Chelsea Gray scored a career-high 28 points,
including seven in a row during a critical stretch
of the Blue Devils\' 71-56 victory over seventh-
ranked Maryland on Monday night.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – When the lead got away from No. 5 Duke, Chelsea Gray snatched it right back and helped her team keep it.
Gray scored a career-high 28 points, including seven in a row during a critical stretch of the Blue Devils’ 71-56 victory over seventh-ranked Maryland on Monday night.
Tricia Liston had 17 points off the bench while Gray’s big run came after the Blue Devils (22-1, 12-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed for the only time.
I “just love to see her elevate her game,” coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “To be able to do the things that she did on the floor, given the attention she was drawing, was phenomenal.”
Alyssa Thomas had 14 points and 12 rebounds. But the Terrapins (19-4, 10-2) could overcome neither 24 turnovers nor a miserable night for the ACC’s leading scorer, Tianna Hawkins, and had their league-best nine-game winning streak snapped.
Freshman Chloe Pavelich’s 3 with about 10:45 left gave Maryland its only lead at 44-42.
Three possessions later, Gray took charge – and kept Duke alone atop the league standings.
She put Duke back on top with a 3, followed that with two free throws and capped her personal 7-0 run with a layup from Alexis Jones that made it 49-44 with 7