Alyssa Thomas had the first triple-double in Atlantic Coast Conference tournament history, and No. 10 Maryland beat Wake Forest 92-81 in overtime in a quarterfinal Friday night.
Thomas – the league’s two-time player of the year – had a career-high 32 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for her second triple-double this season. She helped the second-seeded Terrapins (24-6) sidestep a major scare against a Wake Forest team they beat by 26 points five nights earlier.
Maryland scored the first 10 points of OT, with Thomas starting the run by hitting a twisting layup with 3:45 left. Eight of her points came in overtime to send the Terps into the semifinals for the second straight year.
My take: I watched Maryland utterly destroy Wake on Sunday afternoon at Comcast. It was NEVER a game. But then how did Wake almost take down the #10 team in the country. Do you think the “neutral” court in Greensboro had anything to do with it? So the Terps play the UNC-BC winner at 3:30 Saturday afternoon.
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