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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Season Review MINNESOTA RETURNS TO NCAA TOURNEY IN 2008 Fox is the ninth junior to capture team MVP honors in The Golden Gopher booster club, the Fast Break Club, Minnesota completed the 2007-08 season with a 20-12 Gopher history and the first since Lindsay Whalen collected gives out two awards at the annual banquet each season. record and advanced to the Golden Gophers’ sixth NCAA her third career MVP as a junior in 2003. The Fast Break Club Award recipient was Leslie Knight, Tournament in seven seasons. The Gophers, the No. 9 Senior Leslie Knight was honored with the Coaches’ while Katie Ohm received the For the Love of the Game seed, were defeated by No. 8 Texas, 72-55, in first-round Award, an award selected by the coaching staff in recogni- Award. action of the New Orleans Region played in Bridgeport, tion of a player’s impact on her team, her leadership quali- The banquet concluded with Pam Borton being recog- Conn. ties and work ethic. Knight culminated her Gopher career nized with a game ball commemorating her 200th career by earning All-Big Ten Second Team acclaim. The 6-1 for- coaching victory and the annual tradition of debuting the THIRD PLACE IN BIG TEN AMONG GOLDEN ward finished fifth in the Big Ten in scoring during the season highlight video. GOPHERS’ TOP FINISHES Conference season averaging 16.4 points a game, 2.5 Minnesota finished third in the Big Ten campaign with a 11- points better than her overall scoring average on the sea- GODLEN GOPHERS LAND THREE PLAYERS ON ALL- 7 record in the first season of an 18-game Conference son (13.9). Knight enjoyed a Gopher career highlighted by BIG TEN HONOR SQUADS schedule. The Golden Gophers’ third-place finish in the Big the prolific improvement in her final two seasons. In her first Minnesota landed three players – Emily Fox, Leslie Knight Ten in 2007-08 ties the second-best placing for Minnesota two seasons at Minnesota, Knight played just 52 minutes in and Ashley Ellis-Milan – on the Big Ten Conference honor under head coach Pam Borton. Minnesota tied for second 19 games scoring 15 points. In her last two seasons, she squads for the 2007-08 season. The accomplishment in 2003, Borton’s first season, and tied for third in 2005. started 65 consecutive games and scored 697 points. marks the fourth time in Minnesota women’s basketball his- Knight, a two-time Academic All-District honoree, was tory, and first since 2005, that Minnesota celebrated three GOPHERS MADE SEVENTH NCAA APPEARANCE also honored with the Gophers’ Scholar-Athlete Award. She all-conference honorees. Minnesota made its seventh NCAA Tournament appear- maintained a 3.8 grade point average as a communications “It’s nice to see our players receive well-deserved recog- ance and the Golden Gophers’ fifth in six years under head major and earned two semesters of a perfect 4.0 GPA. nition on the All-Big Ten teams,” said Golden Gopher head coach Pam Borton. Minnesota had a streak of five consec- The Gophers’ Most Improved Player Award recipient coach Pam Borton. “We always knew that Emmy (Fox) was utive Tournament appearances (2002-06) snapped in 2007. was sophomore Katie Ohm. Ohm earned a starting position simply one of the best players in the Conference. Leslie The Gophers’ first NCAA Tournament appearance was in in the last 13 games of the season and averaged 7.6 points (Knight) was spectacular in her senior season. And Ashley 1994. Overall, Minnesota is 10-7 in NCAA Tournament play. per game in 2007-08. She quickly became known for her (Ellis-Milan) is developing into one of the toughest post adept long-range shooting, finishing the season as the Big defenders and rebounders in the Big Ten. These honors are 2008 TEAM AWARDS Ten’s leading three-point shooter connecting on 46.2 per- a reward for their hard work and dedication throughout the Junior Emily Fox was honored with the Golden Gophers’ cent of her attempts. In addition to nearly tripling her three- year, not just during the season. I’m extremely proud of Most Valuable Player Award as the Minnesota women’s point total from 21 as a freshman to 61 as a soph- them.” basketball program announced its postseason awards at omore, Ohm also made vast improvements in her defensive Fox, a 5-9 guard from Highlands Ranch, Colo., was an the annual team banquet, held at the McNamara Alumni game. All-Big Ten First Team selection by both the Conference Center on April 13. Junior transfer Kay Sylva made enough of an impact on coaches and media. The Gopher standout finished her jun- Fox claimed the team’s top honor after recording one of the Gophers in her first season in the program to earn the ior campaign ranked among the Big Ten’s leaders in sever- the finest all-around seasons in Gopher history. The 5-9 squad’s Defensive Player of the Year Award. Sylva, a 5-6 al statistical categories. Fox was fourth in the league in guard earned All-Big Ten First Team accord averaging 17.2 guard, earned playing minutes off the bench with her hard- scoring at 17.2 points per game, second in steals grabbing points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in 2007-08 nosed, defensive pressure and her endless hustle on the 2.89 thefts per contest and third in assists dishing out 4.50 and leading the Gophers to a 20-win season, a third-place court. assists per league outing. Fox is the first Golden Gopher to Big Ten finish and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Each year, the Gophers honor a recipient in or connect- earn first-team accord since Janel McCarville in 2005. Logging a team-high 36.4 minutes per game, Fox posted ed with the program with the Sixth Player Award. Connie Knight, a 6-1 forward from Minnetonka, Minn., was single-season statistic totals ranking among the top 10 in Bakken, a significant contributor to the Gopher program rewarded for an outstanding senior season by being named Minnesota history in points (549 – eighth), assists (133 – and its recent locker room renovation, was selected for the to the All-Big Ten Second Team by the coaches and media. seventh) and steals (81 – eighth). 2008 award. The award is Knight’s first postseason accolade of her col-

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legiate career. Knight scored in double figures in 17 of 18 BORTON HITS 200-WIN MILESTONE GOPHER GUARD TANDEM POSTS CENTURY REPEAT Big Ten games to finish with a scoring average of 16.4 Golden Gopher head coach Pam Borton captured the 200th In 2006-07, Emily Fox and Brittany McCoy became just the points per Conference game, good for fifth among the victory of her coaching career in Minnesota’s victory over second duo in school history to each record over 100 league’s leading scorers. Her 56.6 percent field goal per- Indiana on Feb. 28. Borton recorded her 100th win on Dec. assists in a season (the other was Janel McCarville and centage ranked second in the Big Ten. Knight was also 10, 2005, in an 83-57 victory over Washington State. April Calhoun in 2004-05). Fox and McCoy now own a named Minnesota’s recipient of the Big Ten’s repeat performance of this feat as McCoy (131) and Fox Sportsmanship Award. THE MAGICAL 20TH WIN DELIVERED (133) own triple digit totals. McCoy is the first player Ellis-Milan, a 6-2 sophomore center from St. Paul, was The Gophers captured that magical 20th victory of the sea- in Gopher history to collect 100 or more assists in the first named to the media’s All-Big Ten Honorable Mention squad. son in a 63-48 win at Michigan in the last game of the reg- two years of a career. Ellis-Milan averaged 10.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per ular season. The last time Minnesota won 20 or more Conference game. games in a season was in the 2004-05 season. Minnesota FOX AND MCCOY CONTINUE TO MOVE UP SINGLE- Joining Fox on the All-Big Ten First Team (both coaches won 19 games in 2005-06 and 17 games in 2006-07. Pam SEASON ASSIST LIST and media) was (Illinois), Jantel Lavender Borton is also the first coach in Minnesota women’s basket- The Golden Gophers’ starting backcourt of Emily Fox and (Ohio State) and Jolene Anderson (Wisconsin). ’s Kristi ball history to post four career 20-win seasons. Brittany McCoy added their names to the Minnesota single- Smith was a coaches’ first-team selection, while Michigan season assist totals list. Fox’s season with 133 is the sev- State’s Allyssa DeHaan was tabbed a first teamer by the THE MCCOY “X” FACTOR THEORY ACCURATE IN THE enth best, while Brittany McCoy’s 131 assists ties for the media. Lavender was named the Big Ten Player of the Year 2007-08 CAMPAIGN eighth-highest single season tally. The most assists in a sin- by the coaches, marking the first freshman to earn the Brittany McCoy was an important element to the Gophers’ gle season in Gopher history was 241 by Debbie Hunter in award. Anderson was the media’s pick for the Big Ten success that was often overlooked considering the impres- 1990-91. Player of the Year. Lisa Bluder of Iowa was selected as the sive seasons her teammates Emily Fox and Leslie Knight Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media, enjoyed. Seventeen (17) of the Gophers’ victories, including FOX ENJOYS ONE OF THE FINEST SEASONS IN while they agreed on Lavender as the Big Ten Freshman of nine Big Ten wins, had the common thread of McCoy mak- GOPHER HISTORY the Year. The coaches named Ohio State’s Chavelle Little ing an impact offensively either with her scoring or passing. Emily Fox enjoyed one of the best all-around seasons in as the Defensive Player of the Year and Iowa’s Megan When McCoy either scores in double figures (which hap- Golden Gopher history. Her 549 points scored and 81 steals Skouby as the Sixth Player of the Year pened five times) or dished out five or more assists (which are eighth on the single-season lists. Her 133 assists is the she did 14 times), the Gophers were 17-2. Ironically the first seventh-best single-season total. She also continues to EMMY JOINS 1,000 CAREER POINTS CLUB loss was the double-overtime contest at Indiana where climb the Minnesota career charts for assists and steals. Junior Emily Fox scored 17 points against Michigan in the McCoy finished with 14 points and six assists, but had nine Fox is ranked seventh with 291 career assists and sixth with regular-season finale to eclipse the 1,000 career points points and four assists at the end of regulation. The other 169 career steals. milestone in her 90th career game and become the 18th was the three-point overtime loss at Iowa. player in Minnesota history to score 1,000 career points. ELLIS-MILAN IN TOP 10 OF CAREER O-BOARDS After her junior season, Fox is 13th on the Minnesota all- THE BIG TEN’S BEST FROM LONG RANGE Ashley Ellis-Milan is ranked eighth among the top 10 offen- time scores’ list with 1,039 points. Passing the milestone in Katie Ohm was the Big Ten’s leading long-range shooter sive rebounders in Minnesota history. Ellis-Milan has 186 her junior season is even more impressive considering she converting on 46.2 percent (42-91) of her field goal attempts offensive boards. Kadidja Andersson (7th - 206, 2000-04) is scored just 65 points as a freshman. The only other player from three-point range. Overall on the season Ohm convert- next on the list. Rebounds were categorized as offensive or to score less than 100 points as a freshman yet still finish ed on 40.7 percent of her shots from behind the arc. defensive in the 1987-88 season so several of the top as a 1,000-point scorer was Angie Iverson (1994-98), who rebounders in Minnesota history are not included on this began with 70 points as a rookie and totaled 1,162 (11th) list. Janel McCarville (2001-05) grabbed the most offensive points overall. rebounds in school history - 364.

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ELLIS-MILAN ADDS TO DOUBLE-DOUBLE LIST ELEVEN GOPHERS RECOGNIZED AS SCHOLAR- Ashley Ellis-Milan tallied her fifth double-double of the sea- ATHLETES son with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa. Ellis-Milan Eleven Golden Gophers - Emily Fox, Brittany McCoy, Kay owns 12 career double-doubles. Sylva, Zoe Harper, Kristen Dockery, Diane Brown Jordan Barnes, , Katie Ohm and Leslie Knight - were BALANCED GOPHER OFFENSE WINNING AT 80 honored at the Minnesota Scholar-Athlete Banquet. PERCENT CLIP Student-athletes that accomplished 3.0 grade point aver- Minnesota landed four or more players in double figures ages were recognized. scoring in the same game 10 times during the season, eight of them resulting in victories. The Gophers’ loss at Iowa, MORE THAN JUST GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS where Leslie Knight scored 20 and was joined by Emily Fox The Golden Gophers’ starting lineup of Emily Fox, Brittany (16), Katie Ohm (12) and Ashley Ellis-Milan (11) in double McCoy, Katie Ohm, Ashley Ellis-Milan and Leslie Knight figures, was the second time in 2007-08 that four Gophers combined for an impressive 3.389 grade point average. scored in double digits but lost. MCCOY AND SMITH HONORED WITH ARTHUR ASHE GOPHERS MAKE HISTORY IN TRIP 13 TO PENN STATE JR. SPORTS SCHOLAR AWARDS It took 13 trips to Happy Valley, but the Gophers finally man- Brittany McCoy and Tanisha Smith were recipients of the aged to capture their first victory on Penn State’s home 2008 Arthur Ashe Jr., Sports Scholar Award. The awards court. Behind 21 points from Emily Fox, Minnesota defeat- honor undergraduate students of color who have made aca- ed the Lady Lions by a 56-48 score on Feb. 14. The win demically and athletically a winning combination. To be also gave the Gophers their first season sweep of Penn nominated, students have to compete in an intercollegiate State. sport, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher and be active on their campuses or in their commu- FOUR GOLDEN GOPHERS EARN ESPN THE MAGA- nities. ZINE DISTRICT ACADEMIC HONORS McCoy and Smith were honored on the Women’s Minnesota found success on and off the court in 2007-08. Basketball Second Team and Third Team, respectively. Four of the Golden Gophers’ five starters — Leslie Knight, McCoy, a junior from Lincolnwood, Ill., is a two-year starter Leslie Knight Emily Fox, Katie Ohm and Brittany McCoy — were named and will be a team captain for the 2008-09 season. She is to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams as majoring in speech-language hearing science. Smith, a voted upon by the nation’s sports information directors. sophomore from Whitby, Ontario, earned a varsity letter as Knight, a senior communications major from Minnetonka, a freshman last season and is a member of the SAAC exec- Minn., and Fox, a junior journalism major from Highlands utive committee for the 2008-09 school year. Smith, a kine- Ranch, Colo., earned Academic All-District First Team siology major, represented Minnesota at the 2008 NCAA accord and were nominees on the national ballot for Student-Athlete Development Conference. Academic All-America honors. Knight and Fox were both team captains in 2007-08. Ohm and McCoy were named to the Academic All- District Third Team. Ohm is a kinesiology major hailing from Rochester, Minn. McCoy, a native of Lincolnwood, Ill., is majoring in speech therapy and audiology.

