.twitter.com/R6kopvfwYq
— ken (@MagnifiedKen) January 4, 2018
Behind her performance, Grambling won 93-71 over Alabama State as Hill upped her season averages to 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 5.6 steals. Afterward, here’s what she had to say about it:
Footage from this evening's post-game interview with @shakylaa_ and her reaction to her quadruple-double against Alabama State. #GRAMFAM pic.twitter.com/cEMD7dC4SI
— Candice Sherrie (@aPRoductiveone) January 4, 2018
“I feel really, really blessed. I feel like I owe it all to my coaches and my teammates because my coaches have been pushing me to do better in every aspect of the court and leave no aspect untouched, and also to my teammates because without my teammates I wouldn’t have got it at all. So I’m feeling really blessed right now. I’m emotional, actually.”
After ESPN’s SportsCenter account tweeted about it, Hill’s performance drew the eyes of one of the NBA’s triple-double kings, Rockets guard James Harden.
QUADRUPLE-DOUBLE for Grambling State’s Shakyla Hill!
It’s the first quadruple-double in women’s D-1 in almost 25 years. pic.twitter.com/wpmkYFoSug
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2018
There’s something you don’t see everyday…. crazy https://t.co/9TwdkHaUZ7
— James Harden (@JHarden13) January 4, 2018
Harden dropped his own, less impressive version of a quadruple-double last year, recording 40 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and 10 turnovers against the Raptors. So he knows what he’s talking about here. And Hill’s performance is certainly impressive. It helps show why she was named the preseason Southwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and why she’s a force to be reckoned with in women’s basketball.
[Steven Gaither on Twitter/photo from Grambling State Athletics]
