Pitts, Hubbard lead Minnesota women past No. 19 ASU 80-66
Destiny Pitts scored 22 points, Gadiva Hubbard added 20 and Minnesota beat No. 19 Arizona State 80-66 on Sunday.
Destiny Pitts scored 22 points, Gadiva Hubbard added 20 and Minnesota beat No. 19 Arizona State 80-66 on Sunday.
Freshman Jasmine Powell scored 19 points, Taiye Bello had a double-double and No. 23 Minnesota bounced back from a season-opening loss with a 90-58 win over Vermont on Sunday.
Junior Brice Calip scored a career-high 21 points, Jasmine Franklin had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Missouri State beat No. 23 Minnesota 77-69 on Tuesday for Amaka Agugua-Hamilton's first victory as coach of the Lady Bears.
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Ali Patberg scored 20 points, Brenna Wise added 19 and 10th-seeded Indiana beat No. 7 seed Minnesota 66-58 in a Big Ten tournament second-round game on Thursday.
Kaila Charles made a buzzer-beating layup to cap a furious comeback by No. 8 Maryland, which never led until that final basket sealed a 71-69 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night.
Kenisha Bell and Destiny Pitts both scored nine fourth-quarter points and Minnesota held off No. 17 Rutgers, the Big Ten leader, 60-46 on Sunday.
Sam Haiby had 16 points off the bench and Hannah Whitish scored 10 of her 12 in the fourth quarter to help Nebraska rally and beat No. 23 Minnesota 63-57 Sunday night.
Kenisha Bell had 25 points and 10 assists and No. 23 Minnesota ended a four-game losing streak with a wire-to-wire 78-50 win over Wisconsin on Thursday night.
Megan Gustafson had 34 points, 13 rebounds and four assists for her nation-leading 15th double-double of the season and No. 17 Iowa beat No. 18 Minnesota 81-63 on Monday night.
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TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Indiana | 0-0 | - | 10-1 |
Rutgers | 0-0 | - | 10-1 |
Michigan | 0-0 | - | 9-1 |
Nebraska | 0-0 | - | 9-1 |
Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 9-1 |
Northwestern | 0-0 | - | 7-1 |
Illinois | 0-0 | - | 8-2 |
Iowa | 0-0 | - | 8-2 |
Maryland | 0-0 | - | 8-2 |
Michigan State | 0-0 | - | 7-2 |
Purdue | 0-0 | - | 7-3 |
Wisconsin | 0-0 | - | 7-3 |
Ohio State | 0-0 | - | 6-4 |
Penn State | 0-0 | - | 5-5 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
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Alexia Smith | PG | Signed | 96 |
Erin Hedman | C | Signed | 94 |
Caroline Strande | SG | Signed | 90 |