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Season Review 2007-08 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS 2007-08 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS KODAK/WBCA ALL-AMERICA TEAM Name School Year Conference Overall Sylvia Fowles Sr. LSU W L Pct W L Pct Crystal Langhorne Sr. Maryland 1. Ohio State * 13 5 .722 22 9 .710 Erlana Larkins Sr. North Carolina Iowa * 13 5 .722 21 11 .656 Angel McCoughtry Jr. Louisville 3. Minnesota 11 7 .611 20 12 .625 Jr. Connecticut Purdue # 11 7 .611 19 15 .559 Maya Moore Fr. Connecticut Courtney Parks Jr. Oklahoma 5. Michigan State 10 8 .556 23 14 .622 Candance Parker Jr. Tennessee Indiana 10 8 .556 18 15 .545 Jr. Maryland 7. Michigan 9 9 .500 19 14 .576 Candice Wiggins Sr. Stanford Wisconsin 9 9 .500 16 14 .533 9. Illinois 8 10 .444 20 15 .571 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM 10. Penn State 4 14 .222 13 18 .419 First Team: 11. Northwestern 1 17 .056 5 26 .161 Candace Parker (Jr., G) Tennessee Courtney Parks (Jr., C) Oklahoma * Co-Big Ten Champions Candice Wiggins (Sr., G) Stanford # Big Ten Tournament Champion Sylvia Fowles (Jr., C) LSU Maya Moore (Fr., G) Connecticut ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM (* - Unanimous Selection) Coaches Media Second Team: Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin* Crystal Langhorne (Sr., F) Maryland Emily Fox, Minnesota Emily Fox, Minnesota Erlana Larkins (Sr., C) North Carolina Jantel Lavender, Ohio State* Jantel Lavender, Ohio State Angel McCoughtry (Jr., F) Louisville Jenna Smith, Illinois Jenna Smith, Illinois* Kristi Toliver (Jr., G) Maryland Kristi Smith, Iowa Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State , (So., G) Oklahoma State ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM Third Team: Coaches Media Amber Holt (Sr., G) Middle Tennessee Jamie Braun, Indiana Jamie Braun, Indiana Renee Montgomery (Jr., G) Connecticut Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State Kristi Smith, Iowa Leilani Mitchell (Sr., G) Utah Leslie Knight, Minnesota Leslie Knight, Minnesota Epiphany Prince (So., G) Rutgers Marscilla Packer, Ohio State Marscilla Packer, Ohio State Tina Charles (So., F) Connecticut Johanna Solverson, Iowa Lakisha Freeman, Purdue Whitney Thomas, Indiana

USBWA ALL-AMERICA TEAM ALL-BIG TEN THIRD TEAM First Team: Coaches Media Sylvia Fowles LSU Carly Benson, Michigan Janese Banks, Wisconsin Amber Holt Middle Tennessee Lori Bjork, Illinois Brianne O’Rourke, Penn State Danielle Campbell, Purdue Danielle Campbell, Purdue Crystal Langhorne Maryland Lekisha Freeman, Purdue Johanna Solverson, Iowa Erlana Larkins North Carolina Kamela Gissendanner, Penn State Angel McCoughtry Louisville Whitney Thomas, Indiana Maya Moore Connecticut Oklahoma All-Big Ten Honorable Mention — Coaches Candace Parker Tennessee Janese Banks, Wisconsin; , Penn State; Kelisha Keane, Michigan State; FahKara Malone, Kristi Toliver Maryland Purdue; Jessica Minnfield, Michigan; Brianne O’Rourke, Penn State; Ashlee Trebilcock, Ohio State Candice Wiggins Stanford All-Big Ten Honorable Mention — Media Wendy Ausdemore, Iowa; Carly Benson, Michigan; Lori Bjork, Illinois; Ashley Ellis-Milan, Minnesota; Tyra Grant, Penn State; Kamela Gissendanner, Penn State; Amy Jaeschke, Northwestern; FahKara Malone, Purdue; Jessica Minnfield, Michigan; Krista Phillips, Michigan; Brittney Thomas, Michigan State; Ashlee Trebilcock, Ohio State

Coaches All-Defensive Team: Danielle Campbell, Purdue; Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State; Shavelle Little, Ohio State; FahKara Malone, Purdue; Kim Roberson, Indiana

Coaches All-Freshmen Team: Kalisha Keane, Michigan State; Amy Jaeschke, Northwestern; Jantel Lavender, Ohio State; Brittney Thomas, Michigan State; Lin Zastrow, Wisconsin

Coaches Player of the Year: Jantel Lavender, Ohio State Media Player of the Year: Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin Coaches Defensive Player of the Year: Shavelle Little, Ohio State Coaches Sixth Player Player of the Year: Megan Skouby, Iowa Coaches and Media Freshman of the Year: Jantel Lavender, Ohio State Coaches and Media Big Ten Coach of the Year: Lisa Bluder, Iowa

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Season Review 2007-08 OVERALL STATISTICS TOTAL 3-POINTERS REBOUNDS PLAYER GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AVG PF-FO A TO B S PTS AVG 4 Emily Fox 32-32 1166 36.4 201-468 .429 40-103 .388 107-128 .838 31-74 105 3.3 83-2 133 96 21 81 549 17.2 45 Leslie Knight 32-32 1090 34.1 165-320 .516 4-12 .333 101-127 .795 75-114 189 5.9 65-1 70 117 14 41 435 13.6 21 Ashley Ellis-Milan 32-32 933 29.2 109-255 .427 0-0 .000 98-141 .695 81-145 226 7.1 79-0 23 59 11 40 316 9.9 35 Katie Ohm 32-13 669 20.9 81-187 .433 61-152 .401 21-29 .724 25-70 95 3.0 38-0 18 36 1 14 244 7.6 12 Brittany McCoy 32-32 1006 31.4 75-220 .341 6-25 .240 58-98 .592 13-63 76 2.4 85-5 131 94 6 52 214 6.7 5 Korinne Campbell 32-19 818 25.6 84-218 .385 0-0 .000 37-88 .420 72-113 185 5.8 81-3 26 63 24 26 205 6.4 20 Zoe Harper 32-0 495 15.5 57-141 .404 0-0 .000 34-53 .642 42-64 106 3.3 60-0 9 40 17 9 148 4.6 10 Kay Sylva 31-0 286 9.2 10-25 .400 3-8 .375 8-13 .615 11-17 28 0.9 28-0 8 9 0 13 31 1.0 32 Tanisha Smith 7-0 11 1.6 1-7 .143 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-1 4 0.6 2-0 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 34 Lindsey Jaede 1-0 1 1.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 104-77 181 17 Total 32 783-1842 .425 114-301 .379 465-679 .685 457-738 1195 37.3 531-11 418 531 94 276 2145 67.0 Opponents 32 751-1763 .426 176-523 .337 344-481 .715 348-719 1067 33.3 578 429 598 157 227 2022 63.2

2007-08 BIG TEN STATISTICS TOTAL 3-POINTERS REBOUNDS PLAYER GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AVG PF-FO A TO B S PTS AVG 4 Emily Fox 18-18 651 36.2 111-255 .435 20-54 .370 67-80 .838 16-46 62 3.4 48-1 81 51 14 52 309 17.2 45 Leslie Knight 18-18 661 36.7 116-205 .566 3-5 .600 61-81 .753 44-72 116 6.4 39-0 42 77 12 24 296 16.4 21 Ashley Ellis-Milan 18-18 553 30.7 69-152 .454 0-0 .000 48-73 .658 38-86 124 6.9 46-0 13 30 5 22 186 10.3 35 Katie Ohm 18-11 386 21.4 50-105 .476 42-91 .462 11-14 .786 13-38 51 2.8 27-0 8 20 1 8 153 8.5 12 Brittany McCoy 18-18 626 34.8 42-120 .350 2-13 .154 31-56 .554 9-39 48 2.7 44-2 83 55 4 26 117 6.5 5 Korinne Campbell 18-7 412 22.9 41-99 .414 0-0 .000 10-39 .256 26-60 86 4.8 39-0 15 30 8 12 92 5.1 20 Zoe Harper 18-0 234 13.0 17-50 .340 0-0 .000 8-13 .615 21-33 54 3.0 30-0 2 15 6 2 42 2.3 10 Kay Sylva 17-0 147 8.6 5-9 .556 1-3 .333 5-7 .714 5-9 14 0.8 16-0 4 6 0 7 16 0.9 32 Tanisha Smith 3-0 4 1.3 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 34 Jaede, Lindsey 1-0 1 1.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 50-45 95 10 Total 18 451-999 .451 68-167 .407 241-363 .664 223-428 651 36.2 289-3 248 294 50 153 1211 67.3 Opponents 18 420-1004 .418 94-297 .316 185-269 .688 202-384 596 33.1 304 244 308 80 137 1119 62.2

Minnesota’s Record When the Minnesota’s Record When the Minnesota’s Record When the Gophers... Gophers... Gophers... Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten Win the Opening Tip 12-7 6-4 Outshot by opponent (%) 5-9 1-5 Opponent scores 90 or more points 0-0 0-0 Lost the Opening Tip 8-5 5-3 Shoot better than 80% FT 1-1 0-1 Opponent scores 80-89 points 1-1 0-1 Leading at halftime 14-0 9-0 Opponent scores 70-79 points 2-4 2-2 Outrebound opponent 14-5 7-3 Trailing at halftime 5-9 1-6 Opponent scores 60-69 points 8-3 3-2 Outrebounded by opponent or tied 6-7 4-4 Tied at halftime 1-3 1-1 Opponent scores 50-59 points 5-4 3-2 Fewer turnovers than opponent 13-6 6-4 Opponent scores 49 or less points 4-0 3-0 Games Decided by 1-4 Points 1-5 0-5 More turnovers than opponent 5-4 5-3 Games Decided by 5-9 Points 9-3 5-1 Turnovers equal 2-2 0-0 When Fox Led in Scoring 15-4 7-2 Games Decided by 10+ Points 10-4 6-1 10 or more steals 9-2 6-2 When Ellis-Milan Led in Scoring 2-1 2-0 Bench outscores opponent bench 4-7 1-4 When Campbell Led in Scoring 1-0 0-0 Shoot 60% or above FG% 0-0 0-0 Bench outscored by opp. bench/even 16-5 10-3 When Knight Led in Scoring 2-6 2-5 Shoot 50-59% FG% 6-0 5-0 When Ohm Led in Scoring 1-0 1-0 Shoot 40-49% FG% 11-6 6-5 Scoring 90 or more points 1-0 0-0 When Harper Led in Scoring 0-1 0-0 Shoot below 40% FG% 3-6 0-2 Scoring 80-89 points 3-0 2-0 Opponents 50% or above FG% 2-4 1-2 Scoring 70-80 points 6-1 3-1 Opponents 40-49% FG% 8-7 2-5 Scoring 60-69 points 8-5 5-3 Opponents below 40% FG% 10-1 8-0 Scoring 40-59 points 2-6 1-3 Outshoot opponents (%) 15-3 10-2

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Season Review OVERALL RECORD: 20-12 / BIG TEN RECORD: 11-7 Date Opponent W/L Score Attendance Scoring Leader Rebounding Leader Assists Leader 11/9 UC Riverside W 57-49 5,091 13 Emily Fox 11 Korinne Campbell 2 Emily Fox 2 Leslie Knight 11/13 at Northern Iowa W 68-57 1,013 15 Emily Fox 13 Ashley Ellis-Milan 5 Emily Fox 11/16 Western Carolina 1 W 70-67 4,109 18 Emily Fox 10 Katie Ohm 5 Brittany McCoy 11/18 22/21 Louisville 1 W 74-69 5,723 23 Emily Fox 9 Korinne Campbell 8 Leslie Knight 11/20 North Dakota State W 68-65 4,852 16 Emily Fox 15 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 11/23 vs. Kentucky 2 W 92-80 1,666 18 Emily Fox 12 Ashley Ellis-Milan 8 Brittany McCoy 11/24 vs. Virginia 2 L 62-73 1,755 16 Ashley Ellis-Milan 11 Ashley Ellis-Milan 5 Emily Fox 11/25 at Hawaii 2 W 72-54 1,680 17 Emily Fox 6 Korinne Campbell 5 Emily Fox 6 Katie Ohm 11/30 at Virginia Tech L 62-68 2,487 30 Emily Fox 6 Zoe Harper 3 Emily Fox 3 Leslie Knight 12/2 at Charlotte W 80-66 1,109 18 Korinne Campbell 11 Korinne Campbell 7 Emily Fox 12/8 Utah L 54-66 4,652 17 Leslie Knight 8 Korinne Campbell 3 Brittany McCoy 12/21 Iowa State W 69-61 6,408 20 Emily Fox 7 Korinne Campbell 7 Brittany McCoy 12/28 at Michigan State * W 74-63 6,818 19 Emily Fox 11 Leslie Knight 4 Emily Fox 12/30 Purdue * W 70-63 7,723 20 Leslie Knight 6 Korinne Campbell 7 Emily Fox 1/3 Iowa * L ot 66-68 5,528 18 Leslie Knight 8 Korinne Campbell 4 Emily Fox 4 Brittany McCoy 1/7 at Wisconsin * W 81-73 5,250 29 Emily Fox 12 Korinne Campbell 4 Emily Fox 4 Leslie Knight 1/10 at Illinois * L 57-66 936 16 Emily Fox 6 Ashley Ellis-Milan 4 Emily Fox 1/13 Penn State * W 67-50 7,368 22 Ashley Ellis-Milan 9 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 1/17 at Indiana • L 2ot 77-80 782 17 Leslie Knight 10 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 1/24 15/15 Ohio State * W 79-70 5,838 33 Leslie Knight 8 Leslie Knight 7 Brittany McCoy 1/27 Michigan State * W 81-69 9,849 29 Emily Fox 6 Emily Fox 6 Brittany McCoy 1/31 at Purdue * L 54-56 8,826 22 Leslie Knight 9 Leslie Knight 7 Emily Fox 2/3 at 19/17 Ohio State * L 62-76 7,001 16 Leslie Knight 10 Zoe Harper 5 Emily Fox 2/7 Illinois * W 61-56 7,168 20 Ashley Ellis-Milan 9 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 2/10 Northwestern * W 68-48 8,512 24 Emily Fox 9 Ashley Ellis-Milan 9 Brittany McCoy 2/14 at Penn State * W 56-48 5,042 21 Emily Fox 8 Leslie Knight 6 Brittany McCoy 2/17 at Iowa * L 69-72 3,348 20 Leslie Knight 10 Ashley Ellis-Milan 8 Emily Fox 2/23 Wisconsin * L 57-59 9,368 28 Emily Fox 12 Ashley Ellis-Milan 3 Brittany McCoy 2/28 Indiana * W 69-54 6,748 20 Emily Fox 10 Leslie Knight 6 Brittany McCoy 3/2 at Michigan * W 63-48 2,843 17 Emily Fox 7 Ashley Ellis-Milan 7 Emily Fox 17 Katie Ohm 3/7 vs. Michigan State 3 L 51-56 6,936 11 Zoe Harper 8 Leslie Knight 5 Leslie Knight 3/23 vs. Texas 4 L 55-72 6,556 23 Emily Fox 9 Korinne Campbell 3 Emily Fox

1 Subway Basketball Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2 Wahine Rainbow Thanksgiving Classic (Honorlulu, Hawaii) 3 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) 4 NCAA Tournament First Round (Bridgeport, Ct.)

* Big Ten Conference game

ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL POLL USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 POLL (2007-08 — Final) (2007-08 - Final) Rank School Record Points Rank School Record Points 1. Connecticut (49) 32-1 1,249 1. Tennessee (31) 36-2 775 2. North Carolina (1) 30-2 1,188 2. Stanford 35-4 740 3. Tennessee 30-2 1,158 3. Connecticut 36-2 704 4. Stanford 30-3 1,091 4. LSU 31-6 694 5. Maryland 30-3 1,027 5. North Carolina 33-3 623 6. LSU 27-5 1,014 6. Rutgers 27--7 617 7. Rutgers 24-6 952 7. Maryland 33-4 594 8. Texas A&M 26-7 858 8. Texas A&M 29-8 585 9. Duke 23-9 817 9. Duke 25-10 451 10. California 26-6 788 10. Old Dominion 31-5 438 11. Old Dominion 29-4 711 11. Oklahoma State 27-8 428 12. Baylor 24-6 705 12. Louisville 26-10 422 13. Oklahoma State 25-7 552 13. Notre Dame 25-9 415 14. Oklahoma 21-8 535 14. George Washington 27-7 372 15. Notre Dame 23-8 477 15. Vanderbilt 25-9 331 16. Kansas State 21-9 436 16. Pittsburgh 24-11 284 17. West Virginia 24-7 434 17. Baylor 25-7 277 18. Utah 27-4 426 18. California 27-7 259 19. Louisville 24-9 371 19. Oklahoma 22-9 188 20. George Washington 25-6 352 20. West Virginia 25-8 157 21. Vanderbilt 23-8 263 21. Kansas State 22-10 150 22. Marist 31-2 222 22. Virgiinia 24-10 118 23. Texas-El Paso 27-3 218 23. Marist 32-3 102 24. Virginia 23-9 113 24. Georgia 23-10 81 25. Ohio State 22-8 86 25. Texas El-Paso 28-4 63

Others receiving votes: Georgia 34, Pittsburgh 31, Texas 24, Xavier 18, Hartford 16, Chattanooga 15, Others receiving votes: Arizona State (22-11) 43; Utah (27-5) 32; Florida State (19-14) 29; Iowa State Wyoming 13, Purdue 12, Arizona State 11, Southern Methodist 8, Illinois State 7, DePaul 5, Liberty 5, (21-13) 21; Nebraska (21-12) 20; Texas (22-13) 16; Hartford (28-6) 15; Marquette (21-14) 6; DePaul Iowa 3, TCU 2, Western Kentucky 2, Syracuse 1. (20-12) 5; Georgia Tech (22-10) 5; Ohio State (22-9) 3; Purdue (19-15) 2.

