COLLEGE PARK, Md. Missing its best player, Duke didn’t skip a beat in a surprisingly easy victory against a ranked conference foe.

Elizabeth Williams scored 16 points and the No. 5 Blue Devils shook off the absence of injured point guard Chelsea Gray to beat No. 8 Maryland 75-59 Sunday, clinching its fourth straight ACC regular-season title.

“It certainly is an honor to be the regular season champion,” said Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie. “I think that’s the hardest one to win because it says a team has gone through a season – again, with injury or other things happening – and really been consistent. I think that’s really a special thing for our team.”

Alexis Jones, Haley Peters and Tricia Liston each added 15 points for the Blue Devils (26-1, 16-0), who won their 10th straight game and completed a season sweep of the Terrapins (22-5, 13-3).

Duke improved to 6-1 against ranked opponents and more than made up for the absence of Gray.

The Blue Devils won their second straight game without Gray, the All-American who sustained a season-ending dislocated right kneecap Feb. 17 against Wake Forest. The win gave the Blue Devils a 40-39 advantage in the all-time series.

Jones, a freshman called upon to fill in for Gray, scored a career high. McCallie said Jones “went to another level” against the Terrapins, scoring 13 second-half points.

“To have a freshman point guard come into this environment … and do what she did is almost unheard of, really,” McCallie said.

Tianna Hawkins had 16 points and nine rebounds for Maryland, which had won three consecutive games since a 71-56 loss at Duke on Feb. 11. Alyssa Thomas added 14 points.

Virginia Tech 71, No. 19 Florida State 52: Monet Tellier matched her season high with 24 points and Virginia Tech (9-18, 3-13 ACC) snapped a four-game losing skid with a home upset of Florida State. Morgan Toles scored 13 to lead Florida State (20-7, 10-6).

No. 2 Notre Dame 84, DePaul 56: Skylar Diggins had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and Notre Dame (25-1, 13-0 Big East) won its 20th straight game, beating host DePaul (18-9, 7-6).

No. 7 Penn St. 68, Michigan 57: Maggie Lucas scored 21 and host Penn State (23-3, 13-1 Big Ten) held off a late Michigan (19-8, 8-6) charge.

Louisiana State 77, No. 8 Kentucky 72: Jeanne Kenney made all five 3-pointers she tried on her way to 22 points, and LSU (17-10, 8-6 SEC) upset visiting Kentucky. Center Theresa Plaisance had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Bianca Lutley added 15 points for LSU. A’dia Mathies scored 20 for Kentucky (23-4, 11-3).

Vanderbilt 61, No. 10 Texas A&M 51: Tiffany Clarke scored 22 of her 30 points in the second half to help Vanderbilt (18-9, 8-6 SEC) upset visiting Texas A&M (21-7, 11-3).

No. 11 Tennessee 60, Arkansas 54: Meighan Simmons scored 18 and Tennessee (22-5, 13-1 SEC) rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to win at Arkansas (17-10, 5-9).

No. 12 Louisville 55, Villanova 49: Bria Smith scored 16 and Louisville (22-6, 10-4 Big East) won at Villanova (18-8, 7-6).

No. 15 South Carolina 58, Mississippi State 43: Aleighsa Welch had 20 points with 11 rebounds to power South Carolina at home. Khadijah Sessions and Elem Ibiam scored 11 each as South Carolina (22-5, 10-4 SEC) tied a program record with its 10th conference win. Martha Alwal led Mississippi State (12-15, 4-10) with 13 points.

No. 19 Georgia 73, Mississippi 54: Jasmine Hassell had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Georgia’s Andy Landers earned his 900th coaching victory as the Bulldogs won at Mississippi (9-18, 2-12 SEC).

Landers has 818 wins with Georgia (23-4, 11-3) and had 82 at Roane State prior to taking over Georgia’s program. The NCAA does not recognize his 82 wins at Roane State, a junior college in Tennessee.