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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 S E A S O N R E C A P  2006-07 SEASON REVIEW GOPHERS POST WINNING RECORD IN 2006-07 court at some very crucial moments during the year, a fifth- much more rare. The last time the Gophers marked double- Minnesota began the 2006-07 season documented to be place finish is a respectable one. doubles, one with points/rebounds and another with the second-youngest team in all of NCAA Division I points/assists, in the same game was during Minnesota’s women’s basketball. Despite just one senior and seven ROYSLAND FINISHES 12TH ALL-TIME SCORERS’ LIST magical run to the Final Four in 2004. In the Gophers’ freshmen on the roster, the Golden Gophers surprised Kelly Roysland completed her Golden Gopher career with Mideast Region semifinal win over Boston College, Janel most, exceeding the expectations of many, posting a record 1,074 career points. Roysland was the 17th to surpass the McCarville dominated with an impressive double-double of of 17-16 overall and tying for fifth place in the Big Ten 1,000-points milestone and finished in 12th place. 25 points and 15 rebounds. Lindsay Whalen collected the Conference with a 7-9 mark. Realistically, Minnesota found guard double-double with 15 points and 10 assists. itself a couple wins short of NCAA Tournament contention. GOLDEN GOPHERS NET HIGHEST SCORING OUTPUT The Gophers accepted a WNIT bid and advanced to the SINCE 2002 FOX FINISHED TIED FOR SEVENTH ON SINGLE- second round. The Gophers’ 97 points scored against Illinois-Chicago is SEASON ASSIST LIST the most by a Minnesota squad since a school-record 116 Sophomore Emily Fox finished the season with 131 assists THE BIG TEN IN POSTSEASON PLAY point outburst on Nov. 23, 2002 versus IPFW. The last time to tie for the seventh place on the single-season list for A total of seven Big Ten Conference teams advanced to the the Gophers scored in the 90s was on March 21, 2004 in a assists. She was the first player to hit 100 assists as a postseason. Purdue, Ohio State and Michigan State in the 92-81 NCAA Tournament victory over UCLA. sophomore since Lindsay Whalen accomplished the feat NCAA Tournament, and Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and with 159 in 2001-02. Wisconsin were WNIT participants. Purdue earned the Big WNIT WIN PROVIDED PLENTY OF POSITIVE STATS Ten’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament after Five Gophers scored in double figures in the WNIT victory MCCOY THE FIRST FRESHMAN WITH 100 ASSISTS capturing the Conference Tournament crown. Illinois over Illinois-Chicago. Joining Emily Fox (19 points), was Brittany McCoy dished out 105 on the season becoming the received the automatic qualifier to the WNIT. Ashley Ellis-Milan with 15, Korinne Campbell with 14, Kelly first freshman in school history to surpass the 100-assist Roysland with 13 and Katie Ohm with 11. The scoring per- mark in a rookie season. McCoy was also the second GOPHERS FINISH IN TIE FOR FIFTH IN BIG TEN formance by Campbell and Ohm marks the first game this Gopher in the 2006-07 season to reach the 100-assist The Golden Gophers finished the Big Ten campaign in a season that the Gophers had two players off the bench mark. McCoy and Emily Fox (131 assists) are the second three-way tie for fifth-place with Penn State and Wisconsin score in double digits. Overall, Minnesota has had five play- duo in school history to accomplish this since April Calhoun with records of 7-9. Ohio State captured the regular-season ers in double figures in four games in 2006-07.. (121) and Janel McCarville (119) did it in the 2004-2005 crown, while Purdue won the BIg Ten Tournament title. Fox and Campbell added the 10th and 11th double-dou- season. ble performances of the season. Fox garnered her second GOPHERS STILL OUT-PLAYED THE PREDICTIONS points/assists double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. TWO ROOKIES SURPASS CENTURY MARK ON THE Way back in October, the Big Ten coaches predicted Campbell collected her third points/rebounds double-dou- OFFENSIVE GLASS Minnesota would finish in eighth place in the Conference ble of her career with 14 points and 10 rebounds. In 30-plus years of Minnesota women’s basketball history standings. A poll of Big Ten media was even worse, pegging The game was the second time that a two Gophers gath- prior to 2006-07, only four players had collected over 100 the Gophers to finish ninth. For a squad that has often ered double-doubles in the same contest for the year. offensive rebounds in a season, led by Angie Iverson’s 143 found itself with four freshmen and a sophomore on the Having two different kinds of double-doubles, however, is in 1996-97. In 2006-07, the Golden Gophers have not only

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one but two players, amazingly both freshmen, who sur- averaging 14.5 points per game. She finished among the GOPHERS’ FRESHMEN STARTERS AMONG THE LIST passed the century mark of offensive boards in the same top 10 in several Big Ten statistical categories, including OF TOP ROOKIE SCORERS season. The duo added to the feat by grabbing their 100th scoring (10th), assists (3.88 apg. – 5th), steals (2.31 spg. – The Gophers had two freshmen move on to the list of top offensive rebound in the same game (Illinois-Chicago). 5th) and free throw percentage (.848 – 10th). rookie scorers in Minnesota women’s basketball history. It Ashley Ellis-Milan and Korinne Campbell both finished with Roysland was accorded All-Big Ten Third Team acclaim should be noted that the number of games played vary 105 offensive rebounds to tie for third in the Big Ten. by the Conference media and honorable mention status by greatly among the players on this list. The list is based on Overall, Minnesota was the top offensive rebounding team the coaches, despite missing four games due to a broken points scored, not scoring average. in the Conference, averaging 16.73 offensive rebounds a collarbone in the second half of the league season. game. Roysland topped the Gophers in scoring for the season at Freshman Player / Year Pts Gms Avg 13.2 points per game. Prior to the injury, Roysland was 1. Linda Roberts (1977-78) 475 33 14.4 ppg. THE FRESHMAN FACTOR ranked among the top 10 scorers in the Big Ten. Roysland, 2. Laura Coenen (1981-82) 456 28 16.3 ppg. Minnesota’s freshmen logged 54 percent of the minutes the Gophers’ team captain and lone senior, became the 3. Laura Gardner (1978-79) 453 32 14.1 ppg. played, as well as tallied 48 percent of the points scored this 17th Golden Gopher to score 1,000 career points. 4. Lindsay Whalen (2000-01) 425 25 17.0 ppg. season. McCoy is the first Gopher rookie to be honored since 5. Janel McCarville (2001-02) 391 30 13.0 ppg. The 2006-07 season can be compared with the 2000-01 2002, when Janel McCarville was named the Big Ten’s 6. Molly Tadich (1983-84) 305 27 11.3 ppg. season when Minnesota had five prominent freshmen on Freshman of the Year. The Big Ten coaches have since 7. Ashley Ellis-Milan (2006-07) 300 33 9.1 ppg. the roster, including rookies Lindsay Whalen and Kadidja established a five-player All-Freshman Team. McCoy is one 8. Brittany McCoy (2006-07) 293 33 8.9 ppg. Andersson. In 2000-01, the freshmen contributed 47.3 per- of only three freshmen in the Big Ten to start every game in 9. Carol Ann Shudlick (1990-91) 285 24 11.9 ppg. cent of the scoring punch and 41.6 percent of the minutes the 2006-07 season. She averaged 8.9 points, 2.9 played. rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.9 steals in her first Big Ten sea- GOPHER CENTER HARPER TOPS SCORING BEST IN son. Michigan State’s Allyssa DeHaan was named the 2007 BACK-TO-BACK GAMES GOPHER TRIO EARNS BIG TEN ACCLAIM Freshman of the Year by both the Big Ten coaches and Freshman Zoe Harper played her best basketball in the final The Golden Gopher were represented by three players on media. weeks of the season, including back-to-back games where the 2007 Big Ten Conference honor squads. Sophomore she has bettered her previous career high for scoring. Emily Fox led the way as she was named to the All-Big Ten FOX CONSISTENT IN BIG TEN TOURNEY Harper scored nine points in the Feb. 25 game at Michigan Second Team by the coaches. Senior Kelly Roysland was Golden Gopher sophomore Emily Fox averaged 16.5 State, then tallied 10 points in the Big Ten Tournament win honored with a selection to the All-Big Ten Honorable points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in two games at the over Northwestern. She played a career-best 22 minutes in Mention Team, while Brittany McCoy was named to the Big Big Ten Tournament; leading the team in all three cate- both games. In the Gophers’ last five games of the season, Ten’s All-Freshman Team. The Big Ten media voted Fox gories. Overall, Fox topped the Gophers in points, rebounds Harper more than doubled her season scoring average (3.0 and Roysland to the Third Team. and assists in the same game four times in 2006-07. ppg.) to tally 7.6 points per game. The Conference coaches honored Ohio State senior Jessica Davenport as the Player of the Year, the Big Ten’s MCCOY AMONG SELECT TRIO OF BIG TEN ROOKIES CAMPBELL A TENACIOUS REBOUNDER first three-time Player of the Year. Purdue’s Lindsay Gopher freshman Brittany McCoy is one of three freshmen Freshman Korinne Campbell knew one of her main roles Wisdom-Hylton was named the Defensive Player of the in the Big Ten Conference to start each and every game this this season was to get to the glass and the rookie forward Year, while Jim Foster was tabbed the Big Ten Coach of the season for their respective teams. Ironically, all three are made that role a priority. In games where the 6-0 leaper has Year by both the coaches and the media. guards as Ohio State’s Maria Moeller and Wisconsin’s Rae played 20 or more minutes (21 this season), Campbell aver- Fox and Roysland were honored with the first Big Ten Lin D’Alie join McCoy in the elite group. aged 9.1 rebounds a game. She pulled down a career-high postseason honors of their Gopher careers. Fox was the 17 rebounds against Michigan State in the regular-season Golden Gophers’ leading scorer during the Big Ten season finale.

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LOOKING AT THE GLASS HALF FULL CONTINUED CONFIDENCE ONE OF THE BIG TEN’S MOST IMPROVED PLAYERS Minnesota didn’t get the wins to show for it but the Golden After Emily Fox’s last second jumper won the game at Leslie Knight has been the Gophers’ most consistent pres- Gophers played some of their finest ball when competing Northwestern, the sophomore guard averaged 17.0 points ence in the post during the Big Ten season. If there were against nationally ranked teams in the Big Ten this season. per game in Big Ten action. The most points she has scored such a thing as an award for the Big Ten’s most improved In the five games the Gophers played against the Big Ten’s in a game during the span is a career-high 30 at Iowa. The player, Knight would certainly be a leading candidate. In Big nationally ranked teams (Ohio State, Purdue and Michigan fewest number of points was 10 points versus Penn State. Ten play, Knight is shooting 53.6 percent from the floor (fifth State), the Gophers lost by an average of only 7.0 points. in the Big Ten) and 88.5 percent from the line (second in the This average is somewhat skewed by a 13-point early sea- GOPHERS ON THE LINE LED TO VICTORY Big Ten) en route to averaging 10.4 points a game. She also son loss at No. 7/8 Ohio State, the Gophers’ only double- The difference between Minnesota’s trips to the free throw averages 4.7 rebounds per game. Want to talk about taking digit loss to a nationally ranked team this season. line in its seven Big Ten victories versus the Gophers’ nine an opportunity and running with it? In Knight’s first two Minnesota played both No. 4/5 Ohio State and No. 10/13 conference losses was nothing short of staggering. The years with the Gophers, she played in 10 Big Ten games Purdue to three-point games in February, and dropped a Gophers shot an average of 28.3 free throw attempts (198 and averaged 0.6 points and 0.1 rebounds. seven-point decision at No. 22/22 Michigan State in the last attempts total) when they captured Big Ten wins. In game of the regular season, before a nine-point setback to Minnesota’s Big Ten losses, the Gophers only visited the LESLIE KNIGHT EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT the No. 22/23 Spartans in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten line 123 times for an average of 13.7 trips per game. HONOR Tournament. Leslie Knight was named to the ESPN The Magazine The Gophers’ lone victory over a nationally ranked team ELLIS-MILAN AMONG BIG TEN CONFERENCE CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team, by a vote of this season was a 74-65 win at No. 25/- Nebraska in early LEADERS IN DOUBLE-DOUBLES the nation’s sports information directors. Knight, a junior December. Redshirt freshman Ashley Ellis-Milan gathered 11 points from Minnetonka, Minn., owns an impressive 3.82 grade and 11 rebounds in Gophers’ win over Indiana (Feb. 11) to point average in a communications major. She posted a ROYSLAND RETURNS FROM INJURY TO SCORE notch her fourth double-double in Big Ten play, tied with perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester. 1,000TH CAREER POINT Illinois’ Jenna Smith for the most of a freshman in the Student-athletes must maintain a minimum cumulative Senior Kelly Roysland returned to action, and the starting Conference. Overall, Ellis-Milan was tied for fourth with GPA of 3.20 and be a least a sophomore to be eligible for lineup, on Feb. 11 versus Indiana 2 1/2 weeks after suffer- seven double-doubles. During the 2006-07 season, Ellis- the academic award. ing a broken collarbone (Jan. 21 vs. Iowa). Roysland need- Milan tallied a double-double against Jessica Davenport ed only 38 seconds to hit her first basket, a three-pointer and highly ranked Ohio State. The last freshman to record from the left baseline which notched her 1,000th point as a a double-double versus a ranked team was Janel Golden Gopher. McCarville, who accomplished the feat twice in her 2001-02 rookie season with the Gophers. FOX STEPPED INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE Emily Fox played some of the best basketball of her career ROOKIE ELLIS-MILAN HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT when backcourt running mate Kelly Roysland was sidelined SHE’S OFF TO A GREAT START with an injury in late January and early February. When Ashley Ellis-Milan’s seven double-doubles is impressive for Roysland was out, Fox averaged 18.8 points a game. a freshman and a great start for a young Gopher’s career. During the same span, Fox also added 4.8 rebounds and In 2001-02, a rookie named Janel McCarville collected her 4.8 assists per game. first eight double-doubles en route to a Minnesota record 49 in her career.