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 (Subway Classic) Game 4 (Subway Classic) Minnesota 57 Minnesota 68 Minnesota 70 Minnesota 74 UC Riverside 49 Northern Iowa 57 Western Carolina 67 Louisville 69 November 9, 2007 • Williams Arena • November 13, 2007 • McLeod Center • November 16, 2007 • Williams Arena • November 18, 2007 • Williams Arena • Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,091 Cedar Falls, Iowa • Attendance: 1,013 Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,109 Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,723 Recap: Minnesota opened its 2007-08 season by Recap: The Golden Gophers improved to 2-0 on Recap: The Golden Gophers bested Western Recap: Minnesota used a late 21-4 run to over- overcoming a six-point halftime deficit to pull off a the season with a 68-57 victory at Northern Iowa Carolina, 70-67, in the opening game of the come a 12-point deficit in the final eight minutes win over UC Riverside, 57-49. Emily Fox scored in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Emily Fox led the way with Subway Classic. The hard-fought contest fea- and capture the Subway Classic title with a 74-69 13 points to lead four Gophers in double figures. 15 points, while Brittany McCoy added 14. tured 17 lead changes and eight ties. The win over No. 22/21 Louisville. Emily Fox scored The story of the night was the Minnesota’s The game was by no means a smooth per- Gophers were led by Emily Fox’s game-high 18 23 points and was named tournament MVP. post presence. By out-rebounding the formance for either team. The stats show a com- points and Katie Ohm, who pulled down a career- With 7:30 remaining in the second half the Highlanders 52-25, the Gophers were able to bined 45 fouls whistled and turnovers committed. high 10 boards and finished just one point shy of Gophers were down 62-50, before they surged to dominate on the all night. The Gophers were limited by foul trouble the her first career double-double. earn the victory. The Gophers were led by Fox’s Leading the way was Korinne Campbell with entire night with Leslie Knight and Korinne With 8.6 seconds remaining, Brittany McCoy nine points down the stretch and some timely 11 rebounds. Leslie Knight finished one Campbell eventually fouling out, while another hit the front end of a one-and-one to push the lead shooting from Fox and Brittany McCoy. The pair shy of a double-double with nine rebounds and 12 post player, Zoe Harper, hung in with four person- to three, but missed the second. Following a hit back-to-back three-pointers to pull the points. al fouls. Western Carolina rebound, the Lady Catamounts Gophers within 64-61 with 5:09 left. Fox hit anoth- After trailing by as many as 10 points in the McCoy played only five minutes in the first half used their final timeout with :03.1 left. Monique er three-pointer to tie the game at 66-66. The first half (27-17) and six points at halftime (27-21), after picking up two quick fouls of her own. She Dawson missed a three-point attempt at the Gophers took the lead when Ashley Ellis-Milan Minnesota caught fire in the second half, rallying made up for lost time by scoring nine points early buzzer that would have tied the score. made one of two free throws. McCoy added back early in the second half. The Gophers tied in the second half, as Minnesota built its biggest The Lady Catamounts came out strong in the another basket for a three-point lead with 1:13 left the score at 34-34 on two Zoe Harper free throws. lead of the game at 21 points at 56-35 with 9:17 second half, starting the second stanza on a 14-5 and Fox made three of four free throws in the final With the score tied at 37-37, Minnesota went on a remaining. run. The run included two 3-point field goals from minute to seal the victory. 13-4 run, led by six points from Harper in that Northern Iowa (1-1) answered with a 10-1 run, forward Brooke Johnson that pushed their lead to Fox was 8-for-16 from the floor and 3-of-5 span, giving the Gophers a nine point lead, their including three consecutive possessions with a a game-high six points with 15:10 remaining in from three-point range. She sat out much of the largest of the game. three-pointer by three different players, over the the contest. second half after picking up her fourth foul with UC-Riverside fought back to within four points next four minutes to close to within 57-45. The Gophers would respond with a 10-2 run of 18:40 left. at 53-49 on a by Seyram Gbewonyo A Zoe Harper that resulted in a Fox layup their own that included three-point field goals from Minnesota overcame an outstanding perform- with 1:55 remaining, but it would be the temporarily halted the Panther run but two more Ohm sandwiched around a Fox jumper. However, ance from Louisville preseason All-American Highlanders’ final point. Gbewonyo missed a big triples refueled the rally. A long trey by Danielle following another lead change, Western Carolina Angel McCoughtry, who finished with 39 points three-pointer from the left baseline that could Wubbins with 3:40 remaining brought the still led 56-53 with 8:06 remaining. and 12 rebounds. She scored all 10 points over a have closed the gap to a point. A Knight basket Panthers’ deficit down to nine points, the closest With Western Carolina clinging to slim leads 4:30 span during the Cardinals’ 10-4 second-half and a pair of Campbell free throw iced the victory. since a 23-14 score with seven minutes left in the throughout the majority of the second half, the run that gave them a 51-41 lead with 11:22 In the first half, the Highlanders came out hot, first half. Gophers took the lead for good at 59-58 following remaining. making their first five field goals to start the game, After the final media timeout of the game at lay-ups on consecutive possessions by Zoe It was one of two big runs for the Cardinals, and giving them the 11-6 lead. Despite UC 3:28, the Minnesota defense stiffened to produce Harper. The consecutive Harper buckets, along who opened the game with a 15-2 run that saw Riverside shooting 52 percent in the first half, four straight stops. A Campbell jumper would put with a pair of McCoy field goals, a Fox lay-up and Minnesota miss eight of its first nine shots. The Minnesota kept things close going into halftime, the Gopher lead back to 14 points with 1:30 two Ellis-Milan free throws were a part of a pivitol Gophers clawed back and took their only lead of trailing only 27-21. The Gophers kept control of remaining. 12-2 run that secured the Gopher victory. the first half on a Korinne Campbell lay-up with the paint, outrebounding UC Riverside 24-12 in Northern Iowa hit its sixth three-pointer of the 3:08 left to cap a 14-2 spurt. Louisville closed the the first half. The second half was much improved second half in the waning seconds of the half but Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt half with a basket by Keshia Hines at the buzzer for Minnesota, who came out cold in the first half the game was already decided. Harper scored Campbell F 23 2-7 0-0 4 0 4 for a 35-32 halftime lead. shooting only 23 percent. They picked it up in the her 11th point on a layup to secure the final win- Knight, F 31 4-9 1-2 9 4 9 Ellis-Milan finished with 15 points, including second half, shooting 40 percent and holding UC ning margin and tally her second career-high Ellis-Milan, C 26 2-6 6-7 5 0 10 10 in the second half for Minnesota to join Fox on Riverside to 28 percent. scoring output in as many games. Fox, G 38 9-16 0-1 3 4 18 the all-tournament team. Offensively, Minnesota followed their shots, McCoy, G 25 3-9 2-3 1 5 8 netting 28 offensive boards to just five for the Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Sylva 10 1-1 0-1 1 0 2 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Highlanders. The Gophers scored 13 points off Campbell F 32 4-11 0-1 9 2 8 Harper 23 5-7 0-2 3 0 10 Campbell F 34 6-13 2-2 9 0 14 Ohm 24 3-8 0-0 10 2 9 their offensive rebounds. Knight, F 23 1-2 2-2 8 0 4 Knight, F 35 4-10 1-2 5 8 9 Ellis-Milan, C 34 1-6 5-8 13 1 7 TEAM 6 Ellis-Milan, C 33 4-6 7-10 5 0 15 Totals 200 29-63 9-16 42 15 70 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 39 5-14 3-4 3 5 15 Fox, G 27 8-16 4-5 3 2 23 Campbell F 34 1-12 4-6 11 1 6 McCoy, G 24 5-7 2-2 2 2 14 W. Carolina Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt McCoy, G 37 2-7 4-7 1 5 9 Knight, F 35 6-16 0-0 9 2 12 Sylva 7 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 Eaton, F 17 1-4 0-0 2 1 2 Sylva 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Ellis-Milan, C 27 1-4 3-4 9 1 5 Harper 23 5-9 1-2 1 1 11 B. Johnson, C 24 3-8 2-2 4 1 9 Harper 12 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 Fox, G 33 6-16 1-1 3 2 13 Ohm 18 4-8 0-0 1 1 9 Dawson, G 28 1-9 2-2 2 1 4 Ohm 15 1-4 0-0 0 1 3 McCoy, G 30 3-7 5-6 4 1 11 TEAM 6 Keith, G 22 2-3 2-2 8 0 6 TEAM 8 Sylva 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 200 23-59 13-19 45 13 68 Powell, G 25 7-14 0-0 4 2 14 Totals 200 25-59 19-28 32 16 74 Harper 18 4-8 2-3 6 0 10 Northern Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Pellom 26 6-11 5-5 4 3 18 Louisville Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohm 14 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 Keefe, F 31 4-6 0-1 3 1 8 J. Johnson 16 1-4 0-0 3 0 2 Bingham, F 23 4-7 3-3 2 2 11 TEAM 7 Wubbens, F 23 1-4 1-3 0 3 4 Swanye 10 0-3 0-0 1 2 0 McCoughtry, F 37 15-30 5-6 12 1 39 Totals 200 21-66 15-20 52 7 57 Madrigal, G 12 1-2 1-2 1 0 3 Feemster 8 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 Wright, C 23 2-7 0-0 9 9 4 Clarke 18 4-6 1-2 0 0 10 UC Riverside Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Kalin, G 31 2-7 0-0 6 5 6 Barlow, G 30 1-7 0-2 3 6 2 Carroll 6 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 Friend, F 17 2-3 0-0 3 0 4 Brocka, G 29 2-6 0-2 7 2 5 Radde, G 30 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 TEAM 8 Cox, F 31 3-7 0-0 3 2 8 Iehl 27 5-9 2-2 2 2 15 Simmons 22 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 Totals 200 26-66 10-11 39 11 67 Lott, C 31 2-7 0-1 4 0 4 Boeck 11 1-2 2-2 1 0 4 Hines 14 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 Mennen 6 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 Evans 7 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Gbowonyo, G 39 4-10 4-5 3 1 14 Halftime: Minnesota 33, Western Carolina 30 Ollendieck 12 1-2 0-0 1 2 2 Smith 9 2-2 0-0 0 0 4 Foster, G 27 1-3 1-2 4 5 3 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-11 (Fox 0-1, McCoy 0-3, Ohm Clausen 18 3-10 3-4 0 0 10 Terry 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Waddell 32 5-11 4-4 3 0 16 3-7); Western Carolina: 5-20 (B. Johnson 3-5, TEAM 4 TEAM 11 Glyniadaki 16 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Dawson 0-5, Powell 0-5, Pellom 1-2, Clarke 1-2) Totals 200 20-48 9-18 27 15 57 Totals 200 28-64 8-11 43 14 69 Morris 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Turnovers: Minnesota19, Western Carolina 19 Schmuckal 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 37, Northern Iowa 25 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 17, Western Carolina Halftime: Louisville 35, Minnesota 32 TEAM 3 16 Totals 200 17-42 10-15 25 8 49 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-11 (Fox 2-5, McCoy 2-2, Ohm 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-11 (Fox 3-5, McCoy 1-1, Sylva 1-4); UNI: 8-25 (Keefe 0-2, Wubbens 1-3, Kalin 2-5, Technicals: none 0-1, Ohm 1-4); Louisville: 5-12 (Bingham 0-1, Fouled Out: Fox (M) Halftime: UC Riverside, 27, Minnesota 21 Brocka 1-2, Iehl 3-5, Boeck 0-1, Clausen 1-6) McCoughtry 4-7, Barlow 0-1, Radde 1-2, Simmons 0- 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 0-7 (Knight 0-1, Fox 0-4, Ohm 0- Turnovers: Minnesota 21, Northern Iowa 24 1) 2)0; UCR: 5-12 (Cox 2-3, Gbewonyo 1-4, Waddell 2-5) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 24, Northern Iowa 21 Turnovers: Minnesota 17, Louisville 26 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, UC Riverside 20 Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Louisville 24 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, UC Riverside 22 Fouled Out: Campbell (M), Knight (M), Brocka (NI) Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: Barlow (L) Fouled Out: Friend (R), Cox (R)

