Derik Queen reacts to wholesome snaps of Cooper Flagg's brother Ace Flagg and GF Lizzy Gruber

After his twin brother Cooper Flagg reclassified to 2024, Class of 2025 forward Ace Flagg stayed the course and committed to the Maine Black Bears. After Cooper was picked No. 1 in the 2025 NBA draft in June, Ace will embark on his college basketball journey.

Ace has been posting snippets with his girlfriend, Lizzy Gruber, who recently transferred from the St. Joseph's Hawks to the Maine Black Bears. Flagg and Gruber celebrated their second anniversary in October last year.

On Saturday, Gruber posted wholesome Instagram pictures of herself and Ace Flagg sharing some quality time.

She captioned the post:

"🩵Short distance relationships>."

Former Maryland Terrapins forward Derik Queen, selected No. 13 by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2025 NBA draft and traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, left a hilarious comment on Gruber's Instagram post:

"Thought this was a getting married post."

Queen was a teammate to the Flagg twins when they played for Montverde Academy, Florida, and was a highly-recruited five-star prospect before committing to the Terrapins.

Ace Flagg's girlfriend made history in Maine

Ace Flagg's girlfriend, Lizzy Gruber was dominant for Gardiner Area High School in Maine. She averaged 21.1 points, 15.3 rebounds and 4.2 blocks and became the first basketball player in Maine history to tally 1,000 rebounds before scoring 1,000 points.

After two seasons for the St. Joseph's Hawks, Gruber returned.to Maine in March and expressed her excitement at her homecoming where she will be a sophomore next season.

“I’m super excited. One, to join a program that’s so well-coached and seems to be very strong culturally, but also just to be home, in general,” Gruber said. “Just being surrounded by an entire state of people who care about me and love me as much as I love them is very exciting. I can’t wait to get back to that.”

After her return to Maine to play with the Black Bears, where Ace Flagg will also play next season, Lizzy Gruber and her boyfriend attended the Final Four games, where Cooper Flagg starred. They were alongside the NBA rookie when he was selected No. 1 by the Dallas Mavericks at the 2025 NBA draft.

About the author

Cabral Opiyo is a journalist who covers college sports at Sportskeeda. With work experience spanning over 10 years, Cabral is an avid follower of college football and basketball and what goes into making the perfect elite prospect. He brings the news as it happens and analyzes football games to a high degree of accuracy.

As a writer, he loves bringing to life historical and iconic moments with his writing, fueled by extensive and verifiable research, creating an image in the reader's eyes.

Cabral has been known to sneak away from a high-profile NBA game to catch an obscure college basketball game and is an avid re-watcher of Tim Duncan and San Antonio Spurs games from the 2000s.

UConn winning its first national title under Dan Hurley remains his best college sports moment. Cabral rates A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark as his favorite players due to their productivity and the Alabama Crimson Tide as his favorite college team.

In addition, Cabral follows football and is a huge Italian and Brazilian football fan. He has written about football for a decade and held a byline with Outside of the Boot Football.

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