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2006-07 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS 2006-07 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS KODAK/WBCA ALL-AMERICA TEAM Name School Year Conference Overall Jessica Davenport Sr. Ohio State W L Pct W L Pct Sylvia Fowles Jr. LSU 1. Ohio State * 15 1 .938 28 4 .875 Lindsey Harding Sr. Duke 2. Purdue # 14 2 .875 31 6 .838 Crystal Langhorne Jr. Maryland 3. Michigan State 13 3 .813 24 9 .727 Ivory Latta Sr. North Carolina 4. Illinois 8 8 .500 19 12 .613 Angel McCoughtry Jr. Louisville 5. Wisconsin 7 9 .438 23 13 .639 Candace Parker So. Tennessee Minnesota 7 9 .438 17 16 .515 Courtney Parks So. Oklahoma Penn State 7 9 .438 15 16 .484 Armintie Price Sr. Mississippi 8. Indiana 6 10 .375 19 14 .576 Candice Wiggins Jr Stanford Iowa 6 10 .375 14 16 .467 10. Michigan 3 13 .188 10 20 .333 11. Northwestern 2 14 .125 8 22 .267 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM First Team: * Big Ten Champion Candace Parker (So., G) Tennessee # Big Ten Tournament Champion Courtney Parks (So., C) Oklahoma Lindsey Harding (Sr., G) Duke ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM (* - Unanimous Selection) Ivory Latta (Sr., G) North Carolina Coaches Media Jessica Davenport (Sr., C) Ohio State Jessica Davenport, Ohio State* Jessica Davenport, Ohio State* Amanda Brown, Penn State Brandie Hoskins, Ohio State Second Team: Katie Gearlds, Purdue* Katie Gearlds, Purdue Sylvia Fowles (Jr., C) LSU Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Purdue Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Purdue Candice Wiggins (Jr., G) Stanford Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin Crystal Langhorne (Jr., F) Maryland Angel McCoughtry (So., F) Louisville ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM Chrissy Givens, (Sr., G) Middle Tennessee Coaches Media Lori Bjork, Illinois Lori Bjork, Illinois Third Team: Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State Katie Gearlds (Sr., G) Purdue Rene Haynes, Michigan State Victoria Lucas-Perry, Michigan State Erlana Larkins (Jr., F) North Carolina Victoria Lucas-Perry, Michigan State Star Allen, Ohio State Alison Bales (Sr., C) Duke Emily Fox, Minnesota Amanda Brown, Penn State Armintie Price (Sr., G) Mississippi Brandie Hoskins, Ohio State Tasha Humphrey (Jr., G) Georgia ALL-BIG TEN THIRD TEAM Coaches Media USBWA ALL-AMERICA TEAM Sarah McKay, Indiana Kristi Smith, Iowa First Team: Wendy Ausdenmore, Iowa Rene Haynes, Michigan State Alison Bales Duke Kristi Smith, Iowa Emily Fox, Minnesota Jessica Davenport Ohio State Sylvia Fowles LSU Marscilla Packer, Ohio State Kelly Roysland, Minnesota Chrissy Givens Middle Tennessee Marscilla Packer, Ohio State Lindsey Harding Duke All-Big Ten Honorable Mention — Coaches Crystal Langhorne Maryland Jenna Smith, Illinois; Megan Skouby, Iowa; Kelly Roysland, Minnesota; A.J. Glasauer, Northwestern; Ivory Latta North Carolina Star Allen, Ohio State; Kamela Gissendanner, Penn State; Tyra Grant, Penn State; Erin Lawless; Candace Parker Tennessee Janese Banks, Wisconsin Courtney Parks Oklahoma Candice Wiggins Stanford All-Big Ten Honorable Mention — Media Sophia Young Baylor Jenna Smith, Illinois; Sarah McKay, Indiana; Wendy Ausdenmore, Iowa; Megan Skouby, Iowa; Alisha Jefferson, Michigan State; A.J. Glasauer, Northwester; Kamela Gissendanner, Penn State; Tyra Grant, Penn State; Erin Lawless, Purdue; Janese Banks, Wisconsin

Coaches All-Defensive Team: Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State; Rene Haynes, Michigan State; Jessica Davenport, Ohio State; FahKara Malone, Purdue; Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Purdue

Coaches All-Freshmen Team: Jenna Smith, Illinois; Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State; Brittany McCoy, Minnesota; Tyra Grant, Penn State; FahKara Malone, Purdue

Coaches and Media Player of the Year: Jessica Davenport, Ohio State Coaches Defensive Player of the Year: Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Purdue Coaches Sixth Player Player of the Year: Jamie Braun, Indiana Coaches and Media Freshman of the Year: Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State Coaches and Media Big Ten Coach of the Year: Jim Foster, Ohio State

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 S T A T I S T I C S 2006-07 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 3 Kelly Roysland 29-29 856 29.5 126-329 .383 52-149 .349 79-103 .767 25-68 93 3.2 73-1 67 79 6 33 383 13.2 4 Emily Fox 33-33 1098 33.3 163-387 .421 28-80 .350 71-88 .807 51-102 153 4.6 76-1 131 100 12 70 425 12.9 21 Ashley Ellis-Milan 33-30 921 27.9 100-266 .376 1-4 .250 99-145 .683 105-132 237 7.2 79-1 24 71 6 36 300 9.1 12 Brittany McCoy 33-33 1030 31.2 106-245 .433 2-7 .286 79-126 .627 29-63 92 2.8 86-1 105 106 5 55 293 8.9 45 Leslie Knight 33-33 660 20.0 99-199 .497 0-0 .000 76-92 .826 64-83 147 4.5 57-2 27 76 3 30 274 8.3 5 Korinne Campbell 33-0 686 20.8 84-200 .429 0-2 .000 36-90 .400 105-129 234 7.1 105-5 17 57 28 37 204 6.2 35 Katie Ohm 31-1 466 15.0 48-127 .378 21-80 .253 17-24 .700 24-50 74 2.4 45-0 22 42 1 16 134 4.3 20 Zoe Harper 33-3 362 11.0 40-99 .404 1-1 1.000 19-32 .594 36-39 75 2.3 59-4 13 39 17 11 100 3.0 15 Brianna Salley 16-0 137 8.6 11-38 .289 2-4 .500 5-12 .500 8-9 17 1.1 17-0 9 11 3 4 30 1.9 31 Jordan Barnes 32-3 398 12.4 21-44 .477 9-22 .409 8-14 .571 17-39 56 1.8 34-0 19 15 3 8 59 1.8 32 Tanisha Smith 3-0 8 2.7 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0.3 2-0 0 0 0 3 2 0.7 34 Lindsey Jaede 1-0 2 2.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 88-66 154 15 Total 29 5825 799-1939 .412 116-350 .331 490-726 .675 552-781 1333 40.4 634-15 434 611 84 393 2204 66.8 Opponents 29 5825 750-1817 .413 150-519 .289 434-629 .690 409-728 1137 34.5 603- 486 620 128 275 2084 63.2

2006-07 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 16-16 555 34.7 87-211 .412 19-47 .404 39-46 .848 26-38 64 4.0 42-1 62 50 6 37 232 14.5 3 Kelly Roysland 12-12 344 28.7 44-128 .344 21-62 .339 32-38 .842 8-22 30 2.5 30-1 24 30 1 16 141 11.8 45 Leslie Knight 16-16 378 23.6 60-112 .536 0-0 .000 46-52 .887 29-46 75 4.7 34-2 18 42 3 15 166 10.4 21 Ashley Ellis-Milan 16-16 500 31.2 44-132 .333 0-2 .000 65-87 .747 48-56 104 6.5 36-0 13 33 1 20 153 9.6 12 Brittany McCoy 16-16 530 33.1 60-135 .444 0-1 .000 22-41 .537 9-37 46 2.9 45-1 54 50 3 31 142 8.9 5 Korinne Campbell 16-0 271 16.9 27-69 .391 0-0 .000 12-27 .444 40-52 92 5.8 49-4 4 25 10 15 66 4.1 20 Zoe Harper 16-0 137 8.6 17-37 .459 1-1 1.000 6-11 .545 12-19 31 1.9 22-2 2 9 7 4 41 2.6 31 Jordan Barnes 15-3 233 15.5 13-24 .542 7-17 .412 5-9 .556 13-21 34 2.3 18-0 15 10 2 4 38 2.5 35 Katie Ohm 14-1 186 13.3 12-46 .261 8-35 .229 3-4 .750 6-12 18 1.3 18-0 7 15 0 6 35 2.5 15 Brianna Salley 11-0 91 8.3 6-23 .261 2-4 .500 1-6 .167 6-4 10 0.9 13-0 6 8 2 3 15 1.4 TEAM 47-38 85 8 Total 16 3225 370-917 .403 58-169 .343 231-321 .720 244-345 589 36.8 307-11 205 280 35 151 1029 64.3 Opponents 16 3225 364-837 .435 66-216 .306 232-320 .725 179-353 532 33.2 274- 232 296 76 125 1026 64.1

Minnesota’s Record When the Gophers... Minnesota’s Record When the Gophers... Minnesota’s Record When the Gophers... Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten Overall Big Ten Win the Opening Tip 12-6 4-3 Outshot by opponent (%) 4-8 1-5 Opponent scores 90 or more points 0-0 0-0 Lost the Opening Tip 5-10 3-6 Outshot by opponent (%) 2-13 2-7 Opponent scores 80-89 points 0-0 0-0 Leading at halftime 15-6 5-6 Shoots better than 80% FT 1-3 1-3 Opponent scores 70-79 points 1-7 1-3 Trailing at halftime 1-10 1-3 Opponent scores 60-69 points 9-5 4-3 Outrebound opponent 14-9 4-6 Tied at halftime 1-0 1-0 Opponent scores 50-59 points 5-4 2-3 Outrebounded by opponent or tied 3-7 3-3 Opponent scores 49 or less points 2-0 0-0 Games Decided by 1-4 Points 3-5 2-4 Fewer turnovers than opponent 10-4 5-3 Games Decided by 5-9 Points 2-4 1-2 More turnovers than opponent 5-12 0-6 When Roysland Leads in Scoring 7-5 3-1 Games Decided by 10+ Points 12-7 4-3 Turnovers equal 2-0 2-0 When Fox Leads in Scoring 6-7 2-6 10 or more steals 9-5 6-3 When Ellis-Milan Leads in Scoring 2-1 1-1 Shoot 60% or above FG% 0-0 0-0 Bench outscores opponent bench 8-6 1-3 When Ohm Leads in Scoring 1-1 0-0 Shoot 50-59% FG% 2-1 1-1 Bench outscored by opp. bench/even 9-10 6-6 When McCoy Leads in Scoring 1-2 1-1 Shoot 40-49% FG% 13-4 5-2 When Knight Leads in Scoring 0-1 0-1 Shoot below 40% FG% 2-11 1-6 Scoring 90 or more points 1-0 0-0 Opponents 50% or above FG% 1-3 1-1 Scoring 80-89 points 2-0 1-0 Opponents 40-49% FG% 4-8 4-5 Scoring 70-80 points 11-0 4-0 Opponents below 40% FG% 12-5 2-3 Scoring 60-69 points 3-6 2-3 Outshoot opponents (%) 15-3 5-2 Scoring 31-59 points 0-10 0-6

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 R E S U L T S A N D F I N A L P O L L S OVERALL RECORD: 17-16 / BIG TEN RECORD: 7-9 Date Opponent W/L Score Attendance Scoring Leader Rebounding Leader Assists Leader 11/10 Northern Iowa W 75-63 5.189 15 Katie Ohm 10 Korinne Campbell 10 Emily Fox 11/14 Charlotte W 78-66 4.267 16 Emily Fox 9 Korinne Campbell 5 Kelly Roysland 11/18 Princeton 1 W 85-60 4,651 19 Kelly Roysland 11 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Kelly Roysland 11/19 Middle Tennessee 1 L 61-79 5,639 18 Kelly Roysland 9 Korinne Campbell 3 Emily Fox 3 Brittany McCoy 3 Katie Ohm 11/22 Creighton W 73-55 4,741 19 Emily Fox 13 Korinne Campbell 4 Emily Fox 4 Brittany McCoy 11/24 vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay 2 L 66-75 285 13 Kelly Roysland 6 Korinne Campbell 5 Brittany McCoy 11/25 vs. Kent State 2 W 70-67 1,071 23 Kelly Roysland 7 Korinne Campbell 6 Emily Fox 7 Leslie Knight 11/30 Vermont W 74-59 4,329 20 Ashley Ellis-Milan 13 Ashley Ellis-Milan 4 Brittany McCoy 12/2 Chicago State W 72-34 4,923 15 Kelly Roysland 10 Ashley Ellis-Milan 4 Katie Ohm 12/5 at No. 25/- Nebraska W 74-65 2,683 20 Kelly Roysland 14 Korinne Campbell 3 Brittany McCoy 12/9 at Iowa State L 57-67 11,559 15 Brittany McCoy 13 Korinne Campbell 2 Kelly Roysland 2 Brittany McCoy 12/22 at North Dakota State L 48-62 3,543 12 Katie Ohm 13 Ashley Ellis-Milan 5 Emily Fox 12/28 Iowa * L 56-58 6,028 16 Kelly Roysland 10 Ashley Ellis-Milan 3 Emily Fox 3 Kelly Roysland 3 Brittany McCoy 12/31 Illinois * W 70-61 5,652 27 Kelly Roysland 9 Ashley Ellis-Milan 7 Brittany McCoy 1/4 at Ohio State * L 62-75 3,352 17 Emily Fox 10 Ashley Ellis-Milan 3 Emily Fox 1/7 Wisconsin * W 71-53 11,121 20 Kelly Roysland 7 Leslie Knight 7 Emily Fox 1/11 at Northwestern * W 65-63 311 21 Ashley Ellis-Milan 11 Korinne Campbell 4 Emily Fox 4 Brittany McCoy 1/14 South Dakota State L 58-59 7,568 17 Kelly Roysland 9 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 1/18 at Illinois * L 54-64 1,625 16 Emily Fox 6 Emily Fox 3 Emily Fox 1/21 Penn State * W 75-62 7,317 20 Kelly Roysland 11 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Emily Fox 1/25 at Iowa * W ot 80-78 2,977 30 Emily Fox 8 Leslie Knight 5 Emily Fox 1/28 at Wisconsin * L 57-70 15,429 20 Emily Fox 9 Korinne Campbell 6 Emily Fox 2/1 Purdue * L 55-58 6,218 16 Emily Fox 6 Leslie Knight 5 Brittany McCoy 16 Leslie Knight 6 Jordan Barnes 6 Korinne Campbell 2/4 at Indiana * L 65-69 1,014 15 Emily Fox 8 Emily Fox 4 Emily Fox 2/8 Ohio State * L 67-70 6,068 17 Ashley Ellis-Milan 7 Zoe Harper 7 Emily Fox 2/11 Indiana * W 79-69 8,612 23 Emily Fox 11 Ashley Ellis-Milan 6 Brittany McCoy 2/15 at Penn State * L 57-66 4,719 16 Brittany McCoy 7 Korinne Campbell 4 Emily Fox 2/22 Michigan * W 66-53 6,222 16 Brittany McCoy 6 Ashley Ellis-Milan 3 Emily Fox 2/25 at Michigan State * L 50-57 8,024 15 Emily Fox 17 Korinne Campbell 3 Brittany McCoy 3/1 vs. Northwestern 3 W 60-43 5,062 12 Emily Fox 9 Emily Fox 6 Emily Fox 9 Korinne Campbell 3/2 vs. Michigan State 3 L 68-77 5,362 21 Emily Fox 8 Emily Fox 6 Emily Fox 3/14 Illinois-Chicago 4 W 97-54 2,485 19 Emily Fox 10 Korinne Campbell 11 Emily Fox 3/19 at Western Kentucky 5 L 57-73 1,180 15 Kelly Roysland 9 Korinne Campbell 3 Brittany McCoy