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 5 Game 6 (Rainbow Wahine Classic) Game 7 (Rainbow Wahine Classic) Game 8 (Rainbow Wahine Classic) Minnesota 68 Minnesota 92 Virginia 73 Minnesota 72 North Dakota State 65 Kentucky 80 Minnesota 62 Hawaii 54 November 20, 2007 • Williams Arena • November 23, 2007 • Stan Sheriff November 24, 2007 • Stan Sheriff November 25, 2007 • Stan Sheriff Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,852 Center • Honolulu • Attendance: 1,666 Center • Honolulu • Attendance: 1,755 Center • Honolulu • Attendance: 1,680 Recap: Ashley Ellis-Milan tallied a double-double Recap: Katie Ohm scored a career-high 17 points and Recap: This time the comeback just wasn’t enough as Recap: Minnesota scored 35 points off of 35 Hawaii with 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to hit five-of-five three-point field goals and Emily Fox Minnesota lost its first game of the season, 73-62, to turnovers to capture a 72-54 victory in the third-place lead Minnesota to a 68-65 victory over North added 18 points to lead Minnesota to a 92-80 win over Virginia in the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic. game of the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic in Dakota State. Kentucky in the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic in Ashley Ellis-Milan led the Gophers with 16 points Honolulu on. Emily Fox led the Gophers with 17 After using a 12-point comeback to capture a Honolulu. and collected her third consecutive double-double with points, while Leslie Knight added 16 points. big win over No. 22/21 Louisville, two days later, Kentucky shot 54.5 percent in the first half that 11 rebounds. Emily Fox added 15 points, while Katie The Gophers (7-1) set the pace quickly in the first the Golden Gophers found themselves needing enabled the Wildcats to take a 40-37 lead into the lock- Ohm played another nice game off the bench with 12 half pressuring the Rainbow Wahine into 21 turnovers to fight off a big comeback attempt by the inspired er room at halftime. The Gophers were unable to take points. in the first half alone. Minnesota used a pair of Katie North Dakota State squad. advantage of going to the free throw line 12 times in The Gophers dug themselves a big hole in the last Ohm three-point field goals capping off a 13-0 run to A Brittany McCoy lay-up with 8:03 remaining the half to just four for Kentucky. nine minutes of the first half. After Leslie Knight scored take an early 23-9 lead in the first 10 minutes of the gave Minnesota a 61-47 lead and it seemed the The game was tied seven times early on. A pair of a banked jumper with 9:40 left in the first half, game. Gophers had the game under control. Bison for- three-pointers by Ohm gave Minnesota its biggest Minnesota’s offense sputtered to tally just five points Hawaii answered with a 12-0 run of their own, tak- ward Brenda Slyt ignited the comeback attempt lead of the first half at five points (21-16) midway the rest of the half. In that critical stretch, the Gophers ing a brief 26-25 lead on a three-point jumper by by scoring five straight points that triggered a 15- through the half. committed eight turnovers, went 1-for-6 from the floor Leilani Galdones with 5:35 left in the half. Minnesota 4 North Dakota State run. Lisa Bue’s long three- The Wildcats fought back to tie the score at 26-26 and a damaging 3-for-9 from the free throw line. retaliated by scoring 14 straight points on the score- pointer brought the Bison back to within three four minutes later. Kentucky then broke away from a Virginia capitalized to take a 35-21 advantage at half- board to take control of the game. The Gophers led points at 65-62 with just over a minute to play on 30-30 tie, the seventh of the half, to take a 39-32 lead time. 40-28 at halftime. the clock. on a 9-2 run. The seven-point deficit was the largest Minnesota came out in the second half, fully Minnesota extended its dominance in the second Minnesota looked to take some time off the Minnesota faced in the game. intending to make another dramatic comeback. The half as the Gophers extended their run from the first clock on its next possession. McCoy’s jumper The Golden Gophers were the hot shooting team Gophers cut the Cavaliers’ lead down to single digits half into the second, outscoring Hawaii by a 31-4 mar- bounced off and a battle ensued for the rebound. in the second half, firing at a 63.3 percent clip to match several times, but then could not make the crucial stop gin from the 5:35 mark in the first half until the 11:32 The ball went off an NDSU player and the the Wildcats at 54-all. Minutes later, a Brittany McCoy on defense to cut deeper into the Virginia lead. mark of the second. Knight scored nine straight points Gophers retained possession. This time, the ball steal and lay-up at the 8:40 would cap an 8-0 run that Ellis-Milan scored 13 of her team-high 16 points in for the Gophers, tallying the last seven points of the was placed in the hands of Emily Fox, who drove would give the Gophers an 11-point lead at 70-59 with the second half to fuel the Gophers’ comeback first half and netting the first field goal after the half. right off a screen, then froze her defender with a 8:40 remaining. attempt. Later it was Fox who picked up the scoring The Gopher defense continued to pressure Hawaii sweet cross-over dribble and drained a huge 12- The Gophers’ lead would swell to as large as 16 and finished the game tallying Minnesota’s final 11 into turnover after turnover in the second half. One of foot jumper in the lane with 32 ticks remaining. points when Ashley Ellis-Milan banked in a short points. Brittany McCoy’s five steals with 12:31 remaining, saw Emily Moran, who led the Bison with a career- jumper off a nice assist by Korinne Campbell at the Fox’s lay-up with 2:53 remaining brought the Wahine have more turnovers (31) than points (30) high 28 points, hit her fourth three-point field goal 5:16 mark. Kentucky guard Samantha Mahoney hit Minnesota to within eight points at 61-53. The at the time. from the right wing to keep the Bison hopes alive five second-half three pointers in an attempt to keep Gophers extended the game by fouling, but Virginia The Gophers enjoyed its biggest lead of the game at 67-65 with 20 seconds to play. her Wildcat squad close. She scored seven straight successfully hung on to its lead by hitting 12-of-14 free after a Korinne Campbell free throw gave Minnesota a The Bison were forced to foul and send points, including two treys, to bring Kentucky to within throws down the stretch. 27-point advantage at 66-39 with 6:06 to play. Korinne Campbell to the free throw line. nine points at 87-78 with 1:21 left to play. After going 5-for-5 from three-point range in the Minnesota substituted freely in the waning minutes Campbell’s toss came up short and Jerri Penley Minnesota iced the victory by hitting 5-of-6 free win over Kentucky, Ohm missed her first three of the contest. Redshirt freshman Tanisha Smith saw pulled down the rebound. Moran fired a long throws down the stretch, including 4-of-4 by Fox in the attempts of the game before connecting on two triples her first action of the season and broke into the scor- three-pointer from the top of the key that never last minute. in the second half. She also contributed six rebounds. ing column with a free throw with 23 ticks remaining. drew iron. Fox pulled down the rebound and was Ohm’s 5-for-5 performance from behind the arc is Hawaii hit a last-second shot to decide the final mar- fouled, but she too missed the front end of the bettered only by former Gopher Stacy Carver’s 6-for- Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt gin of victory. one-and-one with four seconds on the clock. 6 outing versus North Carolina State on Nov. 30, 1991. Campbell F 19 2-5 0-3 4 0 4 Campbell snared the Gophers’ 28th offensive Knight, F 19 1-4 2-2 0 1 4 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt rebound of the game. Campbell made the second Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, C 36 6-10 4-6 11 1 16 Campbell, F 30 2-8 1-2 6 1 5 of two free throws to secure the winning margin. Campbell F 27 3-3 6-10 4 2 12 Fox, G 36 6-13 2-2 3 5 15 Knight, F 31 5-8 6-6 3 2 16 Knight, F 36 5-11 5-6 5 1 15 McCoy, G 26 1-2 1-5 0 1 3 Ellis-Milan, C 27 5-13 1-1 5 1 11 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, C 33 7-10 2-4 12 0 16 Sylva 12 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Fox, G 36 7-15 1-1 4 5 17 Campbell F 31 5-12 4-6 9 0 14 Fox, G 40 6-14 4-4 3 4 18 Harper 23 3-9 2-4 4 0 8 McCoy, G 14 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 Knight, F 30 0-2 4-4 5 0 4 McCoy, G 27 2-7 1-5 2 8 5 Ohm 29 4-9 2-3 6 0 12 Sylva 10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Ellis-Milan, C 33 6-17 3-3 15 2 15 Sylva 14 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 TEAM 4 Harper 19 1-5 5-8 5 0 7 Fox, G 33 7-17 1-2 4 4 16 Harper 11 3-5 3-3 4 4 9 Totals 200 23-53 13-25 32 8 62 Smith 3 0-3 1-2 2 0 1 Ohm 12 6-6 0-0 0 0 17 Ohm 30 4-9 1-2 6 0 11 McCoy, G 35 4-13 0-0 3 6 8 Virginia Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 3 TEAM 4 Sylva 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 Littles 30 6-13 5-5 6 1 18 Totals 200 32-58 21-32 34 19 92 Totals 200 26-67 16-22 36 12 72 Harper 17 2-10 1-2 8 0 5 Kellum 34 4-12 7-10 4 3 16 Ohm 13 2-6 0-0 1 0 6 Kentucky Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Zoll 38 2-6 2-2 2 5 7 Hawaii Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 9 Ormerod 28 3-6 0-0 2 5 6 Wright 28 5-11 6-6 5 5 17 Liepkalne 35 3-5 2-2 3 2 8 Totals 200 26-78 13-17 54 13 68 Elliot 28 8-12 0-0 7 0 16 Mohammed 32 3-5 1-3 11 1 7 Cariaga 36 3-8 0-2 7 1 7 North Dakota St Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Mahoney 35 9-18 6-8 2 4 29 Millner 15 2-3 0-2 2 0 4 Kanekoa 18 2-5 0-0 2 1 4 Bue, F 32 5-10 1-2 6 3 13 Franklin 13 1-2 0-0 2 2 2 London 6 1-4 0-0 1 0 2 Zagrobelna 23 1-6 3-4 4 1 5 Slyt, F 24 4-10 1-1 5 0 11 Dunlap 22 4-5 1-2 5 2 9 Robertson 13 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Smith 31 2-9 2-2 8 1 6 Penley, C 30 2-6 0-0 5 1 4 Chowning 14 0-3 0-0 3 1 0 Hartig 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Nishi 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Girodat, G 30 0-7 0-0 4 7 0 Morrow 23 5-9 0-0 1 3 12 TEAM 3 Cho 14 1-3 2-2 2 2 4 Moran, G 32 12-18 0-0 2 1 28 Watkins 5 2-2 0-0 1 0 4 Totals 200 24-56 21-28 35 15 73 Tinnin 21 6-11 0-0 3 0 15 Pucker 16 2-4 0-0 2 1 4 Edelen 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Galdones 13 1-3 0-0 0 2 3 Halftime: Virginia 35, Minnesota 21 Zaruba 10 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 Bowman 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jones 6 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-10 (Fox 1-2, Ohm 2-7); Virginia: Walseth 11 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Smith 17 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 TEAM 6 4-14 (Littles 1-1, Kellum 1-3, Zoll 1-5, Wright 1-4, Trecker 11 1-2 3-4 3 0 5 Bett 8 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 Totals 200 20-51 9-12 37 11 54 Millner 0-1) Hodgson 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 3 Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Virginia 18 TEAM 4 Totals 200 33-63 7-10 29 17 80 Halftime: Minnesota 40,Hawaii 28 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 24, Virginia 21 Totals 200 26-60 5-7 34 13 65 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-11 (Fox 2-4, Ohm 2-6, McCoy Halftime: Kentucky 40, Minnesota 37 Technicals: none 0-1); Hawaii: 5-14 (Cariaga 1-2, Liepkalne 0-1, Halftime: North Dakota State 33, Minnesota 31 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 7-9 (Fox 2-4, Ohm 5-5); Fouled Out: Campbell, (M) Zagnobelna 0-2, Kanekoa 0-1, Tinnin (3-6, Galdones 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-10 (Fox 1-4, Ohm 2-6); NDSU: Kentucky: 7-18 (Omerad 0-1, Mahoney 5-8, Franklin 1-2) 8-20 (Bue 2-2, Slyt 2-4, Girdat0-2, Moran 4-7, 0-1, Morrow 2-5, Edelen 0-1, Smith 0-1) Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Hawaii 35 Pucker 0-2, Walseth 0-1, Trecker )2) Turnovers: Minnesota 15, Kentucky 17 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Hawaii 19 Turnovers: Minnesota 19, North Dakota St. 16 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Kentucky 22 Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, NDSU16 Technicals: none Fouled Out: McCoy, (M), Zagrobelna, (H) Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 9 (Big Ten/ACC Challenge) Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Virginia Tech 68 Minnesota 80 Utah 66 Minnesota 69 Minnesota 62 Charlotte 66 Minnesota 54 Iowa State 61 November 30, 2007 • Cassell Colesium December 2, 2007 • Halton Arena • December 8, 2007 • Williams Arena • December 21, 2007 • Williams Arena • • Blacksburg, Va. • Attendance: 2,487 Charlotte, N.C. • Attendance: 1,109 Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,652 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,408 Recap: Despite Emily Fox tying a career-high with 30 Recap: Five Golden Gophers finished in double fig- Recap: Minnesota couldn’t come up with the big Recap: Emily Fox and Leslie Knight led an points, Minnesota was defeated, 68-62, at Virginia ures, led by Korinne Campbell with 18 points, to lead shot when the Golden Gophers needed it, in a 66- inspired Golden Gopher effort as Minnesota Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in Blacksburg, Va., Minnesota to an 80-66 victory over Charlotte at Halton 54 loss to Utah at Williams Arena. Leslie Knight defeated Iowa State, 69-61. Fox captured team on Nov. 30. Arena in Charlotte. led the Gophers with 17 points, while Emily Fox honors with 20 points, while Knight posted 19 Virginia Tech’s Lindsay Biggs hit consecutive Campbell tallied her first double-double of the sea- added 14. points in the victory. three-point field goals to give the Hokies a 57-52 lead son by adding 11 rebounds to her game honors scor- Utah made 15 of its first 20 field attempts to In a game that featured four ties and five lead with 7:04 to play. The Gophers, playing without start- ing. take a 34-17 lead in the first half. The Gophers changes in the first half, Minnesota never trailed ing center Ashley Ellis-Milan due to a first-half shoulder The Gophers cruised in the first half, hitting on 55 fought back with a 13-6 run to make the deficit in the second half and answered big Iowa State injury, never was able to recover. percent from the floor to take as big as a 16 points lead nine points at halftime, 39-30. The Utes finished surges time and time again. The Cyclones closed The teams exchanged baskets, a Fox lay-up for at 42-26 with 1:15 left before intermission. Campbell the half shooting a blistering 63 percent from the to within one or two points of the Gophers on five the Gophers and a Laura Haskins jumper for Virginia connected on five of seven field goal attempts as she floor. occasions followed by a successful Gopher pos- Tech in their next possessions. For the Hokies, already had 15 points and eight rebounds by halftime. The Gophers seemed poised for a comeback session to extend the lead. Haskins’ basket, scored at the 6:20 mark, was their Minnesota led 42-28 at the half. in the second half but was hindered by poor After Iowa State’s Amanda Nisleit hit a jumper final one of the game. Virginia Tech made 9-of-10 free Charlotte found their big 6-5 center Danielle Burgin shooting and turnovers at critical times. to bring the Cyclones to within a point at 53-52 at throws down the stretch to hold off any Gopher run. often in the second half to close the gap quickly. The Ashley Ellis-Milan banked home a lay-up off the 8:15 mark, the Gophers were able to provide Minnesota closed to within two points on a Korinne 49ers used a 10-2 run coming out of the locker room an assist by Zoe Harper to bring Minnesota to the knock-out punch with an 8-0 run over the next Campbell basket with 40 seconds remaining and after halftime to slice the Minnesota lead to six points within five points, at 46-41, with 9:02 left to play. three minutes. Fox ignited the run with a pair of again on an Emily Fox jumper in the lane with 15 sec- at 44-38 within the first four minutes. As the 49ers got The Gophers came up empty-handed on their free throws, then added a transition lay-up. A bas- onds remaining. In each situation, the Hokies closer, the Gopher post players found themselves in next five possessions, coming up with solid ket by Ashley Ellis-Milan and two free throws from answered with successful trips to the free throw line. serious foul trouble. At the 12:56 mark, both Minnesota defensive efforts, yet unable to find the basket on Knight gave the Gophers a 61-52 lead. The first half ended in a 33-33 tie as neither team centers Ashley Ellis-Milan and Zoe Harper were the offensive end. Cyclone Heather Ezell buried a three-point to could sustain any kind of a run. The score was tied tagged with four fouls apiece. The teams would exchange free throws end the Gopher run but Iowa State would get no nine times and changed hands nine times. Virginia Up to that point, Ellis-Milan scored all 11 of her before Utah’s Morgan Warburton swished a huge closer than four points the rest of the way. Tech’s biggest lead of the half was four points at 4-0, points in the second half. After Ellis-Milan was forced three-pointer that would break the scoring While Minnesota focused on playing a tough while the Gophers’ owned their largest advantage at to the bench with foul trouble, it was Katie Ohm who drought. The Gophers would get no closer the inside game, providing 32 points in the paint, ISU 31-28. contributed 11 of her 14 points after intermission. rest of the way. stuck to a perimeter attack. Despite a tough pres- The Gophers started slowly turning the ball over Burgin made all six of her second-half field goal Knight played well in the second half, scoring sure defense forcing Iowa State to play along the on their first three possessions. Fox went 3-for-3 from attempts but she too was whistled with personal fouls, 15 of her 17 points after halftime. She made 6-of- edge, the Cyclones capitalized on the opportunity behind the arc with 15 points in the first half alone. eventually fouling out with three minutes remaining. 8 from the field. by putting up 11-23 shooting performance from Zoe Harper, playing extended minutes in Ellis- Minnesota padded its lead late with successful Utah cooled offensively in the second half behind the arc. Even with the 21 points from ISU's Milan’s absence, scored a career-high 14 points. trips to the free throw line. The Gophers hit 19-of-23 shooting 33.3 percent from the floor to finish the , who shot 5-8 three-point field goals, Unfortunately the Gophers could not overcome a com- free throws in the second half and an impressive 30- game at 50 percent. Minnesota shot just 25.7 per- Minnesota's tough defensive attack was relent- bined 2-for-25 performance by key players Leslie of-37 for the game. cent in the second half. less and continued to throw the Cyclones out of Knight (1-12), Brittany McCoy (0-8) and Katie Ohm (1- Emily Fox and Harper were the fourth and fifth their rhythm on offense throughout the night. 7). The Gophers finished the game shooting 37.5 per- Gophers in double figures. Fox added a team-high Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota turned 12 Iowa State turnovers into cent, despite Fox’s impressive 12-for-17 night shoot- seven assists. Campbell, F 40 4-12 1-5 8 1 9 11 points to take a 34-29 advantage at the half. ing from the field. Fox also hit 4-of-4 three-pointers and The game marked the second time in the 2007-08 Knight, F 26 5-8 4-4 1 1 17 Seven of the eight Gophers who played scored. dished out three assists in playing all 40 minutes. season that five players finished in double digits, as Ellis-Milan, C 32 2-6 4-4 5 2 8 Fox led the way with nine points and four assists. well, as only the second game someone other than Fox, G 39 5-18 3-4 7 1 14 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox captured team scoring honors. McCoy, G 24 1-3 0-0 1 3 2 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 37 1-10 1-2 4 3 3 Sylva 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Campbell, F 29 3-12 0-0 7 2 6 Campbell, F 27 4-7 0-2 5 1 8 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Harper 15 0-2 0-0 4 2 0 Knight, F 36 7-10 5-6 3 0 19 Ellis-Milan, C 13 0-3 1-2 4 0 1 Campbell, F 39 6-12 6-8 11 1 18 Ohm 21 1-4 1-2 3 2 4 Ellis-Milan, C 28 3-6 3-4 6 1 9 Fox, G 40 12-17 2-2 2 3 30 Knight, F 28 3-6 2-2 6 0 8 TEAM 6 Fox, G 40 7-17 3-4 3 6 20 McCoy, G 30 0-8 4-4 4 1 4 Ellis-Milan, C 18 2-6 7-8 6 1 11 Totals 200 19-53 13-19 35 12 54 McCoy, G 29 3-9 0-0 2 7 7 Sylva 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fox, G 40- 3-6 5-5 0 7 11 Sylva 15 1-1 0-0 3 1 3 Utah Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Harper 28 6-12 2-2 6 0 14 McCoy, G 18 1-4 3-4 1 3 5 Harper 16 1-1 3-4 1 0 5 King, F 26 1-2 3-4 6 0 5 Smith 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Sylva 16 1-3 0-1 4 1 2 Ohm 7 0-2 0-1 0 0 0 Perry, F 31 4-5 0-0 2 0 8 Ohm 19 1-7 0-0 2 2 2 Harper 15 4-7 3-4 1 0 11 TEAM 11 Whipple, G 37 4-7 2-2 3 3 13 TEAM 5 Smith 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-58 14-19 36 17 69 Mitchell, G 40 7-13 3-3 6 8 19 Totals 200 24-64 10-14 33 10 62 Ohm 26 4-6 4-5 4 1 14 Warburton, G 32 6-15 2-2 3 3 17 TEAM 3 Iowa State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight 10 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 Virginia Tech Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Totals 200 24-50 30-37 36 14 80 Wieben, F 22 2-6 1-1 2 1 5 Drye, F 30 3-7 2-2 5 6 8 Sawyer 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Nislet, F 37 2-7 0-0 3 2 6 Hall, F 33 3-6 2-2 8 0 8 Charlotte Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Stevenson 20 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 Lacey, G 38 6-12 4-4 3 5 21 Barbour, G 29 6-14 1-2 7 2 14 Floyd, F 32 5-8 5-7 7 0 15 Tokumura 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 Stuckey, G 27 1-3 2-2 6 3 4 Cook, G 35 4-9 6-6 2 3 15 Gregory, F 40 6-15 0-0 2 5 13 Totals 200 24-48 10-11 27 14 66 Ezell, G 24 6-14 0-0 1 1 16 Haskins, G 34 2-4 4-4 7 3 8 Burgin, C 27 7-7 4-7 7 0 18 Bolte 19 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 Halftime: Utah 39, Minneosta 30 Biggs 11 3-6 0-0 1 1 9 Ray, G 33 2-5 0-0 2 7 6 Anderson 20 1-3 1-4 2 1 3 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-8 (Knight 1-1, Fox 1-3, Ohm 1- Logan 4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Jones, G 21 2-7 1-2 2 2 5 Ross 12 3-4 0-0 4 0 6 4); Utah: 8-17 (Whipple 3-5, Mitchell 2-4, Warburton Grey 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McCalllum 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Lange 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3-8) Basham 17 3-4 0-0 2 0 6 Hoey 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 8 Turnovers: Minnesota 18, Utah 18 TEAM 4 Spriggs 16 1-7 0-0 2 1 2 Totals 200 21-51 8-11 32 15 61 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Utah 16 Totals 200 24-52 15-16 38 15 68 Stywalt 22 2-7 3-4 8 1 7 Technicals: none McAdoo 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 34, Iowa State 29 Halftime: Virginia Tech 33, Minnesota 33 Fouled Out: none Totals 200 25-58 13-20 33 16 66 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-13 (Knight 0-1, Fox 3-6, McCoy 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-11 (Knight 0-1, Fox 4-4, McCoy 1-3, Sylva 1-1, Ohm 0-2); Iowa State: 11-23 (Nislet 2- 0-1, Ohm 0-5); Virginia Tech 5-14 (Barbour 1-3, Cook Halftime: Minnesota 42, Charlotte 28 4, Lacey 5-8, Ezell 4-9, Bolte 0-2) 1-3, Haskins 0-1, Biggs 3-6, Logan 0-1) 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 2-6 (Knight 0-1, McCoy 0-1, Ohm Turnovers: Minnesota 10, Iowa State 19 Turnovers: Minnesota 13, Virginia Tech 20 2-4); Charlotte: 3-9 (Gregory 1-2, Ray 2-4, Jones 0- Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Iowa State 19 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Virginia Tech 13 1, Hoey 0-1, Stywalt 0-1) Technicals: none Technicals: none Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Charlotte 16 Fouled Out: Stuckey (I), McCoy (M) Fouled Out: Campbell (VT) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 20, Charlotte 26 Technicals: none Fouled Out: Burgin (C)

