It was a battle of the Grays in Unrivaled 1-on-1 championship on Saturday night at Sephora Arena in Miami.
Rose BC’s Chelsea Gray fought back to defeat Mist BC’s Allisha Gray in the best two-out-of-three-games format. Chelsea won $200,000 as champion. Allisha Gray earned $50,000 as runner-up and Phantom BC’s Kelsey Plum and Phantom BC’s Aliyah Boston nabbed $25,000 each as semifinalists.
“Exhausted,” Chelsea said postgame. “Grateful. Humbled. Excited. Everything, man. I said it out there, a lot of people didn’t pick me to be sitting here talking to y’all. Keep on, you know, surprising people, I love it.”
Allisha won the first game, 7-0, before Chelsea came back to take the second game, 8-3. Allisha fought to a 6-0 lead in the final game before Chelsea went on a run to take the 7-6 victory and the big pay day. Chelsea is four-time WNBA champion, winning her first with the Los Angeles Sparks before three, including last season, with the Las Vegas Aces.
In the semifinals, Chelsea Gray fought back from a 8-0 deficit to Kelsey Plum and won, 12-8. Allisha Gray beat Aliyah Boston, 12-10.