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ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL POLL USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 POLL (March 5 — Final) (April 4 - Final) Rank School Record Points Rank School Record Points 1. Duke (39) 30-1 1,225 1. Tennessee (31) 34-3 775 2. Connecticut (7) 28-2 1,177 2. Rutgers 27-9 727 3. North Carolina (4) 30-3 1,160 3. North Carolina 34-4 724 4. Tennessee 28-3 1,110 4. LSU 30-8 678 5. Ohio State 28-2 1,022 5. Connecticut 32-4 630 6. Stanford 27-4 942 6. Duke 32-2 597 7. Purdue 31-6 569 7. Maryland 27-5 936 8. Arizona State 31-5 549 8. Arizona State 28-3 887 9. Oklahoma 28-5 474 9. Vanderbilt 27-5 849 10. Mississippi State 24-11 434 10. LSU 26-7 785 11. George Washington 28-4 408 11. Oklahoma 23-4 751 12. North Carolina State 25-10 404 12. Purdue 27-5 640 13. Georgia 27-7 387 13. Texas A&M 23-5 638 14. Maryland 28-6 368 14. Georgia 25-6 627 15. Bowling Green 31-4 306 15. George Washington 26-3 611 16. Stanford 29-5 298 16. Middle Tennessee St. 27-3 488 17. Vanderbilt 28-6 271 17. N.C. State 23-9 429 18. Ohio State 28-4 201 18. Baylor 24-6 425 19. Florida State 24-10 198 19. Rutgers 20-8 304 20. Baylor 26-8 189 20. Bowling Green 26-3 258 21. Texas A&M 25-7 181 22. Marist 29-6 137 21. Marquette 25-5 238 23. Middle Tennessee 30-4 104 22. Wisconsin-Green Bay 25-3 217 24. Louisville 27-8 92 23. Louisville 26-6 155 25. Michigan State 24-9 79 24. Michigan State 23-8 152 25. California 27-2 67 Others receiving votes: Marquette (26-7) 69; Wisconsin-Green Bay (29-4) 53; Notre Dame (20-12) 50; Pittsburgh (24-9) 35; Iowa State (26-9) 26; California (23-9) 15; Georgia Tech (21-12) 13; Wyoming (27-9) Others receiving votes: California 57, Iowa State 34, Old Dominion 28, Delaware 8, James Madison 7, 10; West Virginia (21-11) 8; Temple (25-8) 6; Wisconsin (23-13) 5; Nebraska (22-10) 3; Washington (18- Pittsburgh 7, Temple 6, Xavier 3, Mississippi 2, West Virginia 2, Coppin St 1, DePaul 1, Tulane 1. 13) 2.

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 (Subway Classic) Game 4 (Subway Classic) Minnesota 75 Minnesota 78 Minnesota 85 Middle Tennessee 79 Northern Iowa 63 Charlotte 66 Princeton 60 Minnesota 61 November 10, 2006 • Williams Arena • November 14, 2006 • Williams Arena • November 18, 2006 • Williams Arena • November 19, 2006 • Williams Arena • Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,189 Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,267 Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,651 Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,639 Recap: Minnesota won its season-opener for the Recap: A balanced scoring attack fueled the Recap: Led by five players in double figures, Recap: Minnesota dropped its first game of the seventh straight year, defeating Northern Iowa Minnesota women’s basketball team as the Minnesota cruised to a 85-60 victory over season losing 79-61 to Middle Tennessee in the 75-63 on Nov. 10 at Williams Arena. The long- Golden Gophers gritted out a 78-66 victory over Princeton in the Subway Basketball Classic on championship game of the 2006 Subway awaited collegiate debut of Minnesota’s all-time Charlotte on Nov. 14 at Williams Arena. Nov. 18 at Williams Arena. The Golden Gophers Basketball Classic. The loss marked the first time leading high school scorer, Katie Ohm, was a suc- Minnesota improved to 2-0 on the season. (3-0) will play in the Classic championship game in six years that the Gophers have not won their cessful one as the redshirt freshmen scored a Sophomore point guard Emily Fox led the for the seventh straight year. own early-season tournament. team-high 15 points. Gophers with 16 points, six rebounds and four Kelly Roysland led all scorers with 19 points, Kelly Roysland led Minnesota with 18 points. Minnesota started the game running the floor assists. Senior Kelly Roysland had 15 points, five also filling the box score with six assists and five Roysland and Brittany McCoy were named to the on offense and outscoring the Panthers 20-5 in rebounds and five assists. Junior forward Leslie rebounds. Roysland was 3-for-6 on three-point- all-tournament team. the first seven minutes; a stretch capped by an Knight added 11 points to score in double figures ers. Sophomore point guard Emily Fox matched The Blue Raiders (2-2) jumped out to a quick Ohm lay-up. Northern Iowa stormed back going for the first time in her career. her career-high with16 points and added seven 14-6 lead capped by a field goal by senior guard on a 15-5 run to get within five points at 25-20 All eight Gophers to see significant minutes rebounds, four assists and four steals. Chrissy Givens. Minnesota would not get closer with 4:36 remaining in the half. The Gophers fin- scored at least six points. Freshman Korinne Two Golden Gophers notched career highs in than within six points the rest of the way. A basket ished the half on a 9-6 run to lead 34-26 at the Campbell just missed a double-double for the double figure scoring as Leslie Knight scored 13 down low by Zoe Harper made the score 18-12 break. second straight game with eight points and nine and Korinne Campbell contributed 11. with 10:02 remaining in the half, but the Blue In the second half, the teams traded baskets rebounds. Freshman forward Ashley Ellis-Milan Minnesota (3-0) quickly ran to a 19-7 lead in Raiders quickly responded with a 12-0 run to for the opening minutes until Northern Iowa went contributed important minutes off the bench, scor- the first eight minutes highlighted by two three- push its advantage to 30-12. on a 5-0 run and guard Nicole Clausen hit a three- ing six points and grabbing six rebounds. pointers from Roysland. The Tigers responded by Givens, the Classic most valuable player, pointer to pull the Panthers within three points at Minnesota led by as many as 11 points in the going on an 8-0 run, capped by a three-point play scored 18 first-half points in leading the Blue 40-37. first half and held a 42-38 lead at the break. from forward Casey Lockwood that tightened the Raiders to a 38-24 lead at the break. The Minnesota answered on its next possession. The 49ers quickly erased their four-point half- Gophers’ lead to four points at 23-19. Gophers helped by committing 18 of its season- Roysland drove the lane, hit a tough lay-up and time deficit to tie the score at 44 apiece on a field Roysland scored a basket to break high 31 turnovers in the first half. was fouled. She missed the free throw, but Zoe goal by Sabrina Gregory one minute into the half. Minnesota’s drought, and the Gophers regained a In the second half, the Gophers trailed by a Harper grabbed the rebound and found Campbell Charlotte then went on an 8-2 run over the next double-digit lead at 33-23 on a lay-up by McCoy game-high 29 points at 69-40 with 11:17 remain- under the basket for an important four-point three minutes to take a 52-48 lead, its largest of with 5:45 remaining in the half. Fox hit a spinning ing, however Minnesota didn’t give up, turning up swing. the game. fade-away jumper at the buzzer to give Minnesota its defensive pressure and forcing six Middle The turning point in the game came with 6:20 The teams traded baskets, as the score was a 47-34 lead at the break. Tennessee turnovers en route to a 15-0 run remaining, when Ohm hit the Gophers’ first and tied three times over the next seven minutes. Minnesota maintained its lead by shooting sparked by six points from Campbell. only three-point basket of the night to make the Aysha Jones two free throws tied the score at 59- 51.7 percent in the second half. Princeton With 6:48 remaining, Emily Fox stole the ball score 58-47. From that point on, Minnesota held 59 with 8:14 remaining. The Gophers scored the decreased the deficit to nine points three times in from Givens and scored her only basket of the a double-digit lead. next five points, including a big pull-up jumper by the half, the last on a jumper by Jessica Berry game to cut the lead to 69-53. The Blue Raiders Northern Iowa senior guard Jessie Biggs led Roysland with 4:15 remaining. with 7:15 remaining. The Gophers answered with turned the ball over on the inbounds pass to give all scorers with 22 points, also adding eight At this point, Minnesota’s defense took over, a 7-0 run to re-establish a comfortable leading Minnesota a chance to cut the deficit further but rebounds and six assists. allowing the 49ers just three field goals the rest of margin. Roysland was called for an offensive foul that nul- The points/assists double-double recorded by the game. The Gophers’ lead swelled to as large as 27 lified a short jumper. Fox was the first in over two seasons for the Freshman Katie Ohm hit a crucial three-point points when freshman Tanisha Smith stole the Roysland later made two free throws, cutting Gophers. Lindsay Whalen last accomplished the basket from the right wing with 3:17 remaining to ball and dashed in for a lay-up to score her first the lead to 14 at 69-55, the closest the Gophers feat in an 2004 NCAA Tournament game versus put Minnesota up 69-63. collegiate basket with 40 seconds left. would come. On Middle Tennessee’s next pos- Boston College. The Gophers iced the game in the final two session, Givens’ short jumper was blocked by minutes, hitting 7-of-10 free throws. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Campbell. Roysland grabbed the rebound and Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 19 5-8 3-3 4 0 13 threw a long pass to McCoy, who was called for Knight, F 20 2-10 1-2 8 0 5 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Harper, F 14 1-5 2-3 3 2 4 an offensive foul to halt the Gophers’ run. Harper, F 17 3-7 0-0 7 2 6 Knight, F 20 4-6 3-4 3 0 11 Roysland, G 32 5-13 6-9 5 6 19 Roysland, G 24 5-10 0-1 3 2 10 Harper, F 13 3-5 0-0 2 1 6 Fox, G 33 6-9 3-5 5 4 16 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 38 5-17 3-4 5 10 13 Roysland, G 33 5-15 3-4 5 5 15 McCoy, G 31 5-8 0-0 1 1 10 Knight, F 10 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 McCoy, G 33 3-5 5-9 6 4 11 Fox, G 38 6-10 3-3 6 4 16 Ellis-Milan 22 4-10 1-2 11 1 9 Ellis-Milan, F 26 4-6 3-4 5 0 11 Ellis-Milan 23 3-8 1-2 5 0 7 McCoy, G 27 2-8 2-4 2 4 6 Ohm 20 0-5 1-2 3 1 1 Roysland, G 35 6-11 2-2 1 1 18 Ohm 20 5-8 4-5 3 0 15 Ellis-Milan 23 1-3 4-6 6 1 6 Campbell 23 5-13 1-5 8 3 11 Fox, G 34 1-7 0-0 2 3 2 Campbell 20 4-8 0-2 10 0 8 Ohm 18 2-6 4-4 2 0 9 Barnes 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 McCoy, G 31 3-8 6-8 3 3 13 Barnes 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Campbell 24 4-7 0-0 9 1 8 Smith 2 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 Ohm 23 2-6 0-2 8 3 5 TEAM 6 Barnes 4 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 TEAM 4 Harper 9 1-4 0-0 2 1 2 Totals 200 30-73 14-25 53 18 75 TEAM 5 Totals 200 32-72 17-29 48 19 85 Campbell 30 3-11 4-6 9 1 10 Totals 200 27-60 20-27 41 16 78 Barnes 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Princeton Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Northern Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 7 Cowher, F 32 9-17 0-1 5 4 18 Keefe, F 32 4-12 0-3 1 0 9 Charlotte Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Totals 200 20-53 15-22 37 14 61 King, F 36 1-11 2-4 4 1 5 Smith Ta, F 17 1-1 0-1 2 0 2 Lockwood, F 16 3-6 2-3 7 1 8 Ollendieck, G 19 1-5 2-2 3 2 5 Smith, Ty, F 17 1-3 1-2 3 1 3 Rogers, C 22 3-8 1-2 8 0 7 Mid Tennessee Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Larsen, G 28 3-5 1-3 6 2 8 Burgin, C 27 3-9 0-1 7 0 6 Berry, G 15 1-3 4-4 2 1 6 Holt, F 27 4-11 2-2 6 2 10 Biggs, G 36 8-16 6-6 8 6 22 Hoey, G 29 4-11 1-2 3 2 9 O’Neill, G 33 4-12 0-0 6 5 9 Boyd, F 20 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 Ferris 6 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Gregory, G 32 7-9 4-4 6 4 18 Slemp 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Abney, G 22 3-5 0-0 0 3 9 Norton 13 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Jones 8 0-2 2-4 2 0 2 Digovich 6 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Orr, G 38 6-10 0-0 8 6 14 Mennen 9 1-2 0-0 4 0 2 Williams 14 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Berger 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Givens, G 40 12-22 1-3 7 7 25 Clausen 18 4-6 0-0 3 0 12 Ray 13 3-8 0-0 0 1 9 Sclurle 23 1-7 2-2 2 1 4 Horton 29 5-6 2-4 4 2 12 Wubbens 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Stywalt 21 1-7 2-5 4 5 4 Brown 25 1-3 0-0 2 7 2 Brown 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 TEAM 6 Floyd 12 1-2 2-2 2 0 4 Pritchard 19 2-5 1-1 2 1 6 Lymon 16 3-4 1-2 0 0 9 Totals 200 22-58 11-18 37 12 63 Cade 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 Barclay 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Spriggs 8 2-4 3-3 3 0 7 Totals 200 24-62 10-13 42 20 60 Pickel 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 34, Northern Iowa 26 TEAM 3 TEAM 6 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-8 (Roysland 0-1, Fox 0-4, Ohm Totals 200 24-57 15-24 35 13 66 Halftime: Minnesota 47, Princeton 34 Totals 200 33-61 6-11 31 22 79 1-3); UNI: 8-20 (Keefe 1-3, King 1-3, Ollendieck 1-4, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.:4-11 (Roysland 3-6, Fox 1-2, Ohm Larsen 1-2, Biggs 0-1, Norton 0-1, Clausen 4-6) Halftime: Minnesota 42, Charlotte 38 0-3); Princeton: 2-14 (Lockwood 0-1, Rogers 0-1, Halftime: Middle Tennessee 38, Minnesota 24 Turnovers: Minnesota 9, Northern Iowa 16 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 4-12 (Roysland 2-5, Fox 1-2, Berry 0-2, O’Neill 1-6, Schurle 0-1, Pritchard 1-3) 3-Pt Goals: Minn.:6-12 (Roysland 4-6, Fox 0-1, Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Northern Iowa 17 Ohm 1-5); Charlotte: 3-15 (Smith Ty 0-2, Hoey 0-1, Turnovers: Minnesota 19, Princeton 30 McCoy 1-2, Ohm 1-3); MT: 7-20 (Abney 3-5, Orr 2-5, Technicals: none Gregory 0-1, Ray 3-8, Stywalt 0-3) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Princeton 24 Givens 0-6, Brown 0-1, Lymon 2-3) Fouled Out: none Turnovers: Minnesota 25, Charlotte 28 Technicals: none Turnovers: Minnesota 31, Middle Tennessee 23 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 23, Charlotte 25 Fouled Out: O’Neill (P) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Middle Tenn. 22 Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: Harper (M), Ellis-Milan (M) Fouled Out: Holt (MT), Abney (MT)