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Ausdemore, G 37 6-8 0-0 5 2 16 Minnesota 74 Minnesota 70 Iowa ot 68 Solverson, F 28 6-10 1-1 4 1 16 Vandeventer, F 36 4-7 2-2 3 2 10 Michigan State 63 Purdue 63 Minnesota 66 Schlapkohl, C 34 5-8 0-0 2 3 10 Smith, G 42 5-14 3-3 4 7 13 December 28, 2007 • Breslin Center • December 30, 2007 • Williams Arena • January 3, 2008 • Williams Arena • Alexander 15 0-2 1-5 4 1 1 East Lansing, Mich. • Attendance: 6,818 Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,723 Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,528 Graham 10 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 Skouby 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Recap: Emily Fox led four Golden Gophers in Recap: Leslie Knight scored 20 points in leading Recap: Iowa's Krista VandeVenter hit a one-hand- Hamlin 14 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 double figures as Minnesota opened its Big Ten Minnesota to a 70-63 victory over Purdue. Emily ed bank shot with 13.8 seconds left and Emmert 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 season with a 74-63 victory over Michigan State. Fox added another spectacular all-around per- Minnesota missed a chance to tie at the buzzer as 6 Fox scored 19 points, including an important formance scoring 16 points with seven assists the Gophers suffered a heartbreaking 68-66 over- Totals 225 27-53 7-11 34 16 68 stretch of six free throws to seal the victory late. and four steals. time loss on Jan. 3 at Williams Arena. The Gophers shot out to a 16-8 lead early, but Minnesota broke away from a 52-all tie with Minnesota tied a school record with just two Halftime: Iowa 36, Minnesota 33, Regulation: 64- Michigan State clawed its way back into the game six straight points on baskets by Ashley Ellis- points in the extra period and nearly stopped the 64 behind freshman forward Kelisha Keane. Keane Milan and Fox and a pair of free throws by Zoe Hawkeyes on their final possession before 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-15 (Fox 2-6, McCoy 0-2, Ohm scored 12 first-half points as the Spartans tied the Harper to give the Gophers a 58-52 lead with 7:44 VandeVenter threw up the winning shot from 14 3-7); Iowa: 7-18 (Ausdemore 4-6, Solverson 3-5, score at 22-22, then took their biggest lead of the remaining. feet away with two seconds left on the shot clock. Smith 0-7) game at 29-24 two minutes later. The teams would exchange buckets with a The Gophers rushed upcourt and called a timeout Turnovers: Minnesota 13, Iowa 19 Kay Sylva scored a layup, her only points of FahKara Malone jumper bringing the Boilers back with four seconds left. They inbounded under Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Iowa 15 the game, to halt the Spartan rally. The lead to within four at 60-56. The Gophers turned the their own basket and Brittany McCoy took the ball Technicals: none would change hands three more times before ball over three times, but Purdue was unable to at the top of the key. She rushed down the right Fouled Out: none halftime. Minnesota held a 39-35 lead at intermis- capitalize on the Minnesota miscues. Neither side of the lane and missed a scooping layup as sion, using a 53.1 percent shooting percent to teams scored for nearly three minutes before time expired. overcome 15 first-half turnovers. Knight drove to the basket off a screen by Ellis- VandeVenter scored only two baskets in the Knight scored six early points in the second Milan, banked home the shot and drew the foul. second half, but they were the Hawkeyes' two half helping the Gophers build a 12-point lead She completed the three-point play to give the biggest. Her other basket came with 26.8 sec- with 12:15 left in the game. The Gopher defense Gophers a seven-point advantage at 63-56 with onds left in regulation - also with the shot clock continued to pressure the perimeter in order to 3:05 left on the clock. dwindling - to tie the game at 64-64. keep the ball out of the hands of the Spartans’ 6- Danielle Campbell scored a lay-up to make it The second half was intense throughout with 9 sophomore center Allyssa DeHaan, who only 63-58. Purdue turned the ball over on its next two the largest lead being a short-lived six-point attempted one field goal, a shot that didn’t strike possessions and never got any closer. Kalika advantage by the Hawkeyes with 16:30 left. iron, in the second half and finished with just six France, who led Purdue with 15 points, tallied a Minnesota trailed by two or less points on six dif- points on 3-of-4 from the field. cosmetic layup as time elapsed to mark the ferent occasions in the first 16 minutes of the half, Michigan State worked its way back into the Gophers’ final margin of victory. but Iowa answered with a basket each time. The game, partly thanks to the Gophers’ ineptitude Minnesota started the game sluggishly, com- Gophers finally took their first lead of the stanza from the free throw line. After four consecutive mitting turnovers in four of its first five posses- when Katie Ohm drained a three-pointer with 3:52 misses, two by Korinne Campbell and two by sions. Meanwhile, Purdue hit seven of its first 10 left to cap a 7-0 run and give Minnesota a 59-57 Brittany McCoy, the Spartans closed to within four field goal attempts and held the lead throughout lead. points (63-59) on a three-pointer by Keane at the the half. The Boilermakers, who shot 58.3 percent The teams traded baskets with Minnesota still 4:08 mark. in the half, used a 9-3 run that resulted in holding its two-point cushion until Iowa's Wendy The Gophers responded to the challenge. Purdue’s largest lead of the half at nine points at Ausdemore drained her fourth three-pointer in as McCoy scored on a driving lay-up in the teeth of the 8:36 mark. many attempts, giving the Hawkeyes a 62-61 lead the Spartan defense and with DeHaan lurking for Fox hit her first basket of the game followed with 2:57 left. Minnesota's Emily Fox answered the block and drew the foul. She made the free by a three-point play by Knight to spur the Gopher with a three-pointer with 1:50 remaining to put the throw. Lauren Aitch hit a bucket for the Spartans comeback. Ellis-Milan, who finished with 11 Gophers back ahead 64-62. Each team missed and then, as would be expected, the Gophers points, scored the last four points of the half as shots on their next possession before Ashley Ellis-Milan looked to their court leader, Fox, who scored the Gophers closed to within two at 36-34. VandeVenter's game-tying field goal with 26.8 Minnesota’s next six points from the free line to The Gophers shook off their early turnovers seconds left. Fox missed a 12-footer in the lane put the game out of reach. and finished with a season-low nine for the game. with 12 seconds left and the game went to over- time when Iowa's Kristi Smith missed a runner Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt down the right side of the lane, similar to McCoy's Campbell, F 34 3-7 1-5 10 3 7 Campbell, F 29 4-9 0-2 6 2 9 miss at the overtime horn. Knight, F 33 7-11 2-5 11 3 16 Knight, F 37 7-12 6-7 3 2 20 Neither team scored in the first four minutes of Ellis-Milan, C 25 5-8 1-3 6 1 11 Ellis-Milan, C 33 5-12 1-2 6 0 11 the overtime as Minnesota had more turnovers in Fox, G 34 5-11 7-8 5 4 19 Fox, G 35 6-13 2-2 1 7 16 the extra period than the entire second half. The McCoy, G 32 5-10 4-8 0 3 14 McCoy, G 36 1-8 1-3 2 6 3 Gophers had two turnovers in the second half, but Sylva 10 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 Sylva 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 gave the ball away three times in overtime. Iowa Harper 18 1-5 0-0 4 0 2 Harper 10 1-4 2-2 1 1 4 also had three overtime turnovers and finally took Ohm 14 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 Ohm 16 3-5 0-0 3 2 8 the lead on two free throws by Smith with 58.3 TEAM 6 TEAM 9 seconds left. Minnesota tied the game on its Totals 200 28-55 15-29 42 15 74 Totals 200 27-63 12-18 31 20 70 ensuing possession as Leslie Knight rebounded a Michigan State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Purdue Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt missed three-pointer by Ohm and scored the put- Piechowski, G 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Mosley, F 17 5-10 2-2 6 2 12 back with 42.5 seconds remaining. Second Thomas, G 39 6-8 2-6 2 3 14 Freeman, F 38 7-11 0-2 5 1 14 chance points were a key for the Gophers all night Keane, F 38 5-17 7-8 7 2 18 Campbell, C 38 3-4 0-0 7 4 6 as they held a 15-0 advantage over the Wulff, F 31 2-6 2-2 3 3 8 Malone, G 25 2-6 0-0 0 3 4 Hawkeyes. DeHaan, C 30 3-4 0-0 10 2 6 France, G 36 5-9 5-5 9 4 15 Davidson 20 1-8 1-2 1 2 3 Bogdanova 21 1-4 3-3 3 1 5 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Washington 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 Dildine 6 1-1 2-2 0 0 4 Campbell, F 28 2-6 3-4 8 2 7 Johnson 13 0-2 1-2 2 0 1 Mioton 15 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 Knight, F 40 8-12 2-2 7 3 18 Wilson 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Garriga 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Ellis-Milan, C 35 6-9 1-2 5 0 13 Aitch 19 4-6 1-3 2 0 9 2 Fox, G 43 6-17 1-1 2 4 15 3 Totals 200 25-47 12-14 33 17 63 McCoy, G 30 1-7 0-3 3 4 2 Totals 200 22-54 16-25 30 12 63 Sylva 11 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 Brittany McCoy Halftime: Purdue 36, Minnesota 34 Harper 23 3-7 0-0 1 1 9 Halftime: Minnesota 39, Michigan State 35 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-7 (Fox 2-2, McCoy 0-1, Ohm 2- Ohm 15 1-6 0-0 5 0 2 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-6 (Fox 2-3, McCoy 0-1, Ohm 1- 4); Purdue: 1-6 (Malone 0-2, France 0-1, Bogdanova TEAM 4 2); Michigan State: 3-13 (Piechowski 0-2, Keane 1-1, 0-2, Mioton 1-1) Totals 225 27-65 7-12 35 16 66 Wulff 2-5, Davidson 0-4, Johnson 0-1) Turnovers: Minnesota 9, Purdue 22 Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Michigan State 18 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, Purdue 17 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 21, Michigan State 23 Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: Thomas (MS), Keane (MS), Wulff (MS)

