NEW YORK (AP) — Former Maryland point guard Lexie Brown is settling in at Duke, and the school has decided to make an unusual investment to help her transition.
Brown, who led the Terrapins to the Final Four in her first two seasons, transferred to the Durham, North Carolina, school this summer to be closer to her home in Georgia.
NCAA rules prohibit schools from paying transfers — who have to sit out for a year — to travel to road games. Brown, however, can travel with the Blue Devils, because Duke asked if it could use money from the student assistance fund to pay for it.