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Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Minnesota 75 Wisconsin-Green Bay 75 Minnesota 70 Minnesota 74 Creighton 55 Minnesota 66 Kent State 67 Vermont 59 November 22, 2006 • Williams Arena • November 24, 2006 • Walkup Skydome • November 25, 2006 • Walkup Skydome November 30, 2006 • Williams Arena • Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,741 Flagstaff, Ariz. • Attendance: 285 • Flagstaff, Ariz. • Attendance: 1,071 Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,329 Recap: Three players recorded double-doubles Recap: Minnesota was defeated by Wisconsin- Recap: Kelly Roysland tied her career high with Recap: Redshirt freshman Ashley Ellis- as Minnesota rolled to a 75-55 victory over Green Bay, 75-66, at the Northern Arizona 23 points and Emily Fox set a new career best Milanposted a double-double with career highs of Creighton on Nov. 22 at Williams Arena. Thanksgiving Tournament in Flagstaff, Ariz.. UW- with 21 points to lead Minnesota to a 70-67 victo- 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead Minnesota to a Frontcourt players Korinne Campbell (11 Green Bay (2-2) used a late 8-1 run in the final ry over Kent State in the consolation game of the 74-59 victory over Vermont on Thursday in points and 13 rebounds), Ashley Ellis-Milan (10 minutes to go on victory. Northern Arizona Thanksgiving Tournament on Williams Arena. The Golden Gophers improved to points and 12 rebounds) and Leslie Knight (10 Kelly Roysland scored 13 points to lead the Saturday. The win is head coach Pam Borton’s 6-2 on the season. points and 11 rebounds) all recorded the first dou- Gophers but the key stat was Green Bay’s 18 100th victory at Minnesota. The Catamounts jumped out to a 7-2 lead in ble-doubles of their careers. It is the first time in offensive rebounds resulting in 18 points. Minnesota grabbed its biggest lead of the the first four minutes. Minnesota responded with Minnesota history that three players recorded this The Phoenix hit six first-half three-pointers to game, 11 points at 44-33, with 15:39 left in the a quick 12-3 run behind six points from Ellis- feat in the same game. Campbell was an espe- grab a 41-31 halftime lead. Nicole Soulis hit a game. Kent State (1-3) used a 9-1 run to tighten Milan. The Gophers’ lead stretched to as many as cially effective presence in the paint, with nine short jumper to increase the UWGB lead to 12 the game for the home stretch. nine points at 29-20 with 5:41 to go before the offensive rebounds, three blocks and three steals. points in the first minute in the second half before The Gophers’ lead suddenly resembled that of break. Emily Fox added a career-high 19 points and Minnesota began to chip away at the deficit. Ohm the California condors that soar high above the Vermont went on a run of its own, scoring six four assists. hit eight points in the stretch as the Gophers nearby Grand Canyon, endangered. The Golden straight points to cut the lead to 29-23. May The Gophers jumped out to a quick 10-2 lead worked their way back into the game. Flashes made use of three consecutive Gopher Kotsopoulos’ three-pointer with 1:14 to go gave in the first five minutes, capped by two free throws A Roysland three-pointer tied the score at 60- turnovers to take a brief lead at 63-62 on a lay-up the Catamounts a lead 32-31 with 1:14 to go. from Brittany McCoy. The lead stretched to 25-12 60 with 6:18 remaining. After Green Bay by Jamilah Humes with 3:27 left on the clock. Fox Ellis-Milan scored a basket underneath and was with 6:26 remaining in the half after a basket in turnovers in its next two possessions, Minnesota slashed to the basket to regain the lead in the fouled. She missed the free throw, but Katie Ohm the paint from Ellis-Milan. took its first lead since a 9-8 score when Ashley next Minnesota possession. Fox scored added was there to clean up the rebound and make an Michelle Kaus, who led Creighton with 22 Ellis-Milan stepped the free throw line and hit the another jumper with 1:02 left to give the Gophers easy basket to give the Gophers a 35-32 lead points, tied the game at 28-28 with seconds left in first of two free throws with 5:28 on the clock. a three-point advantage. going into halftime. the first half. On the next play, Fox was fouled and Eliis-Milan missed the second and Green A La’kia Stewart hit a free throw but missed Minnesota struggled early in the second half, made one of two free throws to give Minnesota a Bay’s Rachel Porath grabbed the defensive the second and Ashley Ellis-Milan grabbed the hitting just one bucket and committing five 29-28 lead at the break. rebound and tossed a long pass to Kayla Groh, rebound and after the teams traded turnovers the turnovers in the first six minutes as the Creighton (0-4) tied the score one more time whose lay-up reclaimed the lead. Golden Flashes sent Roysland to the charity Catamounts took their biggest lead of the night at early in the second half but was never able to Leslie Knight answered in the Gophers’ next stripe with 25 seconds left. Roysland calmly con- 41-37 with 13:17 remaining. A McCoy three-point grab a lead. The Gophers used a 15-0 run mid- possession, grabbing a McCoy miss and banking verted both tosses and the Gophers were up by play and then a Jordan Barnes basket erased the way through the period to take control of the it in as Minnesota took its final lead at 63-62 with four points, 68-64. Gopher deficit and after the teams exchanged game and take a game-high 19-point lead at 54- 5:00 remaining. Stewart hit a late three-pointer with 3.4 sec- buckets, two McCoy free throws with 12:09 gave 35 with 11:16 remaining. Campbell sparked the Soulis hit consecutive baskets to start GB’s onds returning to keep Kent State’s hopes alive at Minnesota the lead for good. run with five points, five rebounds and several decisive 8-1 run. With the Phoenix holding a 66- 68-67. The Gophers inbounded the ball to Vermont made one more run, hitting consecu- blocks. 63 lead, McCoy had the chance to cut into the Roysland, who was fouled and sealed the win tive three-point field goals to get within two points The Bluejays closed to within 10 points twice deficit, but missed two free throws at the 3:51 with two more free throws. of the Gophers at 52-50, but Minnesota answered but was unable to break the deficit into single fig- mark. McCoy crashed the boards on her second Roysland and Fox combined for 27 points in with a 16-3 run to put the game out of reach. ures. The 20-point margin of victory was the miss and was called for a foul, setting up what the second half alone. Fox added a team-high six Campbell scored 10 points during the key stretch, Gophers’ largest lead of the game. was perhaps the play of the game. assists, while Roysland tied her career-high with including 4-of-4 from the free throw line. Minnesota grabbed an impressive 30 offen- Natalie Berglin hit the first free throw, and then four three-point field goals. Roysland was named Starting guards Kelly Roysland and Emily Fox sive rebounds in the game, equaling the total missed the bonus. Levesa Glover hauled in the to the all-tournament. each scored eight points. It was the first time this rebounds Creighton collected as a team. rebound and hit a 10-foot jumper from the middle season that Roysland has not scored in double of the lane upping the Green Bay lead to six Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt figures. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt points. Minnesota was only able to close within Knight, F 22 4-4 1-1 7 1 9 Knight, F 14 4-7 2-2 11 0 10 five points the rest of the way. Ellis-Milan, F 19 2-4 0-0 4 1 4 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, F 31 5-14 0-0 12 1 10 Roysland, G 31 7-12 5-7 1 4 23 Knight, F 18 2-9 0-1 8 0 4 Roysland, G 25 4-11 3-5 4 3 12 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 37 9-14 2-2 3 6 21 Ellis-Milan, F 32 9-13 2-4 13 0 20 Fox, G 30 7-12 3-5 5 4 19 Knight, F 17 2-2 2-2 4 1 6 McCoy, G 15 1-2 1-3 1 1 3 Roysland, G 28 2-9 4-6 2 2 8 McCoy, G 33 1-6 5-6 4 4 7 Ellis-Milan, F 24 3-6 3-8 5 2 9 Ohm 28 2-9 0-0 6 0 5 Fox, G 30 3-9 2-2 6 0 8 Ohm 21 2-5 0-0 5 2 4 Roysland, G 28 5-9 0-0 1 3 13 Harper 17 0-2 2-4 2 0 2 McCoy, G 32 2-5 7-7 2 4 11 Harper 7 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 Fox, G 28 2-10 1-1 5 3 5 Campbell 22 0-3 0-4 7 1 0 Ohm 18 3-6 0-0 3 1 6 Campbell 28 4-11 3-8 13 1 11 McCoy, G 27 3-7 4-6 2 5 10 Barnes 8 1-3 1-1 4 0 3 Harper 8 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 Barnes 11 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 Ohm 24 5-10 0-0 5 2 12 Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Campbell 22 3-7 4-5 8 1 6 TEAM 3 Harper 11 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 TEAM 5 Barnes 12 2-2 0-0 2 0 5 Totals 200 28-70 16-26 60 15 75 Campbell 27 2-6 1-2 6 0 5 Totals 200 26-53 12-22 40 14 70 TEAM 8 Barnes 14 1-1 1-2 0 0 4 Totals 200 27-63 19-25 54 9 74 Kent State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Creighton Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 1 Scull, F 17 3-5 0-0 5 0 6 Schuett, F 17 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 Totals 200 24-53 12-21 30 17 66 Vermont Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Neuvirth, F 13 1-2 0-0 6 1 2 Griffith, C 18 0-2 1-2 2 0 1 Pilypaitis, F 32 4-7 0-1 6 3 11 Cain, C 28 2-7 4-5 5 2 8 UW-Green Bay Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Peoples, G 33 6-11 2-3 2 6 16 Cihal, F 30 2-7 0-0 6 1 4 Herring, G 25 1-7 2-2 1 6 4 Soulis, F 28 7-15 5-7 4 1 19 Burgess, G 29 5-18 0-0 5 1 13 Kotsopoulos, G 27 8-17 2-3 1 0 21 Thrall, G 34 0-6 5-7 1 1 5 Groh, G 34 2-9 3-4 5 2 7 James, G 27 2-3 5-5 3 3 9 Cross, G 28 2-10 0-0 1 4 4 Bronson 15 1-7 0-0 0 2 2 Berglin, G 35 6-10 4-6 5 3 20 Harkins 3 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 Rosenkrantz, G 33 2-10 1-2 3 1 5 Voss 17 0-2 1-2 4 0 1 Porath, G 27 2-6 2-4 5 4 7 Stewart 30 4-7 1-3 5 2 10 Jarousek 13 2-5 2-4 0 0 7 Kaus 27 8-13 0-0 0 0 22 Popp, G 34 3-6 0-0 4 1 7 Humes 27 2-11 4-6 2 2 8 Shettic 10 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Crites 18 3-8 1-2 4 2 7 Harty 14 2-4 0-0 2 3 6 LeFluer 16 1-3 0-1 5 0 2 Fenton 19 2-3 3-6 4 4 7 Frank 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 Glover 11 2-7 2-2 4 1 6 TEAM 8 Iwobi 8 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Lammers 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Templin 17 1-2 1-2 5 2 3 Totals 200 24-63 13-20 37 15 67 TEAM 5 TEAM 8 TEAM 10 Totals 200 22-59 8-16 30 13 59 Totals 200 18-58 13-18 30 14 55 Totals 200 25-59 17-25 44 17 75 Halftime: Minnesota 33, Kent State 26 3-Pt Goals: Minn.6-14 (Roysland 4-8, Fox 1-1, Halftime: Minnesota 35, Vermont 32 Halftime: Minnesota 29, Creighton 28 Halftime: UW-Green Bay 41, Minnesota 31 Barnes 0-1, Ohm 1-4); Kent State: 6-20 (Peoples 2- 3-Pt Goals: Minn.1-5 (Roysland 0-2, Ohm 0-2, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.3-8 (Roysland 1-2, Fox 2-3, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.6-18 (Roysland 3-5, Fox 0-4, 5, Burgess 3-10, Harkins 0-1, Stewart 1-1, Humes 0- Barnes 1-1); Vermont: 7-24 (Pilypaitis 3-5, McCoy 0-1, Ohm 0-1, Barnes 0-1); Creighton: 6-22 McCoy 0-1, Barnes 1-1, Ohm 2-7); UWGB: 8-20 3) Kotsopoulis 3-7, Cross 0-6, Rosenkrantz 0-3, (Schuett 0-1, Thrall 0-4, Bronson 0-5, Kaus 6-9, (Soulis 0-3, Groh 0-3, Berglin 4-6, Porath 1-2, Popp Turnovers: Minnesota 25, Kent State 17 Janousek 1-3) Crites 0-2, Lammers 0-1) 1-3, Harty 2-3) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 22, Kent State 21 Turnovers: Minnesota 19, Vermont 14 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Creighton 14 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Green Bay 15 Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 16, Vermont 22 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Creighton 20 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 23, Green Bay 16 Fouled Out: Peoples (K), Humes (K) Technicals: Vermont bench Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: Pilypaitis (V) Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none

