Marissa Coleman led Maryland with 20 points.

March 8, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -Wanisha Smith matched a career-high with 22 points Saturday and No. 12 Duke upset fifth-ranked Maryland 74-63 in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Joy Cheek added 16 points for the third-seeded Blue Devils (23-8), who turned 19 turnovers into 32 points to reach their first ACC title game since 2005. They earned a championship game rematch Sunday with No. 2 North Carolina - which beat them by 31 in last week's regular-season finale.

Marissa Coleman scored 20 points and ACC player of the year Crystal Langhorne added 16 for the Terrapins (30-3), who saw their eight-game winning streak snapped and were denied their first berth in the league title game since 2006.

Duke, which was swept by Maryland in the regular season for the first time since 1993, delivered the biggest surprise of the tournament. The Blue Devils had lost five straight against top-five teams in Joanne P. McCallie's first season.

The Blue Devils rallied from an early 10-point deficit and never trailed in the second half. Krystal Thomas capped a 12-2 run midway through the half and gave the Blue Devils their first double-figure lead with a layup to make it 52-41 with 12 minutes left.

Maryland responded with an 11-4 burst over the next 6 1/2 minutes, with Langhorne's layup through traffic with 5:35 remaining making it 56-52. But the Terrapins couldn't get any closer than that the rest of the way.

Laura Harper had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Kristi Toliver added 10 points, but she was 4-of-12 from the field and just 2-for-10 from 3-point range for Maryland, which held a 40-21 rebounding advantage yet finished just 3-of-20 from beyond the arc.

Smith, who equaled her 22-point effort against Jacksonville in December 2004, put Duke ahead to stay when her 3-pointer from the left corner capped a 17-4 run and made it 23-20 with 8 minutes before the break.