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Minnesota 81 Illinois 66 Minnesota 67 Indiana 2ot 80 Wisconsin 73 Minnesota 57 Penn State 50 Minnesota 77 January 3, 2008 • Kohl Center • January 10, 2008 • Assembly Hall • January 13, 2008 • Williams Arena • January 17, 2008 • Assembly Hall • Madison, Wis. • Attendance: 5,250 Champaign, Ill. • Attendance: 936 Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,368 Bloomington, Ind. • Attendance: 782 Recap: Emily Fox scored 24 of her game-high 29 Recap: Minnesota fell short on a second-half Recap: Ashley Ellis-Milan scored a career-high 22 Recap: Minnesota played with fire one too many points in the second half to lead Minnesota to an comeback attempt and was defeated 66-57 by points to lead Minnesota to a 67-50 victory over times and it finally came back to burn them in a 81-73 victory at Wisconsin. Leslie Knight con- Illinois. The Golden Gophers trailed by as many Penn State. draining 80-77 double-overtime loss at Indiana. tributed 20 points. as 20 points early in the second half and chipped Leslie Knight was tagged with two offensive The Golden Gophers left too many points at the The Gophers battled turnovers, committing a the deficit to six points, but got no closer. Emily fouls in the first three minutes of the game and free throw line and came up short. season-worst 25 miscues. In the last 11 minutes, Fox led the Gophers with 16 points. Coach Borton was forced to sit Knight, the Big The Gophers made just 18-of-30 free throw however, Minnesota played with composure and Minnesota had a golden opportunity early in Ten’s second-leading scorer and the Gophers’ attempts, including a crushing 4-of-9 performance poise hitting on nine of their last 14 field goals the game but let it slip away. The teams traded biggest post presence, on the bench. in the first overtime. attempts and turning the ball over just one time. baskets to open the game and the Gophers The Gophers found Ellis-Milan an effective The team entered the second overtime tied Fox, who hit 10-14 from the field, gave the seemed the aggressor. The Gophers pushed the answer down low. She powered in 16 points in the 68-68. The Gophers, who ironically made all six of Gophers a nine-point lead (38-29) when she ball in transition early, but came up empty-handed first half, matching a season high by halftime. their free throw attempts in this extra stanza, swished a three-pointer in the Gophers’ first pos- when Brittany McCoy and Korinne Campbell Brittany McCoy also found her stride hitting on scored first on the two free throws by Ellis-Milan. session of the second half. The Badgers chipped back-to-back missed lay-ups. The Gopher several driving lay-ups to score 10 of her 12 The Hoosiers answered with perhaps the play away at the Minnesota lead and managed to take defense held firm giving Minnesota chances on points before intermission. of the game. With the shot clock running down their first lead of the game at 48-47 on a Rae Lin offense but then the turnover bug bit resulting in Penn State matched the Gophers’ intensity senior Nikki Smith was fouled by Fox on a three- D’Alie lay-up at the 12:40 mark. Danielle Ward three quick turnovers. Five minutes into the early but junior point guard Brianne O’Rourke was point field goal attempt from the right wing. Smith, scored on an offensive putback in Wisconsin’s game, the Gophers still led by a 6-2 margin, but whistled for her second personal foul and then a who led five Indiana players in double figures with next possession to give the Badgers a three-point looking back those five possessions would come technical foul, resulting in her third personal, with 21, calmly sank all three from the line to give the lead, its largest of the game. back to haunt them as the opportunity for a fast 10:01 left in the first half. The Lady Lions took a Hoosiers a 71-70 lead with 2:10 remaining. Fox scored nine consecutive points during the start on the road was lost. five-point lead (21-16) on a Janessa Wolff lay-in After a Gopher turnover on their next posses- second half for the Gophers, starting the streak Illinois went on a 9-0 run to take control, kick- on their next possession before the Gophers were sion, Smith scored a huge three-pointer to extend with a three-point play and nailing a three pointer started by a pair of baskets by Jenna Smith, who able to take advantage of having the fiery Lion the lead to four at 74-70 with 1:35 to play. Four from the right wing with 8:41 remaining to give finished the first half with 14 points. The Illini shot leader O’Rourke out of the game. free throws by McCoy knotted the score at 74-74 Minnesota a 58-56 lead. 56 percent and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free The Gophers used a seven-point surge in the one last time with 1:06 on the clock. Janese Banks, who topped Wisconsin with 20 throw line to take a 40-22 lead at the half. last 2:24 of the half to take control and a 35-28 Amber Jackson scored two free throws to put points, converted on a pair of free throws to tie the Minnesota, meanwhile, struggled with 11 lead at intermission. Kay Sylva added two big the Hoosiers up for good. The Gophers lost a game. Leslie Knight connected on two free throws turnovers and went 2-for-6 from the line. offensive rebounds in the stretch before two Ellis- chance to tie on a turnover and then Smith added in consecutive possessions to ignite a 13-3 run. The Illini lead hit 20 points at 45-25 early in the Milan free throws capped off the rally. Fox scored to her team-high total for the Hoosiers with two Three minutes later, Knight capped the run with a second half before the Gophers began to chip only five points and Knight none in the half. more free throws with 23 seconds left. lay-up giving the Gophers their biggest lead of the away at the deficit. A three-pointer by Katie Ohm Minnesota’s defense took over in the second Knight hit a three-pointer with 14 seconds left game at 71-61 with 5:14 left to play. made it 51-41, then a lay-in by Ashley Ellis-Milan half turning up the pressure and forcing Penn to bring the Gophers back to within a point at 78- Wisconsin used 10 offensive rebounds late to off an assist from Fox, dipped the Illinois lead to State into 11 turnovers and a 37.7 percent shoot- 77. The Gophers quickly fouled Hoosier Haylie keep its hopes of a comeback alive. The Badgers eight points at the 10:44 mark. ing performance from the floor. The Gophers kept Linn, who missed both free throws but Whitney clawed back to within 76-71 when Mariah Three minutes later, Leslie Knight scored the Lady Lions off the free throw line as well. Thomas sealed the win with a big offensive Dunham grabbed the rebound on her own three- jumpers on consecutive possessions as the Wolff’s two meaningless free throws with 33 sec- rebound to keep the ball in Indiana’s hands. point shot and drove in for a lay-in. With under a Gophers closed to within six points at 55-49 with onds remaining were Penn State’s only trips to Jamie Braun added two free throws for the win- minute on the clock the Badgers were forced to 7:25 remaining. Illinois answered with two free the charity stripe in the second half, and just the ning margin. McCoy’s last second attempt was foul. Gopher junior Kay Sylva stepped to the line throws by Smith and the Gophers were never fifth and sixth of the game. wide and would have been only a two-pointer. and hit two big free throws with 47 seconds able to get that close the remainder of the game. Minnesota was unable to take advantage of remaining. Illinois, who ranked sixth in the nation in free Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt opportunities in the first overtime period as the Fox then iced the game making 3-of-4 from throw shooting, hit on 17-of-19 free throws in the Campbell, F 38 2-6 4-10 8 2 8 Gophers hit just 4-of-9 free throws. The Gophers the line down the stretch. game for 89 percent. Knight, F 26 5-9 2-4 7 0 12 still had the chance to capture the win. Fox’s 12- Ellis-Milan, C 39 7-13 8-9 9 0 22 foot jumper from the lane fell short. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 33 5-11 1-2 3 5 11 Campbell, F 29 2-8 0-2 12 0 4 Campbell, F 30 4-8 0-2 5 1 8 McCoy, G 38 6-8 0-0 0 6 12 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 40 7-10 6-10 7 4 20 Knight, F 39 5-6 2-3 5 1 12 Sylva 3 1-1 0-1 2 0 2 Campbell, F 41 6-10 1-7 5 1 13 Ellis-Milan, C 28 2-6 3-5 8 1 7 Ellis-Milan, C 33 3-7 3-4 6 0 9 Harper 14 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Knight, F 44 8-18 0-0 7 1 17 Fox, G 37 10-14 6-8 2 4 29 Fox, G 39 7-18 2-2 5 4 16 Ohm 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Ellis-Milan, C 44 3-8 7-9 10 1 13 McCoy, G 37 5-9 4-6 1 2 14 McCoy, G 29 1-3 3-6 0 2 5 Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fox, G 32 3-10 2-2 3 2 8 Sylva 7 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 Sylva 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 9 McCoy, G 46 3-8 8-12 4 6 14 Harper 12 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Harper 8 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 Totals 200 26-51 15-26 39 13 67 Sylva 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ohm 10 1-2 2-2 0 0 5 Ohm 14 1-4 2-2 0 0 5 Harper 12 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 TEAM 3 TEAM 3 Penn State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohm 29 4-7 0-0 2 1 12 Totals 200 27-50 23-35 34 12 81 Totals 200 22-49 12-19 27 8 57 Williams, F 35 6-13 0-0 1 3 12 TEAM 4 Gissendanner, F 30 1-8 2-2 3 0 5 Totals 250 27-62 18-30 3812177 Wisconsin Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Illinois Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Mark, C 16 1-3 0-0 3 1 2 Steinbauer, F 22 2-6 1-2 4 0 5 Crutcher, F 33 5-6 2-2 3 0 12 Grant, G 36 6-14 2-2 1 2 16 Indiana Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ward, F 21 5-12 0-0 12 1 10 Gordon, F 38 2-7 4-4 4 1 9 O’Rourke, G 30 2-6 0-0 1 5 6 Thomas, F 56 6-10 0-3 17 0 12 Banks, G 33 6-20 7-8 9 1 20 Smith, C 40 8-13 4-4 7 2 20 Wolff 32 4-8 1-2 8 1 9 Roberson, F 34 4-13 2-2 8 0 10 D’Alie, G 18 2-5 0-0 0 2 4 Bjork, G 35 0-7 2-2 5 7 2 Monroe 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jackson, C 47 5-13 4-4 10 2 14 Anderson, G 38 6-17 2-4 12 4 16 Harris, G 37 7-11 5-6 6 2 23 Lewis 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smith, G 46 5-12 7-7 2 5 21 Ingison 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Tabon 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Quinn 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Braun, G 49 6-14 3-4 6 3 17 Gant 9 2-6 0-0 0 1 4 Simpson 14 0-3 0-1 2 3 0 Arcidacono 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson, E 8 0-2 0-1 0 0 0 Dunham 14 3-5 2-2 2 1 8 Buher 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 7 Lindsay 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Karel 22 1-5 0-0 1 5 2 2 Totals 200 20-53 5-6 25 12 50 Linn 15 2-6 1-3 1 1 6 Zastrow 20 2-5 0-3 6 0 4 Totals 200 22-47 17-19 30 15 66 4 Heins 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 35, Penn State 28 Totals 250 28-70 17-24 49 11 80 3 Halftime: Illinois 40, Minnesota 22 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 0-4 (McCoy 0-1, Fox 0-2, Ohm 0- Totals 200 28-82 12-19 49 15 73 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-7 (Fox 0-3, Ohm 1-4); Illinois: 5- 1); Penn State: 5-17 (Grand 2-5, Williams 0-2, Halftime: Indiana 35, Minnesota 30. Regulation: 17 (Gordon 1-4, Bjork 0-5, Harris 4-6, Simpson 0-2) O’Rourke 2-4, Gissendanner 1-5, Quinn 0-1) 60-60, 1OT: 68-68 Halftime: Minnesota 35, Wisconsin 29 Turnovers: Minnesota 13, Illinois 15 Turnovers: Minnesota 17, Penn State 18 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-7 (Knight 1-1, Fox 0-1, Ohm 4- 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-6 (Fox 3-4, Ohm 1-2); Wis.: 3-12 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Illinois 13 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Penn State 21 5); Indiana: 7-26 (Roberson 0-3, Smith 4-9, Braun 2- (Banks 1-3, Anderson 2-6, Dunham 0-2, Karel 0-1) Technicals: none Technicals: O’Rourke (P) 8, E Jackson 0-2, Linn 1-4) Turnovers: Minnesota 25, Wisconsin 18 Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none Turnovers: Minnesota 17, Indiana 16 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Wisconsin 24 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 22, Indiana 22 Technicals: Banks (W) Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: Fox (M), Roberson (I)

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 20 Game 21 Game 22 Minnesota 79 Minnesota 81 Purdue 56 Ohio State 70 Michigan State 69 Minnesota 54 January 24, 2008 • Williams Arena • January 27, 2008 • Williams Arena • January 31, 2008 • Mackey Arena • West Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,838 Minneapolis • Attendance: 9,849 Lafayette, Ind. • Attendance: 8,826 Recap: Leslie Knight scored a career-high 33 Recap: Emily Fox scored 29 and Katie Ohm added Recap: Minnesota had its chances but the Golden points to lead Minnesota to a stunning 79-70 defeat 17 points, including five three pointers, to lead Gophers were unable to take advantage and left of No. 15/15 Ohio State. Minnesota to a 81-69 win over Michigan State. Mackey Arena with a 56-54 loss to Purdue. Leslie The Gophers held a 33-27 lead after the first Minnesota took charge early with Fox scoring Knight led the Gophers with 22 points. Emily Fox, half where the biggest lead for either team was the the first seven points and spotting the Gophers a 7- though she dished out seven assists, struggled six-point margin at intermission. Knight was 2 lead. Four minutes into the game, however, the mightily from the field and finished with just two already well into her career night with 16 points Gopher leader was whistled for her second offen- points on 0-8 from the field. and during one stretch of the half scored 11 straight sive foul and was forced to the bench with Purdue hit a trio of three pointers midway points for the Gophers. Minnesota clinging to an 8-5 advantage. through the second half to take a 44-36 lead, the Minnesota burst into the second half and built The Gophers didn’t miss a beat with their court Boilermakers’ largest of the game. Minnesota its biggest lead of the game, 14 points, by hitting leader on the sidelines. A three-point play by chipped away at the deficit and tied the score at five of their first eight shots and adding two suc- Ashley Ellis-Milan expanded the lead to seven 52-52 on a three-pointer by Katie Ohm off the right cessful trips to the free throw line (4-4). A Fox points (12-5) and three minutes passed before Fox wing with 1:31 remaining. jumper at the 15:31 mark gave the Gophers a 48- re-entered the game with the score 12-6. Then Boiler junior Natasha Bogdanova answered 34 lead. over the next four minutes, the Gophers used an with a huge three, her only successful try in six The Buckeyes battled back behind the inside 11-0 run with Ohm hitting the first of her five triples attempts from long range, to put Purdue up 55-52 Kay Sylva presence of their talented 6-4 center Jantel and Fox adding a pair of jumpers to give Minnesota with 1:01 remaining. Knight hit a lay-in to bring the Lavender. Lavender scored the next nine Ohio a 23-8 lead. Gophers within a point with 34 seconds left. State points to ignite a 16-2 run. Ashley Michigan State used an 8-0 run later in the half The Gophers fouled FahKara Malone, who had Trebilcock’s three pointer at the 10:01 mark tied the to bring the deficit to five points at 29-24 with 4:17 missed five free throws to that point. She made the score at 50-50. Trebilcock led the Buckeyes with remaining. Ohm halted the Spartan rally with her first but missed the second, Knight grabbed the 25 points. second three pointer of the game, a shot that ignit- rebound and Minnesota had one more chance. The Gophers nudged back out in front and took ed a 9-0 run to end the half with Minnesota leading Coach Borton called a time out with 17.8 sec- a six-point lead on a three-pointer by Brittany 38-24. onds remaining. The Purdue defense scattered the McCoy. Ohio State answered again with a pair of Fox had 16 of her 25 points in the first half and Gophers’ offense and Minnesota failed to even get free throws by Lavender and a bucket by Marscilla the Gophers led by 14 points despite committing a shot off in the possession. Packer. Minnesota used a 7-0 run in the next 14 turnovers. The difference was Michigan State The first half was tight throughout. Both teams minute of play to take control of the game. Ashley shooting just 22.9 (8-35) in the half. struggled with turnovers with Purdue committing Ellis-Milan’s three-point play started the run and The second half opened with Ohm netting her 13 miscues to 10 for the Gophers. The Boilers, Knight added two more baskets to complete it. The third trey and the Gophers built as big as a 20-point however, took advantage of the Minnesota mis- Gophers held a 68-59 advantage with 4:37 remain- lead at 50-30 at the 15:30 mark. Spartan reserve takes to score 10 points and led 27-26 at halftime. ing. guard Mandy Piechowski hit a trio of second-half Purdue took the lead into the locker room at half on A three-pointer by Katie Ohm with 61 seconds three pointers to help Michigan State chip away at a last second lay-up by Malone, who finished with left gave the Gophers a 10-point lead. The the Gopher lead. 11 first-half points. Minnesota did not score a field Buckeyes closed to within six points and stopped The Spartans closed to within six points on a goal in the last 4:16 of the half. the clock with a foul that sent Knight to the line. The Mia Johnson lay-in with 1:40 left to play but it would Purdue never trailed in the second half despite senior calmly make both for her final tallies. turn out to be the last Michigan State points of the converting on just 5-of-13 free throw attempts in Minnesota out-rebounded Ohio State by a 36- game. Fox and Leslie Knight both sunk free throws the half and 9-of-18 for the game. Minnesota, 27 margin, while the Gophers committed only 10 to seal the victory and Kay Sylva’s breakaway lay- never in the bonus in each half, made just eight turnovers in the game, a meager three in the sec- up with six ticks left put an exclamation point on the trips to the line, making five. The Boilers also ond half. victory. turned the ball over a total of 21 times, while Minnesota finished with 20. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Zoe Harper Knight, F 38 12-19 8-9 8 2 33 Knight, F 37 2-9 9-10 5 4 13 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, C 27 4-9 4-5 4 3 12 Ellis-Milan, C 22 5-8 2-4 5 0 12 Knight, F 39 10-15 2-3 9 3 22 Fox, G 38 6-13 3-4 3 5 16 Fox, G 35 9-14 9-10 6 5 29 Ellis-Milan, C 33 5-13 0-1 1 1 10 McCoy, G 36 2-10 0-1 4 6 5 McCoy, G 34 1-3 2-3 4 6 4 Fox, G 40 0-8 2-2 6 7 2 Ohm, G 18 3-4 0-0 4 0 8 Ohm, G 25 6-13 0-0 5 0 17 McCoy, G 32 3-7 1-2 1 3 7 Campbell 17 1-3 0-0 1 2 2 Campbell 10 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Ohm, G 21 3-3 0-0 1 0 8 Sylva 11 1-1 1-2 2 0 3 Sylva 17 1-2 0-0 5 0 2 Campbell 18 1-4 0-0 3 1 2 Harper 15 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 Harper 20 1-3 2-2 4 0 4 Sylva 9 1-1 0-0 2 0 3 TEAM 8 TEAM 5 Harper 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 200 29-59 16-22 36 19 79 Totals 200 25-53 24-29 40 15 81 TEAM 4 Totals 200 23-52 5-8 28 15 54 Ohio State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Michigan State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Riley, F 22 4-5 0-0 5 2 8 Keane, F 26 4-12 2-2 1 1 11 Purdue Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Lavender, C 37 9-13 3-3 9 2 21 Aitch, F 27 4-9 4-6 7 0 12 Bogdanova, F 32 2-8 1-2 6 0 6 Trebilcock, G 36 9-19 3-4 6 2 25 DeHaan, C 34 3-10 4-6 7 1 10 Freeman, F 33 7-9 2-4 7 2 17 Moeller, G 26 3-3 1-2 3 4 8 Thomas, G 28 1-4 0-1 4 4 2 Campbell, C 40 4-6 4-4 8 1 12 Packer, G 36 2-12 3-3 1 5 8 Johnson, G 25 2-10 0-0 7 2 4 France, G 39 2-9 1-2 5 3 6 Walker 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Piechowski 19 4-8 2-2 2 2 14 Malone, G 36 6-14 1-6 4 4 15 Mason-Cox 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Washington 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dildine 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 10 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 Davidson 18 4-10 1-2 2 1 11 Mosley 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Wilson 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Mioton 9 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 Jamen 13 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 Fortner 14 1-5 3-4 0 0 5 2 Schulze 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 10 Totals 200 21-49 9-18 35 11 56 0 Totals 200 23-69 16-23 40 11 69 Totals 200 27-55 10-12 27 19 70 Halftime: Purdue, 27, Minnesota 26 Halftime: Minnesota 38, Michigan State 24 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-6 (Knight 0-2, Ohm 2-2, Fox 0-1, Halftime: Minnesota 33, Ohio State 27 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 7-15 (Ohm 5-11, Fox 2-3, Sylva 0- Sylva 1-1); Purdue: 5-17 (Bogdanova 1-6, Freeman 1- 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-7 (Ohm 2-2, Knight 1-1, Fox 1-2, 1); MSU 7-23 (Keane 1-5, Thomas 0-1, Johnson 0-5, 1, France 1-3, Malone 2-6, Mioton 0-1) McCoy 1-2); Ohio State: Trebilcock 4-10, Moeller 1-1, Piechowski 4-7, Davidson 2-5) Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Purdue 21 Emily Fox Packer 1-4) Turnovers: Minnesota 23, Michigan State 16 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Purdue 11 Turnovers: Minnesota 10, Ohio State 14 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Michigan State 22 Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, Ohio State 18 Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: Keane (MS) Fouled Out: Lavender (O), Trebilcock (O)