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Nebraska Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Game 9 Game 10 Spiric, F 37 2-13 3-4 6 1 8 Game 11 Minnesota 72 Minnesota 74 Griffin, F 25 7-13 3-5 5 0 17 Iowa State 67 Aubry, F 29 6-11 0-0 8 0 14 Chicago State 34 No. 25/- Nebraska 65 Ford, G 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Minnesota 57 Hardy, G 33 4-14 3-8 1 8 12 December 2, 2006 • Williams Arena • December 5, 2006 • Devaney Center • Neals 29 4-8 0-2 2 1 9 December 9, 2006 • Hilton Coliseum • Minneapolis • Attendance: 4,923 Lincoln, Neb. • Attendance: 2,683 LaFleur 10 0-4 0-0 5 0 0 Ames, Iowa • Attendance: 11,559 Kuhlmann 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Recap: Minnesota used a school-record 40-0 run Recap: Minnesota held No. 25 Nebraska without Recap: Minnesota couldn’t overcome an early Montgomery 13 2-3 0-0 2 1 4 in the first half to cruise to an easy 72-34 victory a basket for the final 3:52 of the game while Page 12 0-2 1-2 3 1 1 second-half Iowa State surge and was defeated over Chicago State in Williams Arena on outscoring the Cornhuskers 14-1 during the TEAM 6 by the Cyclones, 67-57, in Ames on Dec. 9. Saturday. Senior Kelly Roysland paced the stretch to capture a 74-65 victory. Totals 200 25-70 10-21 38 13 65 Freshman Brittany McCoy led the Gophers Golden Gophers with 15 points, while redshirt Kelly Roysland led the Gophers with 20 with a career-high 15 pints, 10 scored in the sec- freshman center Ashley Ellis-Milan tallied her points, while Ashley Ellis-Milan added 15 and Halftime: Minnesota 44, Nebraska 41 ond half. Korinne Campbell posted her second third double-double of the season with 10 points Brittany McCoy a career-high 14. McCoy was 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 6-9 (Ellis-Milan 1-1, Roysland 3- career double-double with 13 points and 13 and 10 rebounds. also charged with defending All-Big 12 guard 6, Fox 1-1, Ohm 1-1); Nebraska: 5-28 (Spiric 1-6, rebounds, and added four blocked shots. The Gophers quickly turned an 8-6 deficit to a Kiera Hardy, who scored 12 points but shot 4-12 Griffith 0-2, Aubry 2-4, Ford 0-2, Hardy 1-7, Neals 1- Iowa State hit two three-point field goals and 48-6 lead over a 13 minute, 24 second span late from the field. 5, LaFleur 0-2) outscored the Gophers by an 8-2 margin to grab in the first half. Katie Ohm scored all 12 of her Borton needed to manage her young squad Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Nebraska 11 a 39-30 lead with 17 minutes left, to that point the points during the stretch. Chicago State (3-5) had that found itself in foul trouble throughout the sec- Personal Fouls: Minnesota 20, Nebraska 20 Cyclones’ biggest lead. Ten minutes later the two chances from the free throw line to end the ond half. Ellis-Milan picked up her fourth foul with Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Cyclones capitalized on a 7-1 run to build a 15- run and finally did so on their third try when 12:23 left in the second half and took a seat on point lead at 54-39. Chandra Timberlake hit a free throw with 1:13 on the bench with 15 points and the Gophers holding Megan Ronhovde hit a jumper at the 5:37 the clock. The Cougars didn’t hit a field goal for a 56-52 lead. mark as Iowa State held a 56-41 advantage. It the last 14:39 of the half. Minnesota led by a 48- With Ellis-Milan and Emily Fox, also with four would turn out to be the last Iowa State field goal 11 count at halftime, the 11 points allowed tying a fouls on the bench, Minnesota struggled to score. of the game. school record for fewest opponent points in a half. Over the next 6:30, the Gophers only put a The Gophers made a final run while the The second half was rather sloppy as McCoy jumper on the scoreboard. When Ellis- Cyclones attempted to keep Minnesota at bay by Minnesota played several different combinations Milan returned with 5:50 remaining, the Gophers hitting on key free throws. Iowa State hit 11-of-14 of players on the court and still maintained at least trailed 59-58. in the last 5:37 to hang on for the victory. a 36-point lead throughout. Freshman Breanna During that stretch, McCoy also picked up her Minnesota closed to within six points (59-53) on Salley saw her first action of her career after miss- fourth foul with 10:09 on the clock. Borton sent free throws by Emily Fox with 1:28 remaining. ing the opening eight games of the season due to Jordan Barnes to the scorer’s table to check in Iowa State’s Lyndsey Medders missed a jumper a foot injury. but changed her mind and left McCoy on the floor, on the next Cyclone possession but Nicky Minnesota (7-2) finished with four players in a decision that would pay big dividends as the Wieben snared an important rebound to keep double figures as Leslie Knight joined Roysland, game drew to a close. Iowa State’s possession alive. She was fouled Ellis-Milan and Ohm in double digits. Emily Fox McCoy scored 11 points in the second half and hit both free throws. Minnesota was unable to and Korinne Campbell scored eight points apiece. and hounded Nebraska’s senior playmaker to a 1- get any closer as the Gophers missed shots and for-7 shooting performance down the stretch. were forced to foul. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt The one shot Hardy hit gave the Cornhuskers The Cyclones owned a 31-28 lead at halftime Knight, F 17 2-4 6-6 3 0 10 their biggest lead of the game at 64-60 with 3:52 after the first 20 minutes featured four ties and Ellis-Milan, F 23 5-10 0-0 10 1 10 remaining. It would turn out to be Nebraska’s last three lead changes. Iowa State’s Rachel Pierson Roysland, G 26 4-12 6-7 4 3 15 field goal. scored 12 of her team-high 14 points in the first Fox, G 29 3-5 2-2 4 3 8 Korinne Campbell hit a free throw to tie the half of play. Kelly Roysland led the Gophers with McCoy, G 20 1-2 1-3 0 2 3 score a 64-64 a minute later. McCoy netted two nine points, but was held scoreless in the second Ohm 24 4-8 4-5 7 4 12 free throws to give Minnesota the lead for good at half. Harper 17 1-3 0-0 7 2 2 the 1:44 mark. McCoy forced Hardy into a Campbell 18 3-6 2-4 2 0 8 turnover on the next possession and Roysland Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Barnes 14 2-3 0-0 4 0 4 drove for a lay-up to give Minnesota a 68-64 Knight, F 13 2-6 1-2 4 1 5 Smith 5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 cushion with 1:29 to go. Ellis-Milan, F 24 1-9 1-3 9 1 3 Salley 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 Needing a basket, Nebraska looked to Kelsey Roysland, G 36 3-8 3-3 3 2 9 TEAM 2 Fox, G 28 3-10 2-2 5 1 8 Totals 200 25-59 21-27 44 15 72 Griffin, but her shot bounced off the rim and Campbell skied for the rebound. Campbell turned McCoy, G 39 6-14 2-3 6 2 15 Chicago State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt around to make a big play on the offensive end as Campbell 31 6-12 1-2 13 0 13 Neaskley, F 24 3-6 1-3 2 1 7 well, muscling up a jumper in traffic as the shot Ohm 11 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 12 2-6 0-0 1 0 4 Buchanan, F 31 2-4 2-4 2 0 6 clock expired to put the Gophers up by six with 44 Barnes 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Timberliake, C 36 4-11 3-5 6 2 11 ticks left. Kelly Roysland TEAM 3 Dixon, G 30 2-8 2-4 7 0 6 The Huskers scored their only point of the final Totals 200 23-67 10-15 44 7 57 Waldon, G 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 minutes in their next possession. Hardy missed Pierson 15 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 the first free throw and made the second with 33 Iowa State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Hadley 7 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 seconds remaining. Minnesota put the ball in sen- Medders, G 33 4-11 1-2 2 3 11 Pulliam 14 1-3 0-0 3 1 2 ior Roysland hands as Nebraska was forced to Ezell, G 32 1-7 2-2 8 6 4 Carkci 17 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 foul and the Gopher team captain sank 4-for-4 Pierson, C 30 6-11 2-4 7 1 14 Coston 14 0-3 0-0 0 4 0 free throws to seal the game. Ronhovde, F 20 2-6 4-7 5 1 9 Black 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ross, F 20 2-7 0-1 4 1 4 TEAM 4 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Florzak 16 2-4 0-1 5 1 6 Totals 200 13-42 8-16 28 8 34 Knight, F 20 2-10 1-2 8 0 5 Bjerke 2 1-2 1-1 1 0 3 Halftime: Minnesota 48, Chicago State 11 Knight, F 17 1-5 3-4 2 0 5 Mosman 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-12 (Roysland 1-6, Fox 0-2, Ellis-Milan, F 28 5-9 4-4 7 1 15 Nisleit 11 2-4 2-2 4 2 6 Ohm 0-4); Chicago State: 0-5 (Timberlake 0-1, Roysland, G 32 6-13 5-5 7 2 20 Lacey 17 1-4 2-2 0 0 5 Waldon 0-1, Carkci 0-2, Coston 0-1) Fox, G 20 2-6 0-0 5 2 5 Wieben 16 1-6 3-3 7 2 5 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Chicago State 26 McCoy, G 39 4-14 6-10 6 3 14 TEAM 5 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Chicago State 21 Campbell 25 3-6 2-5 14 1 8 Totals 200 22-62 17-25 49 17 67 Ohm 14 3-4 0-0 6 0 7 Technicals: none Halftime: Iowa State 31, Minnesota 28 Fouled Out: Neasley (C) Harper 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Barnes 16 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 1-10 (McCoy 1-1, Ellis-Milan 0-1, TEAM 2 Roysland 0-5, Fox 0-2, Ohm 0-1); Iowa State 6-23 Totals 200 24-56 20-28 51 9 74 (Medders 2-5, Ezell 0-4, Ronhovde 1-4, Ross 0-1, Florzak 2-4, Nisleit 0-1, Lacey 1-4) Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Iowa State 17 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 26, Iowa State 18 Technicals: none Fouled Out: none

