Recap: Late Rally Lifts Team Gray to 92-88 Triumph

The win allowed Team Gray to even its record at 1-1, while Team Cloud dipped to 1-1 in the final week of the season.

Gray, who secured MVP 1 honors for the fifth time in her last six games, registered her 11th consecutive game with 20 or more points after going 7-for-21 from the field, including a 2-of-5 effort from three-point range, while sinking all four of her free throws. She also added five assists and four rebounds to close the evening with 517 leaderboard points.

Guard Grace Berger matched her season high with 16 points while adding six rebounds and six assists, earning her MVP 2 notice and 522 leaderboard points. Berger was 5-for-12 from the field while connecting on five of her six free throws.

Siegrist, meanwhile, earned MVP 3 recognition after authoring her fifth double-double of the season with 24 points and a season-high 13 rebounds. The former Villanova standout was 9-for-20 from the field along with a perfect 6-of-6 at the free throw line en route to a personal season-high 594 leaderboard points.

Guard Tiffany Mitchell paced Team Cloud in the loss with a game-high 25 points to go with eight rebounds. Captain Natasha Cloud nearly registered a triple-double after netting 14 points with 12 assists and seven rebounds.

KEY MOMENT

In a game that saw 11 lead changes, Team Gray overcame an 88-85 deficit with a 7-0 run over the final 2:10 to secure the victory. After guard Lexie Hull made one of her two free throws, Gray evened the score at 88-all with a layup with 1:40 remaining. A lay-up by center Adut Bulgak gave Team Gray a two-point edge before a pair of Siegrist free throws with 5.1 seconds left sealed the outcome.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

Gray will enter Saturday’s season finale with a 1,225-point advantage over Cloud on the leaderboard after registering 500 or more points for the ninth time in 11 games this season. Cloud, meanwhile, stands 100 points ahead of guard Odyssey Sims, who squares off against Gray in the final game.

NOTES OF INTEREST

• Teams are now 12-for-34 in captain’s challenges this season through 22 games … Team Cloud initiated a captain’s challenge on a foul called against Mitchell with 2:18 remaining in the second quarter, which was successful.

• Ten of the league’s 22 games this season have resulted in margins of four points or less after Friday night’s 92-88 verdict in the nightcap.

• While Gray extended her streak of consecutive 20-point outings, her league-record string of games with 30 or more points was stopped at four contests … She will carry a run of 14 straight games with 20 or more points into Saturday night’s tilt against Team Sims.

• Siegrist is now tied for second in the league with five double-doubles this season … She has also netted 20 or more points in a game five times.

• Bulgak also fashioned her fifth double-double of the season after collecting 16 points with a game-high 14 rebounds … Four of those double-double performances have come in the last six games.

• Cloud has now dished out 12 or more assists five times this season and also recorded her fifth double-double of the campaign in the loss.

• Berger ended a six-game personal losing streak with Team Gray’s victory over Team Sims on Friday night.

• Cloud, meanwhile, lost for just the second time in her last seven games.

• Gray won for just the third time in her last seven games after opening the season with a 4-0 mark.

GAME MVPS

• #1 – Allisha Gray (Team Gray, +90)
• #2 – Grace Berger (Team Gray, +60)
• #3 – Maddy Siegrist (Team Gray, +30)