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 23 Game 24 Game 25 Ohio State 76 Minnesota 61 Minnesota 68 Minnesota 62 Illinois 56 Northwestern 48 February 3, 2008 • Value City Arena • February 7, 2008 • Williams Arena • February 10, 2008 • Williams Arena • Columbus, Ohio • Attendance: 7,001 Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,168 Minneapolis • Attendance: 8,512 Recap: Ohio State scored 29 points off 21 Recap: Ashley Ellis-Milan scored 20 points to lead Recap: Sparked by six points by Korinne Minnesota turnovers defeating the Golden four Golden Gopher in double figures as Campbell, Minnesota used 17-4 run in the last Gophers 76-62. Minnesota captured an important 61-56 victory seven minutes of the first half to take control, going Leslie Knight, the Big Ten’s second-leading over Illinois. on to a 68-68 victory over Northwestern. scorer, topped the Gophers with 16 points on 6-of- After Katie Ohm swished her third three-point- Northwestern stuck with the Gophers early on 10 from the field. Zoe Harper posted her first colle- er of the night to tie the game at 50-50 with 6:38 bolstered by two early three-pointers by point giate double-double with 13 points (one below her left to play, Ellis-Milan put the Gophers on her back guard Nadia Bibbs. Bibbs’ second triple broke a career high) and 10 rebounds. and carried them to the victory. The sophomore 17-17 tie and gave the Wildcats their first lead. Buckeye senior Marscilla Packer didn’t start center scored Minnesota’s next seven points to Meshia Reed, who led the Wildcats with 11 points, the game (a coach’s decision) but made up for lost nudge the Gophers out in front by a 57-53 score hit a bucket to put Northwestern up by five points time scoring 14 second-half points, including a trio with 2:48 remaining. at 23-17 with 7:03 left before halftime. of three-point field goals. She finished with 16. Illinois looked to Lori Bjork who answered with Emily Fox ran off several baseline screens, Ashley Trebilcock led all scorers with 19. a three-pointer from the left baseline to bring the then nailed a three-pointer from deep on the right No. 19/17 Ohio State kept any Minnesota Illini to within a point at 57-56 with 1:140 remain- baseline to ignite a Minnesota 13-0 run. The comeback attempt at bay by shooting a torrid 69.2 ing. Bjork finished with a team-high 18 points. Gophers scored on their next three possessions, percent from the floor in the second half. The The Gophers struggled to find a flow to their posting up Campbell on the block against a small- Katie Ohm Gopher post players did a decent job on Big Ten next possession and maybe caught a bit of a break er Northwestern defender for two easy lay-ins. rookie sensation Jantel Lavender, who finished as the shot clock malfunctioned causing the offi- While the Gophers hit eight of their last 11 with 12 points but shot just 6-of-14 from the field. cials to stop play. Once the officials huddled, they shots in the first half, Northwestern went cold from Katie Ohm hit a three-pointer on the Gophers’ put four seconds on the shot clock and gave the the field hitting just one shot in the last seven min- first possession of the second half to bring the ball to the Gophers on the right wing. Ohm utes of the first half. Minnesota led 34-24 at inter- Gophers to within two points at 32-30. Ohio State inbounded to Knight who spun off a screen and mission with Fox (14) and Leslie Knight (12) would take control with a 14-4 run capped off by powered to the basket for a left-handed lay-in giv- already in double figures. Packer’s first triple. ing the Gophers a three-point cushion (59-56) with After shooting 57.7 percent in the first half, Knight scored four early points to help the 1:09 on the clock. Minnesota cooled a bit offensively but made up for Gophers take an early 10-4 lead six minutes into The Illini missed a pair of three-point jumpers it by hitting the boards. The Gophers pulled down the game. Ohio State answered with the first of in their next two possessions. Bjork’s miss 11 offensive rebounds in the second half, only one two runs, this one a nine-point rally to take a 13-10 bounced long off the rim and in a scramble for the less than Northwestern’s total of 12. lead. rebound, Fox picked the ball out of the air and The Wildcats scored the first five points of the Minnesota closed to within 23-21 on a Knight dashed down for an uncontested lay-up with 12 second half, while Minnesota committed a pair of lay-in with 7:47 left before halftime. The Buckeyes ticks remaining to seal the victory. turnovers, to bring Northwestern to within five rattled off another run of nine straight with reserve The Gophers committed a season-low eight points (34-29) two minutes in. Fox swung the guard Maria Moeller’s two three-pointers from the turnovers in the contest, with only two coming from momentum back to Minnesota with a steal, sprint- left baseline accounting for six of the points. their starting trio of guards (McCoy, Fox, Ohm). ing for a lay-up, drawing the foul and converting Moeller’s second triple with 3:49 on the clock gave Minnesota also played solid, yet physical, defense the three-point play. That kicked off an 11-0 Ohio State its biggest first-half lead at 28-19. keeping Illinois, the Big Ten’s best free throw Gopher run that put the game away. Ohio State score 16 points off 11 first-half shooting team, off the foul line. Illinois made just Katie Ohm, who had missed her first three Gopher turnovers to lead 32-27 at intermission. nine trips (7-9) to the free throw line compared to attempts from long range, swished a trey with 33 McCoy scored six points in the half but sat out a 17-for-19 performance in the Illini’s win in seconds left to give the Gophers their biggest lead important minutes with two personal fouls. Champaign earlier in 2007-08. of the game, 20 points, with the final score.

Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 34 6-10 4-6 6 0 16 Knight, F 40 4-8 3-4 6 2 11 Knight, F 34 9-12 0-0 2 5 13 Leslie Knight Ellis-Milan, C 26 3-6 0-0 5 1 6 Ellis-Milan, C 33 7-13 6-8 9 0 20 Ellis-Milan, C 31 2-6 1-2 9 0 5 Fox, G 35 2-13 3-4 5 5 6 Fox, G 37 5-13 4-5 4 4 16 Fox, G 35 9-18 3-3 2 4 24 McCoy, G 33 2-8 3-4 5 1 7 McCoy, G 37 0-4 1-3 3 6 1 McCoy, G 36 2-2 0-0 5 9 5 Ohm, G 26 2-4 2-2 5 1 8 Ohm, G 25 6-13 0-0 5 0 17 Ohm, G 19 1-4 0-0 3 1 3 Campbell 18 3-4 0-0 3 0 6 Campbell 9 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Campbell 22 6-12 1-2 6 0 13 Sylva 10 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Sylva 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sylva 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 18 5-8 3-4 10 0 13 Harper 7 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Harper 13 0-1 0-0 5 1 0 TEAM 1 TEAM 7 Smith 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 23-54 14-20 41 8 62 Totals 200 22-52 14-20 35 12 61 TEAM 4 Totals 200 29-57 5-7 36 20 68 Ohio State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Illinois Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Lavender, F 35 6-14 0-2 6 0 12 Smith, F 39 6-10 3-4 11 3 16 Northwestern Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Riley, F 34 5-6 1-5 6 1 11 Simpson, F 26 2-9 0-0 7 2 4 Miller, F 18 2-3 0-0 4 1 4 Trebilcock, G 38 7-12 3-4 2 5 19 Harris, G 28 3-6 2-3 4 0 9 Jaeschke, E, C 16 1-5 2-2 3 2 4 Little, G 23 3-6 0-0 1 4 6 Gordon, G 20 0-4 0-0 3 1 0 Bibbs, G 31 2-9 0-0 4 2 6 Johnson, G 13 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 Bjork, G 40 6-13 2-2 2 4 18 Dickerson, G 26 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 Jackson 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 Cheleen 18 3-6 0-0 2 0 6 Eckhart, G 38 1-3 0-0 0 3 2 Moeller 17 2-3 0-0 1 2 6 McCarthy 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jaeschke, A 27 5-12 0-0 5 1 10 Packer 27 6-10 1-1 4 4 16 Buher 22 1-6 0-0 0 2 3 Reed 25 5-10 0-3 4 2 11 Jamen 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Tabon 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Stedman 9 1-3 2-2 4 1 4 Mason-Cox 9 1-1 0-1 1 0 2 6 Boyd 10 2-4 0-0 1 0 4 3 Totals 200 21-54 7-9 36 12 56 2 Totals 200 32-58 5-13 25 18 76 Totals 200 20-53 4-7 28 14 48 Halftime: Minnesota 30, Illinois 27 Halftime: Ohio State 32, Minnesota 27 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-9 (Ohm 3-7, Fox 0-2); Illinois: 7- Halftime: Minnesota 34, Northwestern 24 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 2-7 (Ohm 2-4, McCoy 0-1, Fox 0- 25 (Smith 1-2, Simpson 0-4, Bjork 4-9, Harris 1-3, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-11 (Ohm 1-4, Fox 3-6, McCoy 1- 2); Ohio State: 7-17 (Trebilcock 2-6, Little 0-1, Gordon 0-2, Cheleen 0-1, Buher 1-4) 1); Northwestern: 4-11 (Bibbs 2-4, Dickerson 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Moeller 2-2, Packer 3-6) Turnovers: Minnesota 8, Illinois 13 Eckhart 0-1, Reed 1-4) Turnovers: Minnesota 21, Ohio State 11 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 9, Illinois 14 Turnovers: Minnesota 15, Northwestern 18 Lindsey Jaede Personal Fouls: Minnesota 17, Ohio State 16 Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, Northwestern 9 Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 26 Game 27 Game 28 Game 29 Minnesota 56 Iowa 72 Wisconsin 59 Minnesota 69 Penn State 48 Minnesota 69 Minnesota 57 Indiana 54 February 14, 2008 • Bryce Jordan Center February 17, 2008 • Carver-Hawkeye Arena February 7, 2008 • Williams Arena • February 28, 2008 • Williams Arena • • State College, Pa. • Attendance: 5,042 • Iowa City, Iowa • Attendance: 3,348 Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,168 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,748 Recap: Emily Fox scored 21 points, including four Recap: Minnesota came back from a 15-point Recap: Emily Fox won the individual battle, scor- Recap: Leslie Knight tallied her third career dou- in the last minute of play, to secure a 56-48 victo- first-half deficit, played tenacious defense in the ing 28 points to the Big Ten’s leading scorer ble-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in ry over Penn State on Feb. 14, the very first second half, but fell short in a 72-69 loss at Iowa Jolene Anderson’s 21, but the Golden Gophers leading Minnesota to a 69-54 victory over Indiana Minnesota victory in Happy Valley. on Feb. 17. Leslie Knight led the Golden Gophers lost the war losing 59-57 to Wisconsin. in the Golden Gophers’ home finale. The win was The Gophers seemed well on their way to an with 20 points, Emily Fox added 16. The score changed hands six times in the first also head coach Pam Borton’s 200th career easy win. Fox hit a three-point field goal from the Iowa blistered the nets with nine three-point seven minutes of the second half. A Fox jumper coaching victory. top of the key with 10:49 left to play to give field goals in the first half. Junior Wendy and a three-pointer by Katie Ohm ignited a 14-3 The Gophers shot 54.8 percent in the first half Minnesota a 20-point lead at 51-31. From that Ausdemore’s fifth triple of the half gave the Minnesota run that turned a 41-37 deficit to a 51- to build a 39-23 advantage at halftime. Minnesota point on, Minnesota endured a horrendous dry Hawkeyes a 44-30 lead. Knight’s two free throws 44 lead, the Gophers’ largest of the game. used several defenses to shut down Indiana’s spell on the offensive end of the court. The and then a driving lay-up as time expired brought Though the Gophers continued to build their lead guard-oriented attack, forcing the Hoosiers into Gophers missed nine field goals and turned the the Iowa lead to 10 points at halftime. to seven points, Zoe Harper’s basket was signifi- an anemic 29.2 shooting percent in the half. ball over seven times while Penn State mounted The second half was a different ball game. cant in that it would be the last field goal the Minnesota, after holding Indiana without a a 17-1 run to rally to within four at 52-48 with three Minnesota clawed its way back into the game with Gophers would score in the game. field goal in the last 8:38 of the first half, kept up minutes left to play. a 12-2 run midway through the half. The Gophers missed their final 17 shots but the defensive pressure early in the second half. The Lady Lions missed four lay-ups in five Two free throws by Fox with 7:05 remaining managed to stay in the game at the free throw The Gophers took their largest lead of the game, possessions with the chance to close the gap tied the score at 57-57. Free throws by Knight, line. Fox went 6-for-6, while Minnesota converted 22 points at 47-25 with 15:54 on the clock, when even further. With 29 seconds left, Brianne who went 8-for-8 from the line, nudged the 13-of-14 from the line until the late in the game. Kay Sylva stepped to the free throw line and hit a O’Rourke missed a driving lay-up. Ashley Ellis- Gophers in front, their first lead since a score of 4- Badger senior forward Danielle Ward threw in pair. It took the Hoosiers nearly five minutes Milan grabbed the rebound and quickly threw the 2 in the game’s opening minutes. an awkward hook shot that put Wisconsin up 57- before they broke the drought with Andrea outlet pass to Fox. O’Rourke fouled the Gophers’ Ausdemore answered with a lay-up before 55 with 2:50 remaining. Neither team was able to McGuirt’s running jumper at the 15:08 mark. leading scorer, who calmly sank two free throws Katie Ohm hit a three-pointer from the right wing score over the next seven possessions. Finally The second half turned a bit sloppy for the with 28 seconds left. to provide Minnesota with its largest lead of the Tara Steinbauer tallied two points on a pair of free Gophers as they committed four turnovers during Fox then grabbed a steal on Penn State’s next game at three points – 62-59 with 5:30 left to play. throws to up the Badgers’ lead to four points with an Indiana 10-0 run allowing the Hoosiers to close possession and dashed uncontested for a lay-up Iowa scored on its next two possessions to 45 seconds left. to within a dozen at 47-35 with 12:05 remaining. with 15 seconds left; a basket that turned out to recapture the lead. Ohm stepped up big again Fox answered with two from the line with 34 The Gophers continued to struggle on be Minnesota’s only bucket in the last 10 minutes with a long trey from the top of the key to tie the seconds on the clock to close the score to 59-57. offense, but so did Indiana as both teams went of the game. score at 65-65 with 3:58 on the clock. The Gophers were forced to foul, but they fouled scoreless over three minutes before Ashley Ellis- Minnesota grabbed an early 12-2 lead, before Iowa’s Krista VandeVenter, who made the Anderson, an 87 percent free throw shooter. Milan banked home an easy lay-up off a nice pass Fox was whistled for her second foul and was game-winning shot in the Hawkeyes’ overtime win Surprisingly, Anderson missed the front end of the from Knight. From that point on, Minnesota kept forced to sit nine minutes of the half. Leslie Knight at Williams Arena earlier this season, once again bonus. Ashley Ellis-Milan grabbed the rebound the ball in the hands of its leader Emily Fox, who scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half to lead made a play that was the difference in the game’s and was fouled during a scramble for the ball. scored the Gophers’ next five points from the free the Gophers to a 30-21 advantage at intermis- outcome. Kristi Smith drew a foul from Fox and With a chance to tie the score and with the throw line to re-establish a comfortable 19-point sion. Brittany McCoy also had all six of her assists went to the free throw line in a bonus situation. Gophers in the double bonus situation, Ellis-Milan cushion with 6:22 left to play. in the first half. The Hawkeye point guard converted the first free missed both free throws. The Gophers quickly Indiana matched its shooting percentage from Katie Ohm was the third Gopher in double dig- throw but missed the second. VandeVenter capi- fouled Alyssa Karel and she too missed the front the first half at 29 percent and with 11 turnovers, its with 11 points, including nine on a trio of three- talized on a missed block-out, grabbing the end of the bonus, giving Minnesota one last the Gophers’ lead was safe. The Hoosiers got no point field goals. rebound and banking it in for an easy deuce, chance to tie or win the game. closer than 15 points the rest of the way. extending the Iowa lead to three. The Gophers looked to their leader, Fox. The Minnesota shot 50 percent from the floor in Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Brittany McCoy closed the gap with a lay-up junior broke to the basket off a screen and pulled the game to neutralize 23 turnovers. Knight, F 35 6-9 0-2 8 2 12 with 2:36, answered by VandeVenter’s lay-in on up for a 10-foot jumper from the left wing with Ellis-Milan, C 33 2-5 3-4 5 2 7 the Hawkeye end of the court with 1:47 left to three seconds remaining. The shot looked good Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 28 9-16 2-2 4 2 21 play. Smith added a jumper to put the game out of but drew iron and bounced out. Ward collected Knight, F 37 7-11 4-4 10 5 19 McCoy, G 36 0-3 0-0 5 6 0 reach with 15 ticks remaining. Fox hit an inconse- the rebound as time expired. Ellis-Milan, C 26 3-6 0-2 7 2 6 Ohm, G 30 4-10 0-0 1 0 11 quential jumper as time expired. Fox, G 38 5-10 9-12 2 3 20 Campbell 23 2-5 0-0 5 1 4 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt McCoy, G 26 3-5 0-0 0 6 6 Sylva 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 40 2-13 3-4 5 1 7 Ohm, G 26 2-4 0-0 6 0 6 Harper 12 0-0 1-2 4 0 1 Knight, F 39 6-13 8-8 7 3 20 Ellis-Milan, C 31 1-6 4-6 12 0 6 Campbell 24 2-6 0-3 2 0 4 TEAM 5 Ellis-Milan, C 33 4-12 3-3 10 0 11 Fox, G 33 9-19 8-8 1 1 28 Sylva 7 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 Totals 200 23-48 6-10 36 13 56 Fox, G 40 6-22 3-4 3 8 16 McCoy, G 37 0-6 4-4 2 3 4 Harper 15 3-7 0-0 4 0 6 McCoy, G 36 3-7 0-1 6 6 6 Ohm, G 26 2-6 2-4 3 0 8 Jaede 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Penn State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohm, G 27 4-8 0-0 5 2 12 Campbell 9 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 TEAM 8 Wolff, F 37 3-4 2-2 4 0 8 Campbell 16 1-2 0-0 3 0 2 Sylva 15 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-50 15-23 39 16 69 Grant, G 19 1-4 1-2 1 1 3 Harper 9 1-2 0-0 4 0 2 Harper 9 2-2 0-2 1 0 4 O’Rourke, G 40 4-16 2-3 2 6 12 TEAM 7 TEAM 4 Indiana Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Williams, G 17 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 Totals 200 25-68 14-16 45 19 69 Totals 200 16-52 21-28 30 5 57 Thomas, F 22 1-6 2-2 6 2 4 Gissendanner, G 37 7-16 2-2 7 2 17 Jackson, F 27 2-4 5-6 4 0 9 Trogele 22 2-5 2-2 4 1 6 Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Wisconsin Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Smith, G 15 1-5 0-0 0 1 2 Quinn 7 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Salverson, F 27 8-14 2-3 5 6 20 Steinbauer, F 13 3-6 2-2 4 0 8 Whitney, G 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Mark 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 VandeVenter, F 22 3-4 0-0 5 0 6 Ward, F 20 3-6 0-0 5 0 6 Braun, G 39 5-11 4-8 10 2 16 Monroe 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Schlapkohl, C 25 2-6 0-0 4 1 4 Banks, G 37 2-7 2-2 5 5 7 Roberson 35 2-10 5-5 3 1 10 Lewis 12 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Smith, G 39 5-10 1-3 2 5 12 D’Alie, G 18 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 Davis 32 1-7 0-0 2 0 2 1 Ausdemore, G 34 8-16 0-0 4 2 22 Anderson, G 40 7-18 3-4 5 3 21 Linn 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 18-51 9-11 21 12 48 Hamlin 18 1-2 0-0 4 0 2 Gant 6 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Jackson, E 8 1-2 0-2 1 0 2 Graham 17 0-1 0-0 3 4 0 Dunham 27 4-7 0-0 3 2 9 McGurit 15 2-4 4-4 0 1 9 Halftime: Minnesota 30, Penn State 21 Skouby 15 2-7 1-1 2 1 6 Karel 19 3-4 0-1 2 2 6 4 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-14 (Fox 1-4, McCoy 0-1, Ohm Emmert 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Zastrow 20 1-3 0-0 8 0 2 Totals 200 15-51 20-27 30 7 54 3-9); Penn State: 3-8 (O’Rourke 2-4, Gissendanner 3 5 1-2, Quinn 0-2) Totals 200 29-60 4-7 32 20 72 Totals 200 23-53 7-9 41 15 59 Halftime: Minnesota 39, Indiana 23 Turnovers: Minnesota 21, Penn State 13 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-9 (Ohm 2-4, Knight 1-1, Fox 1- Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Penn State 9 Halftime: Iowa 34, Minnesota 24 Halftime: Minnesota 30, Wisconsin 30 3, Jaede 0-1); Indiana: 4-20 (Smith 0-3, Braun 2-4, Technicals: none 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-14 (Fox 1-5, McCoy 0-1, Ohm 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-8 (Ohm 2-6, Fox 2-2); Roberson 1-3, Davis 0-5, Linn 0-1, Jackson E 0-1, Fouled Out: McCoy (M) 4-8); Iowa: 10-18 (Smith 1-3, Ausdemore 6-10, Wisconsin: 6-18 (Banks 1-3, D’Alie 0-2, Anderson 4- McGuirt 1-3) Solverson 2-4, Souby 1-1) 9, Dunham 1-3, Karel 0-1) Turnovers: Minnesota 23, Indiana 21 Turnovers: Minnesota 12, Iowa 11 Turnovers: Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 22 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Indiana 18 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 13, Iowa 13 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, Wisconsin 23 Technicals: none Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: Thomas (I), McCoy (M) Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none