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 North Dakota State 62 Iowa 58 Minnesota 70 Ohio State 75 Minnesota 48 Minnesota 56 Illinois 61 Minnesota 62 December 22, 2006 • Bison Sports December 28, 2006 • Williams Arena • December 31, 2006 • Williams Arena • January 4, 2007 • Value City Arena • Arena • Fargo, N.D. • Attendance: 3,543 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,028 Minneapolis • Attendance: 5,652 Columbus, Ohio • Attendance: 3,352 Recap: Minnesota ran into a fired-up North Recap: Ashley Ellis-Milan’s three-point field goal Recap: Kelly Roysland scored a career-high 27 Recap: Despite four players finishing in double Dakota State squad and suffered a 62-48 defeat attempt as the buzzer sounded bounced off the points in leading Minnesota to a 70-61 victory figures, Minnesota was defeated by No. 7/8 Ohio in Fargo on Dec. 22. front of the rim as Iowa escaped with a 58-56 vic- over Illinois in Big Ten action in Williams Arena. State, 75-62, in Columbus. Katie Ohm was the only Gopher in double fig- tory in the Big Ten season-opener at Williams Illinois scored 10 straight points to take a 51- Emily Fox led the Gophers with 17 points, but ures with 12 points. Overall, Minnesota struggled Arena on Dec. 28. 41 lead with 13:07 remaining. After a Gopher scored just three after halftime after tallying 14 in in nearly every aspect of the game, shooting just Iowa overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to timeout, Leslie Knight made perhaps her biggest the first half. Brittany McCoy added 12 and Ashley 30.4 percent from the field and a dismal 50 per- capture the victory, going on a 22-6 run over the bucket of the season, powering across the lane Ellis-Milan and Leslie Knight contributed 10 points cent (17-34) from the free throw line. The first nine minutes of the second half to take a 40- and firing up a left-handed lay-up, drawing a foul apiece. Ellis-Milan added 10 rebounds for her Gophers were outrebounded by a 43-32 margin, 39 lead with 11:09 remaining. on Illinois forward Erin Wigley. Knight converted fourth double-double of the season. a stat resulted in a catastrophic 17-3 disadvan- After Gopher freshman Korinne Campbell the three-point play then hit two more free throws All-American Jessica Davenport led all scor- tage in second-chance points. scored on a putback to tie the game at 46 with in Minnesota’s next possession to ignite an 8-0 ers with 22 points for Ohio State (12-1, 2-0), all The Gophers played the first half as if they 7:01 remaining, the Hawkeyes scored six unan- Gopher run. but six coming in the second half. haven’t played a game in nearly two weeks. swered points to take a 52-46 lead with 3:33 to Jenna Smith hit a short jumper in the lane to The Gophers followed their game plan per- Thanks to turnovers on its first three possessions, go. halt the Minnesota run and give Illinois a four- fectly in the first half, limiting Davenport’s touches Minnesota faced a 7-0 deficit before the Gophers Roysland hit clutch three-pointers with 3:18 point lead at 53-49, but it would prove to be the and aggressively attacking on offense. The half even attempted a shot. and 2:08 to go to bring the Gophers within three last field goal they would score for over four min- featured five ties and five lead changes, the final Ohm provided a spark off the bench, hitting points, but Minnesota never tied or regained the utes. The Gophers tied the score at 53 on two free one as Fox’s 16-foot jumper danced on the rim three straight field goals for eight points to bring lead. throws by Ashley Ellis-Milan then added two more and fell through at the buzzer. the Gophers within a point at 11-10 but the Bison With Iowa leading 57-54 with 30 seconds as Minnesota took a lead at 55-53. Defensively, Minnesota defended Davenport answered with a 7-0 run. Ohm also was unable to remaining, Emily Fox stole the ball under the bas- The score would be tied twice before with two and sometimes three players taking the get a shot off for the rest of the half. ket and made a lay-up to pull Minnesota within Roysland’s fifth three-point field goal of the after- 6-5 center out of the offense. She took just two North Dakota State proved the more aggres- one point. noon at the 5:23 mark gave the Gophers the lead shots in the half, hit both, one within the offense sive team. The Gophers were whistled for 14 per- Iowa turned the ball once again, this time with for good. Illinois closed to within two points on a and the other on the offensive glass. sonal fouls in the first half. The Bison were in the McCoy collecting the steal. Unfortunately the basket by Chelsea Gordon with 3:07 remaining. Leslie Knight scored three-point plays on con- bonus with 12:28 on the clock and benefited from Gophers gave the ball right back and were forced After both teams missed shots, Illinois had the secutive possessions to fuel the Gopher offense the double bonus for the last 6:12 of the period. to foul. Jenee Graham stepped to the free throw ball and a chance to tie the score when Ellis-Milan early in the second half. Her second old-fash- NDSU took advantage of the Gophers’ foul trou- line and made one of two free throws to give Iowa drew a charge from point guard Lori Bjork with ioned triple at the 16:26 mark gave Minnesota a ble visiting the charity stripe 20 times in the first a two-point lead with 28 seconds left. 1:44 remaining. 39-38 lead, its final of the game. half alone, making 13. Fox then ran the length of the floor and After that point, Minnesota built on its lead Davenport scored on a short jumper on the NDSU built a 39-27 lead on a Lisa Bue lay-up attempted a spinning lay-up that rimmed out of going 9-for-10 from the free throw line, while next Buckeye possession to ignite an 11-0 run with 16:43 remaining. Minnesota made a 10-0 run the basket. Minnesota collected the offensive Illinois seriously hindered any comeback hopes over the three and a half minutes and give Ohio to get within two points. Bison center Danni rebound and had one more chance to win the with three turnovers. Illinois’ Smith layed one in State a 10-point advantage at 49-39. Heintzelman hit two free throws before Ohm hit game, but Ellis-Milan’s three-point attempt came with two seconds remaining as the Orange and Kelly Roysland, who fouled out with seven her third three-pointer of the game to make it 41- up just short. Blue were only able to score two field goals in the points, halted the Buckeye run with a lay-up and 40 with 11:10 left. The Bison turned the ball over The Gophers (8-5, 0-1 Big Ten) led 33-18 at last 4:59 of the ballgame. a free throw by McCoy would close the Gophers on their next possession, but Ohm misfired on the break, and built a 17-point lead before the Minnesota finished the game hitting 26-of-36 to within seven, but a consistent Ohio State another triple in one of the Gophers’ few chances Hawkeyes stormed back. Minnesota benefited from the free throw line, 19-of-24 in the second march to the free throw line hindered any forth to take the lead and Minnesota managd just eight from 16 Iowa turnovers to build the lead, though half. Illinois went 12-14 from the free throw line in comeback attempts. The Buckeyes shot 27 sec- more points the rest of the way. several missed lay-ups would prove costly later in the first half then visited the line just three times in ond-half free throws. the game. the second hal Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 12 0-1 3-4 2 0 3 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 27 3-7 4-4 6 1 10 Ellis-Milan, F 36 2-9 4-7 13 0 8 Knight, F 16 3-7 0-0 4 0 6 Knight, F 28 4-6 4-6 7 0 12 Ellis-Milan, F 37 4-12 2-2 10 1 10 Roysland, G 33 2-13 4-8 4 0 8 Ellis-Milan, F 35 1-8 1-2 10 1 3 Ellis-Milan, F 35 1-5 11-14 9 0 13 Roysland, G 34 3-10 0-0 1 1 7 Fox, G 34 2-9 3-6 3 5 7 Roysland, G 36 5-15 2-2 7 3 16 Roysland, G 38 7-19 8-10 4 2 27 Fox, G 35 8-17 1-2 6 3 17 McCoy, G 15 1-1 1-1 0 0 3 Fox, G 28 3-12 0-0 2 3 6 Fox, G 28 3-6 0-0 1 0 7 McCoy, G 27 5-11 1-2 0 1 11 Campbell 29 1-4 1-6 5 0 3 McCoy, G 30 3-8 4-5 1 3 10 McCoy, G 32 2-9 3-6 3 7 7 Campbell 13 1-5 0-2 4 0 2 Ohm 23 4-6 1-2 1 0 12 Campbell 24 5-13 0-0 7 0 10 Campbell 13 1-4 0-0 2 0 2 Ohm 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ohm 16 2-4 0-0 1 0 5 Ohm 20 1-4 0-0 3 4 2 Harper 3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Barnes 8 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 Harper 5 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 Harper 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Barnes 12 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Salley 7 2-2 0-0 0 0 4 Barnes 5 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 Barnes 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Salley 3 2-2 0-0 2 0 5 TEAM 4 Salley 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 7 TEAM 3 Totals 200 14-46 17-34 32 7 48 TEAM 7 Totals 200 19-56 26-36 37 13 70 Totals 200 26-67 8-12 35 7 62 Totals 200 22-69 7-9 44 11 56 North Dakota St Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Illinois Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohio State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Dahlen, F 29 2-5 1-2 1 3 5 Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Simpson, F 36 4-8 1-2 9 6 11 Allen, F 11 2-3 0-0 5 1 4 Slyt, F 29 5-11 6-6 3 2 16 Ausdenmore, F 32 7-9 5-5 5 0 23 Crutcher, F 33 2-6 2-2 6 0 6 Davenport, C 37 6-7 10-13 15 0 22 Penley, C 18 0-3 0-0 3 1 0 VandeVenter, F 29 5-8 0-0 3 0 10 Smith, C 22 3-8 0-2 6 0 6 Hoskins, G 36 7-13 3-7 2 5 17 Girodat, G 35 2-8 2-2 4 4 7 Skouby, C 35 3-10 3-3 7 0 9 Bjork, G 37 3-6 4-4 3 4 13 Moeller, G 28 2-7 5-6 1 1 10 Bue, G 29 7-13 6-8 9 0 21 Smith, G 36 3-12 1-3 1 10 7 Gordon, G 34 7-18 2-2 3 0 17 Packer, G 33 1-9 2-2 6 4 4 Moran 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Graham, G 32 1-5 1-2 7 2 3 Wigley 17 1-5 0-0 3 1 2 Trebilcock 10 2-3 2-2 0 0 6 Hodgson 6 0-1 1-2 1 2 1 Emmert 17 1-6 0-0 2 3 2 McCarthy 9 0-0 1-2 3 1 1 Little 8 2-3 0-0 2 1 4 Dahlen 18 2-5 0-2 7 2 4 Schlapkohl 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Harris 10 1-1 3-3 1 3 5 Riley 17 1-3 3-4 2 1 5 Lemmus 22 1-2 0-0 6 0 2 Vanderpol 11 2-2 0-0 4 1 4 Chelleen 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Walker 11 0-0 2-3 2 1 2 Heintzelman 11 1-3 3-4 3 1 6 Nyenhuis 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 TEAM 1 TEAM 6 TEAM 7 Totals 200 21-50 13-17 40 15 61 Totals 200 23-50 28-39 36 14 75 Totals 200 20-51 19-26 43 15 62 Totals 200 22-53 10-13 37 16 58 Halftime: Illinois 34, Minnesota 32 Halftime: Minnesota 33, Ohio State 32 Halftime: North Dakota State 33, Minnesota 25 Halftime: Minnesota 33, Iowa 18 3-Pt Goals: Minn.:6-17 (Roysland 5-11, Fox 1-2, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.:2-7 (Roysland 1-4, Fox 0-1, Salley 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 3-12 (Roysland 0-5, Fox 0-1, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.: 5-18 (Ellis-Milan 0-1, Roysland 4- McCoy 0-1, Ohm 0-3); Illinois: Simpson 2-4, Crutcher 1-1, Ohm 0-1); Ohio State: 1-10 (Hoskins 0-2, Campbell 0-1, Ohm 3-5); NDSU: 3-11 (Dahlen 0-1, 11, Fox 0-3, Ohm 1-3); Iowa: 4-13 (Ausdenmore 4-5, 0-1, Smith 0-1, Bjork 3-6, Gordon 1-5) Moeller 1-2, Packer 0-3, Trebilcock 0-1, Blanton 0-2) Slyt 0-1, Girodat 1-3, Bue 1-2, Dahlen 0-2, Smith 0-4, Emmert 0-4, Nyenhuis 0-1) Turnovers: Minnesota 13, Illinois 22 Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Ohio State 17 Heintzelman 1-2) Turnovers: Minnesota 19, Iowa 22 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 17, Illinois 25 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 29, Ohio State 12 Turnovers: Minnesota 15, NDSU 13 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Iowa 14 Technicals: none Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 23, NDSU 21 Technicals: none Fouled Out: Gordon (I) Fouled Out: Roysland (M), Knight (M) Technicals: NDSU bench Fouled Out: McCoy (M) Fouled Out: none

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Minnesota 71 Minnesota 65 South Dakota State 59 Illinois 64 Wisconsin 53 Northwestern 63 Minnesota 58 Minnesota 54 January 7, 2007 • Williams Arena • January 11, 2007 • Welsh-Ryan Arena January 14, 2007 • Williams Arena • January 18, 2007 • Assembly Hall • Minneapolis • Attendance: 11,121 • Evanston, Ill. • Attendance: 311 Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,568 Champaign, Ill. • Attendance: 1,625 Recap: Senior Kelly Roysland scored 20 points to Recap: Emily Fox hit a 15-foot jumper as time Recap: A last-second field goal under the basket Recap: Minnesota’s comeback attempt fell short lead the way as Minnesota fought to a 71-53 vic- expired giving Minnesota a 65-63 victory over as time ran out lifted South Dakota State past as Illinois defeated the Golden Gophers by a tory over Wisconsin on Jan. 7. Northwestern in Big Ten action in Evanston. Minnesota 59-58 at Williams Arena onJan. 14. score of 64-54 in Big Ten action at Assembly Hall The Gophers “Burst the Barn” in front of a After Northwestern’s Sara Stutz tied the score With 2.5 seconds remaining in the game and in Champaign. season-high 11,121 fans. After the game, coach with 28 seconds remaining, the Gophers worked the Gophers leading 58-57, the Jackrabbits in- The Gophers chipped away at the Illinois lead Pam Borton presented donation checks of $1,000 for the last shot. Brittany McCoy’s jumper from the bounded the ball at half court. Andrea Verdegan by applying pressure defense. Minnesota’s 8-0 to five charities: the Ronald McDonald House, St. free throw line bounced off the rim. The Wildcats’ found Maria Boever under the basket, and Boever run, capped off by a Katie Ohm three pointer and Joseph’s Home for Children, Boys & Girls Clubs, Melissa Miller grabbed the rebound but lost con- laid a shot in as time expired. Game officials had a driving Kelly Roysland lay-up at 7:59 mark Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota and the Animal trol of the ball as she tried to attempt an outlet to review the play several times before ruling that brought the Gophers to within three points at 45- Humane Society. pass. Fox gathered the loose ball on the left wing, the shot was taken in time. Later, that ruling was 42. The margin would turn out to be the closest After Wisconsin took an early 7-4 lead, the took a dribble to the elbow and fired the winning determined incorrect but the result goes the Gophers would get. Gophers went on a 19-3 run capped by a field shot. unchanged. Illinois point guard Lori Bjork halted the goal by Roysland that gave Minnesota a 13-point Ashley Ellis-Milan scored a career-high 21 The Gophers (11-7) trailed 32-29 at the break Gopher rally with a lay-up before a Chelsea advantage at 23-10. Minnesota’s stifling defense points en route to posting her fifth double-double after turning the ball over 16 times in the first half. Gordon basket brought the Illinois lead by to nine held the Badgers without a field goal for over nine of the season. She pulled down 10 rebounds in The Gophers used a 15-8 run to tie the game points. minutes during the stretch. After Mariah Dunham 37 minutes of action. 44-44 with 13:43 remaining. In the stretch, Minnesota would mount another rally when hit a three-pointer at the 15:54 mark, Wisconsin The game was close throughout as each Roysland had three three-pointers in a row. Fox’s lay-up spun in to make the score 54-50. An did not hit a field goal until 6:20 remaining in the team’s biggest lead was only seven points, Minnesota then went on a 9-4 run to take a Ashley Ellis-Milan foul in Illinois’ next possession half, when a jump shot by Rae Lin D’Alie broke Minnesota in the first half and Northwestern in the 55-48 lead, its largest of the game, with 5:05 to sent Jenna Smith to the line. Smith hit the first but the drought. Minnesota led 30-18 at the break. second. The game was tied at 30-30 at halftime. go. South Dakota State, fought back scoring nine missed the second, but Gordon came away with Ashley Ellis-Milan was the difference for the The Wildcats (6-11, 0-4 Big Ten) held a 53-46 of the next 10 points. A driving basket by Megan a key rebound and ignited a run in which Illinois Gophers in the second half, as she scored all 15 advantage with 8:35 when center Kaitlin Vogel reclaimed the Jackrabbits’ lead at 57-56 would score eight unanswered points to put the of her points after the break while shooting 6-of-7 McInerney’s short jumper dropped in. Kelly with 1:35 remaining. game away. from the field. Ellis-Milan watched all but 4:47 Roysland hit a big three-point field goal in the Both teams failed to score in their next pos- The Gopher frontcourt, which combined for 27 from the bench after picking up her second per- Gophers’ next possession to halt the sessions, with Roysland grabbing a steal with 24 points in the win over Illinois on Dec. 31, was inef- sonal foul. Leslie Knight also had an effective day Northwestern momentum and ignite a 11-3 seconds remaining. The Gophers called a time- fective offensively hitting just three of 19 field goal in the post, scoring a career-high 14 points in Gopher run. McCoy’s jumper at the 4:29 mark out to set up a play. Roysland’s jumper in the lane attempts. Ellis-Milan missed all nine of her shots shooting 7-of-8 from the floor. Knight also had a gave Minnesota a 57-56 lead. bounced off the rim but Minnesota retained pos- from the floor. game-high seven rebounds. Northwestern hit two baskets to regain a session of the ball when it was tipped out of The Gophers trailed by as much as 18 points After missing her first nine shot attempts, three-point lead at 60-57. McCoy closed the gap bounds on the rebound by a SDSU player. The when Illinois grabbed a 34-16 lead on a pair of Badger leading scorer Jolene Anderson netted with a running jumper. Following a Northwestern Gophers inbounded with eight seconds left and Lori Bjork free throws. Minnesota missed nine of her first basket of the game with 18:02 remaining free throw, Ellis-Milan tied the score at 61-61 on a looked inside to Ashley Ellis-Milan. its first 10 field goal attempts and went on to shoot in the second period. She went on to hit four of lay-up off a nice assist from Fox. With three seconds to go and the Gophers just an anemic 29 (9-31) percent in the half. her next five attempts as Wisconsin clawed to Roysland swished a 15-foot jumper with 51 trailing by one point, Ellis-Milan was fouled under Illinois shot 52 percent, and despite 13 first-half within five points at 48-43 with 8:28 to go. seconds left to give the Gophers a two-point lead. the basket by Vogel. She made both of her free turnovers, still held a 36-22 lead at intermission. Minnesota answered with an 11-1 run to take Northwestern worked the ball to Stutz who drove throws to give Minnesota a 58-57 lead. The lead Momentum switched Illinois’ direction when a 59-44 lead on a basket by Ellis-Milan with 5:02 to the basket and drew a foul. Stutz calmly hit wouldn’t stand, however, on Boever’s lay-up at Emily Fox was called for an offensive foul, her left. From then on, the Badgers would not get both free throws to tie the game a 63-63 with 28 the buzzer. second, with 9:45 left in the half. Fox’s spinning closer than within 13 points. ticks left, setting up Minnesota’s final possession fade-away swished the net and would have drawn and winning basket. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt the Gophers to within 16-14. Illinois ran off 11 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Knight, F 18 3-7 2-3 3 1 8 straight points after that play. Knight, F 27 7-8 0-0 7 2 14 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, F 35 2-5 6-12 9 0 10 Ellis-Milan, F 24 6-7 3-8 2 2 15 Knight, F 20 2-5 1-2 3 1 5 Roysland, G 32 7-18 0-0 6 2 17 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Roysland, G 33 7-16 4-4 2 1 20 Ellis-Milan, F 37 8-14 5-7 10 0 21 Fox, G 25 4-10 0-0 4 3 8 Knight, F 25 2-5 10-10 3 0 14 Fox, G 26 1-5 4-4 5 7 6 Roysland, G 36 4-14 0-1 3 3 9 McCoy, G 37 3-5 2-2 2 6 8 Ellis-Milan, F 34 0-9 1-4 5 0 1 McCoy, G 34 1-6 1-2 6 6 3 Fox, G 19 4-7 0-0 2 4 9 Campbell 22 3-7 0-0 5 1 6 Roysland, G 38 5-15 0-0 5 0 10 Campbell 20 1-3 1-2 5 0 3 McCoy, G 38 6-10 1-2 5 4 13 Ohm 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fox, G 32 7-18 2-2 6 3 16 Ohm 17 2-4 2-2 3 0 6 Campbell 20 3-5 2-4 11 2 8 Harper 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 McCoy, G 32 4-12 0-0 2 1 8 Harper 9 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 Ohm 14 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Barnes 18 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 Campbell 15 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 Barnes 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Salley 5 0-1 1-2 2 0 1 Ohm 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 Salley 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 Barnes 11 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 TEAM 7 Harper 5 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 TEAM 6 Salley 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-54 11-19 41 13 58 Barnes 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 27-53 15-22 38 18 71 TEAM 0 Salley 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 27-57 9-16 36 15 65 South Dakota St Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 8 Wisconsin Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Vogel, F 26 3-7 0-0 6 4 6 Totals 200 20-66 13-16 31 4 54 Dunham, F 25 1-7 4-4 6 1 7 Northwestern Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Warkenthien, F 28 5-14 1-2 6 0 13 Gibson, F 26 3-4 0-4 2 1 6 Glasauer, F 32 6-8 0-0 1 8 14 Grimsrud, C 31 4-6 2-2 2 2 10 Illinois Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Banks, G 30 3-6 3-4 2 3 9 McInerney, F 35 2-2 0-3 4 3 4 Verdegan, G 31 5-6 0-0 5 6 15 Simpson, F 30 0-5 0-0 7 2 0 D’Alie 27 4-6 1-2 2 1 9 Miller, C 23 6-10 2-4 8 0 14 Muckenhim, G 32 2-6 1-4 2 4 5 Crutcher, F 23 3-4 1-1 9 0 7 Anderson, G 38 6-18 2-2 4 6 16 Bibbs, G 37 3-10 0-1 2 2 6 Boever 19 3-6 0-0 0 1 7 Smith, C 32 5-9 8-10 6 3 18 Ward 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Stutz, G 29 4-7 4-5 4 3 14 Cornemann 17 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 Bjork, G 36 4-10 5-6 6 1 15 Heins 19 2-3 0-0 1 0 5 Marshall 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Olstad 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gordon, G 30 2-4 0-0 5 0 4 Ingison 10 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Dickerson 3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Kratovil 2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 McCarthy 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gant 15 0-3 1-2 2 1 1 Bielawski 17 3-3 0-0 2 0 6 Meier 8 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 Harris 17 3-5 4-6 0 1 12 TEAM 6 Cartwright 22 2-7 0-0 2 1 5 Anderson 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Wigley 23 2-7 1-1 5 1 5 Totals 200 19-50 11-18 25 14 53 TEAM 5 TEAM 4 Gratton 9 1-2 1-1 0 1 3 Totals 200 26-49 6-13 30 18 63 Totals 200 23-52 4-8 28 18 59 TEAM 4 Halftime: Minnesota 30, Wisconsin 18 Totals 200 20-46 20-25 42 9 64 3-Pt Goals: Minn.:2-11 (Roysland 2-7, Fox 0-1, Ohm Halftime: Minnesota 30, Northwestern 30 Halftime: South Dakota State 32, Minnesota 29 0-2, Salley 0-1); Wisconsin: 4-20: (Dunham 1-6, 3-Pt Goals: Minn.2-9 (Roysland 1-5, Fox 1-3, Ohm 3-Pt Goals: Minn.3-11 (Roysland 3-9, Fox 0-1, Halftime: Illinois 36, Minnesota 22 Anderson 2-10, Heins 1-2, Ingison 0-1, Gant 0-1) 0-1); Northwestern: 5-16 (Bibbs 0-3, Glasauer 2-3, Barnes 0-1); SDSU: 9-18 (Vogel 0-1, Warkenthien 2- 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 1-9 (Roysland 0-3, Fox 0-4, Ohm Turnovers: Minnesota 22, Wisconsin 22 Dickerson 0-1, Cartwright 1-4, Stutz 2-5) 6, Verdegan 5-5, Mucherhim 0-1, Boever 1-2, 1-2); Illinois: 4-11 (Simpson 0-1, Bjork 2-6, Gordon 0- Personal Fouls: Minnesota 16, Wisconsin 20 Turnovers: Minnesota 18, Northwestern 20 Cornemann 0-1, Meier 1-1, Anderson 0-1) 1, Harris 2-2, Gratton 0-1) Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Northwestern 14 Turnovers: Minnesota 21, SDSU 20 Turnovers: Minnesota 11, Illinois 22 Fouled Out: D’Alie (W) Technicals: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 12, SDSU 15 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 22, Illinois 13 Fouled Out: none Technicals: none Technicals: none Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: none

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 20 Game 21 Game 22 Game 23 Minnesota 75 Minnesota 80 Wisconsin 70 Purdue 58 Penn State 62 Iowa 78 Minnesota 57 Minnesota 55 January 21, 2007 • Williams Arena • January 25, 2007 • Carver-Hawkeye Arena • January 28, 2007 • Kohl Center • February 1, 2007 • Williams Arena • Minneapolis • Attendance: 7,317 Iowa City, Iowa • Attendance: 2,977 Madison, Wis. • Attendance: 15,429 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,218 Recap: Spectacular guard play fueled Minnesota Recap: Led by a career-high 30 points by sopho- Recap: Wisconsin’s first-half run made the differ- Recap: The Golden Gophers came up just short in a crucial 75-62 Big Ten victory over Penn State. more guard Emily Fox, Minnesota captured an ence as Minnesota suffered a 70-57 loss in Big of upsetting No. 10/13 Purdue, falling to the The Golden Gopher backcourt of Kelly Roysland, important road victory, defeating Iowa in overtime Ten play at the Kohl Center in Madison on Jan. Boilermakers, 58-55 on Feb. 1. Emily Fox and Brittany McCoy combined for 39 by a score of 80-78. The other four starters added 28. The Golden Gophers, playing their first game After trailing 30-23 at the half, the Gophers points and 15 assists. double figures as the Gophers improved to 13-8 without injured senior team captain Kelly fought back to tie the game three times in the sec- Minnesota (12-8, 4-3 Big Ten) shared the ball overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play. Roysland, fall to 13-9 overall, 5-4 in Conference ond half, but never gained the lead. Down one well all day recording assists on 16 of 20 field Like Minnesota’s first meeting with Iowa on play. with 32 seconds remaining, the Gophers’ Jordan goals. The Gophers were also especially effective Dec. 28, the Gophers opened a large lead and Emily Fox led the Gophers with 20 points, 16 Barnes grabbed a rebound off a Katie Gearlds getting to the line, converting 31-of-38 free throws seemed to be cruising to a win before Gopher in the second half. She also contributed seven miss and fed an outlet pass to Emily Fox. Fox put in the game. senior Kelly Roysland left the game with a shoul- rebounds and six assists. Ashley Ellis-Milan up a shot with nine seconds left from the right Penn State (9-10, 2-4) jumped out to an early der injury and the Hawkeyes, behind guard Kristi added 14 points, including an 8-for-8 perform- elbow that missed and collected her own 9-4 lead after Brianne O’Rourke hit a three-point- Smith’s 21 second-half points, put together a furi- ance from the free throw line. Korinne Campbell rebound. A last-chance Fox 12-footer went off the er with 16:33 remaining in the first half. Minnesota ous rally to tie the score at 72 at the end of regu- topped the Gophers with nine rebounds. Katie iron with 6 seconds left and the Boilermakers’ responded by scoring nine of the next 11 points to lation. The Gophers led by 60-45 with nine min- Ohm started her first collegiate game and scored Lakisha Freeman’s rebound sealed the victory for take a 13-11 lead with 13:32 to play in the half. utes remaining when Roysland left the game with three points. Purdue. The Lady Lions never led for the remainder of the 10 points. The Gophers started ice-cold from the field, The Gophers fouled immediately putting Jodi game. Brittany McCoy scored twice in overtime, her hitting on just one of their first nine field goals Howell at the line where she hit both to give the Roysland scored 14 points in the first half, second tied the score at 76-76 with 2:14 remain- attempts. An Ellis-Milan putback tied the score at Boilers a three-point cushion. Minnesota was including hitting the 100th three-pointer of her ing. Perhaps the play of the game followed. The 19-19 with 7:43 left before intermission. unable to get off a last-second shot. career. Minnesota led 34-28 at the break. Gophers played solid defense in Iowa’s next pos- The Badgers reeled off 17 straight points at Led by Barnes, Minnesota played effective The Gophers opened the second half on a 11- session. Following a scramble near half court as the end of the half, nine by Jolene Anderson and team defense throughout the game, limiting 5 run, capped by a three-pointer from Fox as the the shot clock expired, Wendy Ausdemore turned eight by Janese Banks, to take a 36-19 halftime Purdue to just 1-for-8 from three-point range. The shot clock was expiring that gave Minnesota a 45- and heaved a prayer that bounced off the front of lead. The Gophers struggled to find any kind of Boilermakers came into the game averaging 5.9 33 lead with 15:28 to play. the rim. Leslie Knight grabbed the rebound and rhythm on offense going scoreless in their final 13 three-point field goals per game. Minnesota held a comfortable lead for the next was fouled by Janese Graham. Knight, who has possessions, 0-for-6 from the floor and seven After being held scoreless on 0-for-2 shooting 10 minutes, pushing the margin to as many as 16 made 16 consecutive free throws over the last turnovers. in the first half, Fox scored 16 second-half points points on two occasions. Penn State began mak- three games, calmly stepped to the line and sank Wisconsin (16-6, 5-4) grabbed its largest lead to lead the Gophers in scoring for the third straight ing a run with 4:33 to go and the Gophers leading both attempts to give Minnesota a two-point lead early in the second half, when an Anderson game. 64-51. Freshman Tyra Grant hit a three-pointer to at 78-65 with 1:41 left. breakaway lay-up gave the Badgers a 22-point After the Gophers took a 5-2 lead on Barnes’ cut the Lady Lion deficit to 10 points at 64-54. Ashley Ellis-Milan added to the Gopher lead in lead at 45-23 with 17:41 remaining. The Gophers 3-pointer just 1:38 into the game, Purdue went on After Roysland was fouled and converted both their next possession, hitting a difficult turn- answered with an 8-1 run culminated by a Fox a 16-4 run over the next 8:37. Purdue’s Danielle free throws, Kamela Gissendanner scored on around jumper through a double-team with 35 jumper at the 12:34 mark. Unfortunately it would Campbell came off the bench to score six points three straight possessions for the Lady Lions to ticks to play. take over two minutes for the Gophers (Ellis- during the run and led the visitors with 10 points make the score 68-60 with 1:56 remaining. The The Hawkeyes (11-10, 3-5) put the ball in Milan) to tally their next field goal. at halftime. A Katie Ohm 3-pointer capped the run, Gophers hit five of six free throws to take the vic- Smith’s hands. Smith drew a foul from Katie Ohm The Gophers would make one more run, clos- but Purdue retained a 30-23 halftime lead. tory. and brought Iowa to within two points with 25 sec- ing to within 12 points (65-53) at the 2:12 mark. The Gophers pounded the glass, out- Minnesota outscored Penn State by a 31-13 onds remaining. Iowa immediately fouled McCoy Minnesota forced a Wisconsin turnover and had rebounding the Boilermakers 37-24 overall and margin from the free throw line. The Gophers shot on the inbounds and after two missed free throws, one possession to cut the deficit further, but Leslie 18-7 on the offensive glass. The Gophers’ 13- a season-best 81.6 percent from the line. the Hawkeyes had one last chance to tie the Knight’s jumper was blocked by Brittany Heins. rebound advantage was the largest margin by game or win with a three-pointer. The Badgers secured the win making 5-of-6 free which the Boilermakers have been beaten on the Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Smith drove through the Gopher defense, throws down the stretch. boards this season. Knight, F 27 8-11 2-2 3 1 18 spun and put up a 4-foot jumper in the middle of Barnes logged 27 minutes in her first career Ellis-Milan, F 35 1-4 9-10 11 0 11 the lane as she crashed in Ellis-Milan. No call was Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt start while recording a career-high with 6 Roysland, G 33 3-8 12-14 1 5 20 made, the shot was wide and time expired. Knight, F 15 1-6 0-0 2 0 2 rebounds and matching a career-high five points. Fox, G 37 3-10 6-7 6 6 13 Ellis-Milan, F 32 3-9 8-8 4 2 14 McCoy, G 37 2-3 2-3 1 4 6 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 40 7-16 4-4 7 6 20 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Campbell 13 1-4 0-2 5 0 2 Knight, F 30 4-6 4-4 8 3 12 McCoy, G 34 3-8 3-4 6 3 9 Knight, F 24 6-13 4-6 6 1 16 Ohm 13 1-3 0-0 0 0 3 Ellis-Milan, F 38 3-9 4-8 4 0 10 Ohm, G 18 1-7 0-0 2 1 3 Ellis-Milan, F 35 1-7 0-0 4 0 2 Harper 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Roysland, G 23 4-7 0-0 2 4 10 Campbell 23 1-2 0-0 9 0 2 Fox, G 39 6-14 2-2 3 2 16 TEAM 4 Fox, G 44 10-18 5-6 4 5 30 Harper 11 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 McCoy, G 39 3-9 1-2 2 5 7 Totals 200 20-44 31-38 31 16 75 McCoy, G 33 4-8 2-4 2 2 10 Barnes 13 1-2 0-0 1 0 2 Barnes, G 27 2-3 0-0 6 1 5 Campbell 15 2-7 1-4 7 0 5 Salley 14 1-3 0-0 2 0 3 Ohm 15 1-5 0-0 3 0 3 Penn State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohm 24 0-3 1-2 2 1 1 TEAM 5 Campbell 16 1-2 4-4 6 0 6 Renfro, F 24 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 Harper 7 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Totals 200 19-56 15-16 41 12 57 Harper 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown, F 34 2-5 0-0 6 1 4 Barnes 11 1-1 0-0 2 1 2 TEAM 7 O’Rourke, G 33 4-7 4-6 2 3 14 TEAM 3 Wisconsin Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Totals 200 20-53 11-14 37 9 55 Williams, G 20 0-4 0-0 3 3 0 Totals 225 28-59 17-28 36 16 80 Heins, F 10 1-1 0-1 1 1 2 Gissendanner, G 33 8-17 4-4 2 3 20 Gibson, F 17 1-4 1-1 4 1 3 Purdue Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Mollinaro 9 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Iowa Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Banks, G 36 8-16 1-1 8 4 20 Wisdom-Hylton, F 31 8-10 0-0 4 1 16 Grant 34 8-13 5-6 4 0 22 Ausdemore, F 44 4-9 4-4 11 4 14 D’Alie, G 37 5-13 4-4 2 6 14 Lawless, F 30 2-5 2-2 5 3 6 Mark 13 1-5 0-0 2 0 2 VandeVenter, F 34 2-8 5-7 7 3 9 Anderson, G 34 5-15 4-4 6 3 15 Howell, G 19 1-6 4-4 2 1 6 TEAM 6 Skouby, C 27 5-10 4-4 5 0 14 Engen 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Gearlds, G 40 2-10 0-0 2 2 4 Totals 200 23-53 13-16 29 12 62 Smith, G 40 7-16 7-8 4 1 25 Ingison 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Malone, G 39 4-9 0-0 2 7 9 Graham, G 34 2-5 0-0 3 5 4 Mijalcevic 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Freeman 21 2-2 1-2 4 3 5 Halftime: Minnesota 34, Penn State 28 Emmert 12 2-4 0-1 0 2 4 Gant 9 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Campbell 19 5-7 2-2 3 0 12 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 4-8 (Roysland 2-4, Fox 1-2, Ohm Schlapkohl 18 0-3 1-3 4 1 1 Dunham 28 4-7 0-0 5 3 11 Moton 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-2); Penn State: 3-10 (O’Rourke 2-4, Gissendanner VanderPol 11 2-2 0-0 4 0 4 Crangle 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 TEAM 2 0-4, Grant 1-2) Nyenhuis 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 Ward 24 2-8 1-2 9 0 5 Totals 200 24-49 9-10 24 17 58 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Penn State 20 TEAM 1 TEAM 3 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 18, Penn State 25 Totals 225 23-59 21-27 39 16 78 Totals 200 26-69 13-15 39 18 70 Halftime: Purdue 30, Minnesota 23 Fouled Out: Campbell (M), O’Rourke (P) 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 4-11 (Eliis-Milan 0-1, Fox 2-4, Technical Foul: O’Rourke (P) Halftime: Minnesota 40, Iowa 20 Halftime: Wisconsin 36, Minnesota 19 Barnes 1-2, Ohm 1-4); Purdue: 1-8 (Howell 0-3, 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 7-13 (Roysland 2-4, Fox 5-6, Ohm 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 4-9 (Fox 2-3, Ohm 1-4, Salley 1- Gearlds 0-3, Malone 1-2) 0-3); Iowa: 7-16 (Ausdemore 2-6, Smith 4-6, Emmert 1, Barnes 0-1); Wisconsin: 5-13 (Banks 3-5, D’Alie 0- Turnovers: Minnesota 19, Purdue 14 0-2, Nyenhuis 1-2) 1, Anderson 1-4, Dunham 1-2, Crangle 0-1) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 15, Purdue 15 Turnovers: Minnesota 14, Iowa 17 Turnovers: Minnesota 16, Wisconsin 7 Fouled Out: none Personal Fouls: Minnesota 24, Iowa 17 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 12 Fouled Out: Campbell (M), Skouby (I) Fouled Out: none