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Gopher Women’s Basketball 2008-09 2007-08 Game by Game Game 30 Game 31 (Big Ten Tournament) Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt at 67-41. The Gophers refused to give up outscor- Knight, F 24 1-4 5-6 8 5 7 ing the Longhorns 14-4 late in the game. Minnesota 63 Michigan State 56 Ellis-Milan, C 17 1-5 2-4 2 0 4 Knight scored 12 points and pulled down Fox, G 39 2-14 3-4 2 1 7 seven rebounds in her final game as a Golden Michigan 48 Minnesota 51 McCoy, G 28 3-8 2-2 6 3 8 Gopher. Korinne Campbell topped the Gophers Ohm, G 38 1-8 2-2 7 0 4 with nine rebounds. March 2, 2008 • Crisler Arena • Ann March 7, 2008 • Conseco Fieldhouse • Campbell 16 0-2 2-2 3 0 2 Raven led Texas with 19 points, while Bailey Arbor, Mich. • Attendance: 2,843 Indianapolis, Ind. • Attendance: 6,936 Sylva 15 2-4 3-4 2 0 8 contributed 16. The Longhorns went on to lose to Harper 23 4-9 3-4 6 0 11 Recap: Emily Fox not only collected her 1,000 Recap: It’s difficult enough to win any game in the No. 1 seed and top-ranked Connecticut in the TEAM 7 NCAA’s Second Round. career point, she played big in all aspects of the Big Ten Tournament but when a team misses 21 Totals 200 14-54 22-28 43 9 51 game in leading Minnesota to a 63-48 victory in of its first 22 shots to start the game and its last Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich. eight to end the game, you’re asking for trouble. Michigan St. Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt With the win, the Golden Gophers earned No. 4 seed Minnesota was upset by No. 5 seed Keane, F 27 2-8 2-3 5 3 7 Knight, F 38 5-15 2-2 7 1 12 their 20th victory (20-10) of the season and Michigan State, 56-51, in the quarterfinal of the DeHaan, C 21 6-10 0-1 4 1 12 Ellis-Milan, C 22 0-3 2-3 4 0 2 secured a bye in the Big Ten Tournament. The Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis on March 7 Piechowski, G 10 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 Fox, G 35 7-20 8-9 3 3 23 Gophers finished in a tie with Purdue for third- The only Golden Gophers to finish in double Thomas, G 39 3-8 6-6 7 1 12 McCoy, G 33 3-12 3-4 0 0 9 Ohm, G 18 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 place in the Big Ten standings with an 11-7 figures was Zoe Harper, who came off the bench Johnson, G 29 1-3 10-11 1 1 12 Campbell 26 1-3 1-2 9 0 3 record. to score 11 points. The starters combined for an Davidson 23 0-7 1-2 3 4 1 Sylva 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fox led the Gophers with 17 points. She anemic 8-39 shooting performance, just 20.1 per- Washington 13 0-3 1-2 2 0 1 Wilson 17 2-3 0-0 5 0 5 Harper 19 2-5 0-0 2 0 4 added seven assists, five rebounds and four cent. Minnesota falls to 20-11 on the season. Smith 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 steals. Katie Ohm shared scoring honors with 17 Minnesota attacked 6-9 Spartan center Wulff 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 Aitch 15 1-2 1-2 3 0 3 TEAM 7 points, 12 of them on four three-pointers. Allyssa DeHaan early in the game and accom- Totals 200 19-61 16-20 34 5 55 A Korrinne Campbell lay-in as time expired plished the goal of getting the All-Big Ten player in 3 Totals 200 16-47 21-27 36 10 56 pulled the Gophers into a 27-27 tie after the first foul trouble. She picked up two quick fouls and Texas Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt half of play. Minnesota kicked off the second half with 17:11 on the clock headed to the bench, Halftime: Minnesota 23, Michigan State 23 Williams, F 28 2-6 3-4 6 1 8 with an 11-0 run, in which Ohm scored five points, missing the rest of the first half. 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-6 (Knight 0-1, Ohm 0-3, Sylva Lindsey, C 32 4-8 1-1 7 0 9 to take control of the game. Ohm’s jumper with The Gophers held a 5-2 lead at the time, but 1-2); Michigan State: 3-13 (Keane 1-2, Piechowski 0- Cortijo, G 24 3-5 0-0 3 5 6 15:06 remaining gave the Gophers a 38-27 lead. instead of backing down with their leader on the 1, Thomas 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Davidson 0-5, Wilson Raven, G 32 7-13 2-2 2 2 19 Despite Michigan getting in the bonus with bench, Michigan State (19-12) increased its 1-1, Wulff 1-1) Bailey, G 32 6-9 4-4 6 3 16 13:20 left and the double bonus with 11:43 defensive pressure. Minnesota couldn’t buy a Turnovers: Minnesota 17, Michigan State 17 Nash Ka 22 3-6 1-2 7 0 8 remaining, the Gophers’ lead never fell below basket, going from the 17:52 mark to the 5:11 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 20, Michigan State 21 Hughes 8 1-3 2-2 1 0 4 eight points. The Wolverines could only take mark, a span of 20 missed field goal attempts, Technicals: none Nash, Kr 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 advantage of 8-of-15 free throws in the second between baskets. Amazingly, the Spartan offense Fouled Out: none Boyd 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 half, while their offense struggled shooting just was equally as ineffective and the teams sput- Cook 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Rentschler 11 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 26.1 percent in the half. tered to a 23-23 tie at intermission. Game 32 (NCAA First Round) 4 Minnesota maintained its advantage by shoot- Neither team was able to gain an advantage Totals 200 27-53 13-15 38 11 72 ing 51.7 percent in the second half. Ohm scored early in the second half as five more ties followed. Texas 72 13 of her 17 points in the second stanza, while The Spartans edged out to a 32-31 advantage on Halftime: Texas 32, Minnesota 18 Leslie Knight added eight of her 10 points after a three-point play by freshman Kalisha Keane Minnesota 55 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-10 (Knight 0-1, Fox 1-7, Ohm 0- the half as well. with 13:03 to play. March 23, 2008 • Arena at Harbor Yard 2); Texas: 5-15 (Williams 1-1, Cortijo 0-1, Raven 3-5, The Michigan State lead was short lived as Bailey 0-2, Nash Ka 1-4, Hughes 0-1, Rentschler 0- Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Harper answered with a lay-up to give Gophers a • Bridgeport, Ct. • Attendance: 6,556 1) Knight, F 29 5-8 0-0 3 1 10 one-point lead. Minnesota pushed its lead to six Recap: Minnesota saw its season end with a 72- Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Texas 20 Ellis-Milan, C 20 2-5 1-4 7 1 5 points as baskets by Emily Fox and Brittany 55 loss to Texas in the First Round of the NCAA Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Texas 18 Fox, G 39 8-15 1-1 5 7 17 McCoy upped the lead to 37-32. The Gopher held Women’s Basketball Championships at the Arena Technicals: none McCoy, G 35 4-12 0-0 3 1 8 their biggest lead of the game – six points – four at the Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. on March Fouled Out: McCoy (M), Cortijo (T) Ohm, G 25 5-10 3-4 5 0 17 times over the next seven minutes, the last on two 23. The Golden Gophers were led by Emily Fox Campbell 17 2-7 0-2 5 0 4 Korinne Campbell free throws with 3:55 remain- with 23 points and finished the season with a 20- Sylva 14 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 ing. 12 record. Harper 20 1-2 0-0 3 0 2 DeHaan scored the next four points to bring Fox grabbed a steal in Texas’ first possession Smith 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 the Spartans back to within two points. Freshman and swished a pull-up jumper from 15 feet to give TEAM 4 Brittney Thomas completed the comeback with Minnesota its only lead of the game at 2-0. The Totals 200 27-61 5-11 37 10 63 two free throws at the 2:22 mark to tie the score Longhorns (22-12) made eight of their next 11 Michigan Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt at 47-47. shots to build a 17-5 lead four minutes later. Dierdorf, F 4 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Harper gave the Gophers their last lead with The Gophers, making their seventh NCAA Walker, C 6 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 two free throws in the next possession, but Mia Tournament appearance, chipped away at the Minnfield, G 29 2-6 0-0 5 2 6 Johnson drove to the basket, scored a lay-up, Texas lead scoring points at the free throw line. Clement, G 27 2-6 0-0 3 2 5 drew a foul from Katie Ohm and converted the Minnesota scored seven straight points, sand- Cooper, G 37 4-8 2-4 7 1 11 three-point play to give the Spartans a 50-49 lead wiching a Leslie Knight basket between free Phillips 19 3-7 1-2 2 0 7 with 1:53 left to play. throws by Fox and Ashley Ellis-Milan to bring the Benson 19 0-5 0-0 1 0 0 Minnesota turned the ball over and Spartan deficit to three points at 21-18 with 5:03 left in the Jones 19 1-1 0-0 4 2 2 senior Alisa Wulff made them pay with a dagger first half. Hicks 9 2-2 0-0 1 0 4 three-pointer from the left wing to put Michigan Unfortunately, Minnesota misfired on offense Skrba 27 3-6 5-9 3 0 11 State up by four points. the rest of the half. A Brittaney Raven three point- Queen 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Fox closed the gap with two free throws with er ignited an 11-0 Texas run to close the half. The 3 53 ticks left. The Gophers played solid defense Gophers missed five shots and committed three Totals 200 18-45 8-15 31 7 48 and Courtney Davidson’s long three-pointer turnovers to limp into halftime on the short end of a 32-18 score. The stat sheet read a miserable Halftime: Minnesota 27, Michigan 27 bounced long. Minnesota was unable to grab the 17.5 field goal percentage for Minnesota making 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-15 (Fox 0-3, McCoy 0-2, Ohm rebound. Davidson grabbed her own miss and the 4-9, Sylva 0-1); Michigan: 4-16 (Minnfield 2-5, Gophers were forced to foul. Davidson made one just 5-of-28 from the floor. Clement 1-3, Cooper 1-3, Phillips 0-2, Benson 0-3) of two from the line and the Spartans were up by Minnesota found a little offense in the second Turnovers: Minnesota 14, Michigan 22 three points (54-51) with 25 seconds on the clock. half, shooting 42.4 percent, but the Gopher was Personal Fouls: Minnesota 21, Michigan 16 Fox missed a jumper with 14 seconds and unable to hold down the Longhorns. Texas main- Technicals: none Michigan State collected the rebound to seal the tained a double-digit lead throughout the half by Fouled Out: none win. The Gophers finished the game like they shooting 53.8 percent in the period. Despite 17 started it, missing their last eight shots from the second-half points by Fox, the Gophers only man- field. Two Johnson free throws provided the final aged to close with 12 points early in the half. margin of victory. Texas rebuilt a larger cushion, taking advan- tage several times on a Gopher defense taking chances to get steals. 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