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 24 Game 25 Game 26 Game 27 Indiana 69 Ohio State 70 Minnesota 79 Penn State 66 Minnesota 65 Minnesota 67 Indiana 69 Minnesota 57 February 4, 2007 • Assembly Hall • February 8, 2007 • Williams Arena • February 11, 2007 • Williams Arena • February 15, 2007 • Bryce Jordan Ctr. • Bloomington, Ind. • Attendance: 1,014 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,068 Minneapolis • Attendance: 8,612 University Park, Pa. • Attendance: 4,719 Recap: Minnesota shot 51 percent from the floor Recap: Minnesota led most of the game against Recap: The Gophers honored Kelly Roysland, Recap: Penn State out-scored Minnesota by a 22- but could not overcome 25 turnovers in a devas- No. 4/5 Ohio State, but a late Buckeyes surge Minnesota’s lone senior, and snapped a four- 3 margin in a seven-minute period that spanned tating 69-65 loss at Indiana on Feb. 4. resulted in a 70-67 Gophers loss on Feb. 8 at game losing streak in a 79-69 victory over Indiana halftime to erase a 10-point Golden Gopher lead The Gophers shot 58 percent in the first half, Williams Arena. at Williams Arena on Senior Recognition Day on and propel the Lady Lions to a 66-57 victory at the but couldn’t fully capitalize on their hot shooting Ohio State senior Jessica Davenport blocked Feb. 11. Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., on being hampered by 14 turnovers. Emily Fox 11 shots in the game to set the all-time Big Ten Roysland’s three-pointer 38 seconds into the Feb. 15. scored her 11th point on a baseline jumper to give record with 372 career blocks. The two-time Big game made her the 17th player in Minnesota his- The Gophers were led by Brittany McCoy, the Gophers a 27-11 lead at the 4:57 mark. The Ten Player of the Year was her usual dominant tory to score 1,000 career points. She finished the who scored a career-high 16 points. Hoosiers rattled off nine straight and finished the self, recording a triple-double with 17 points and day with 13 points in her first game back from a Penn State (13-13, 6-7) took advantage of the half on a 16-6 run. Minnesota held a 33-27 lead at 10 rebounds to go along with her 11 blocks. broken collerbone injury suffered in a game Gophers’ slow start in the second half where intermission. Minnesota (13-12, 5-7 Big Ten) used a 10-0 against Iowa on Jan. 25. Minnesota hit just one basket, but committed As the second half got underway, Indiana run where every starter scored to take a 49-39 After a three-pointer by Hoosiers’ guard Kim three costly turnovers, in its first eight posses- chipped away at the Gophers’ lead challenging lead with 13:16 left in the game. Roberson tied the score at 20-20 with 7:41 to go sions. Lady Lion guard Mashea Williams grabbed Minnesota’s confidence and grit with every pos- The Buckeyes (22-1, 11-0) chipped away at in the first half, Minnesota went on a 12-0 run to a steal and dashed full court, hit the lay-up, was session. Jordan Barnes hit a big three-pointer the Minnesota lead, eventually tying the score at take a 32-20 lead. In the stretch, five different fouled and completed the three-point play to kick from the corner to give the Gophers a nine-point 61-61 with 4:05 to play on a three-point play by Gophers scored, including a three-pointer by 6-3 off the second half as Penn State grabbed con- lead at the 15:15 mark. The Hoosiers’ Jamie Stephanie Blanton. Korinne Campbell answered center Zoe Harper as the shot clock expired. trol. Braun answered with an even bigger one at the by scoring underneath on an offensive putback to Minnesota led 35-23 at halftime. The Gophers closed to with two points at 45- other end. push Minnesota ahead by two points. The Gophers led by as many as 20 points 43, and forced a missed Penn State shot on the The Hoosiers finally caught the Gophers at On the next possession, Marscilla Packer midway through the second half, but Indiana Lady Lions’ next trip down the floor. Unfortunately, 48-48 on a Sarah McKay lay-in with 10:10 swished her fourth three-pointer of the game to would not go away. Minnesota came up empty handed on its next remaining. McKay scored again in Indiana’s next give Ohio State a 64-63 lead. It was the Roberson fouled out at the 6:33 mark of the possession as well, when Fox missed a driving possession to give the Hoosiers their first lead. Buckeyes’ first lead since the score was 20-18 second half with Minnesota holding a 16-point jumper. Penn State reinforced the momentum Fox hit a jumper to tie the score at 50-50, and midway through the first half. Ohio State extend- lead 64-48. With Roberson out of the game, when Tyra Grant hit two free throws and Kamela the team’s played to two more ties over the next ed its lead to three points when Blanton scored a Indiana went on a 14-3 run to make the score 67- Gissendanner switched a big three-pointer to give four minutes. The Gophers scored five straight transition lay-up to make the score 66-63 with 63 with 2:53 left in the game. It was the closest the Lions a 49-43 lead with 9:12 remaining. points, a trey by Barnes and a Knight lay-in to 1:45 left in the game. the Hoosiers had been since midway through the Penn State held an 11-point lead three times take a 63-62 lead, their final one, at the 3:32 Ashley Ellis-Milan scored underneath for the first half. from that point on though the Lions’ final field goal mark. Gophers on the next possession to cut the lead to Minnesota answered by hitting two free came at the 4:43 mark. Kim Roberson, who led the Hoosiers with 20 one, but Packer responded by hitting an open throws in three consecutive possessions to The Gophers scored the game’s opening six points, hit a running jumper and drew a foul from jumper to push the Ohio State lead back to three reclaim an 11-point lead at 73-62. Ashley Ellis- points, the first four on fast-break lay-ups by Knight and converted the three-point play in points. Fox scored on a running jumper of her Milan went to the line first, sinking both free McCoy. The freshman guard collected eight Indiana’s next possession to regain the lead. own with 40 seconds to play to make the score throws, and was followed by successive trips to points and had a career-high five steals by half- Minnesota turned the ball over and Indiana make 68-67 in favor of the Buckeyes. the line from Jordan Barnes and Emily Fox. The time. the Gophers pay when McKay sank a turnaround Ohio State then worked the clock, eventually Gophers went 12-of-12 from the line in the last The Gophers opened up a 10-point lead at jumper to put the Hoosiers up by four (67-63). finding Star Allen for a 12-foot jumper along the 2:30 of the game. 3:07 mark on a McCoy lay-up. The Lady Lions Another Gopher turnover took away another left baseline for the deciding bucket. Fox missed The two teams were whistled for a combined closed the margin to 29-24 at intermission by chance to close the margin. This time, a desperation three-pointer as time expired. 48 personal fouls, with three Hoosiers (Roberson, outscoring the Gophers, 6-1, the rest of the way. Minnesota’s defense rose to the occasion and The Buckeyes shot 16-for-20 from the free Whitney Thomas, Nikki Smith) and two Gophers The teams finished with the same amount of forced a turnover of its own. Knight banked in a throw line in the game, including going a perfect (Knight and Korinne Campbell) fouling out. field goals made. The difference came from the lay-up to bring the Gophers to within two at 67-65 14-for-14 from the charity stripe in the second free throw line, where Penn State out-scored with 2:18 left. half. In contrast, the Gophers shot 8-for-16 from Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota by a 14-6 margin. Minnesota had two chances to tie the score the free throw line. Knight, F 19 3-4 6-6 4 1 12 but shots by McCoy and Fox couldn’t find the bot- Ellis-Milan, F 29 3-8 5-6 11 2 11 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt tom of the net. The Hoosiers added an insurance Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Roysland, G 24 3-8 5-6 0 1 13 Knight, F 18 1-2 0-0 2 2 2 basket with 29 second remaining for the game’s Knight, F 30 4-6 4-4 8 3 12 Fox, G 37 6-11 9-10 3 4 23 Ellis-Milan, F 26 2-6 2-2 5 1 6 final tally. Ellis-Milan, F 25 7-14 3-3 2 1 17 McCoy, G 35 3-9 1-3 4 6 7 Roysland, G 25 1-6 0-0 2 2 3 Fox, G 36 7-18 0-0 2 7 15 Barnes 14 0-2 3-6 2 1 3 Fox, G 38 4-13 1-2 2 4 10 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt McCoy, G 38 3-7 1-3 1 3 7 Campbell 17 1-5 0-0 3 1 2 McCoy, G 30 8-13 0-1 3 2 16 Knight, F 33 5-9 2-2 7 2 12 Barnes, G 31 3-4 0-0 2 4 8 Salley 8 0-3 0-0 3 0 0 Barnes 13 2-3 2-2 4 1 7 Ellis-Milan, F 31 4-7 4-5 6 1 12 Campbell 18 2-5 2-4 5 1 6 Harper 11 2-3 0-0 1 0 5 Campbell 22 2-3 0-2 7 0 4 Fox, G 40- 7-15 0-0 8 4 15 Salley 15 0-1 0-2 0 2 0 Ohm 6 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 Salley 10 1-3 0-0 0 1 2 McCoy, G 31 4-8 0-0 2 2 8 Harper 15 1-5 2-4 7 0 4 TEAM 11 Harper 14 3-4 1-2 1 0 7 Barnes, G 32 2-5 0-0 7 3 6 TEAM 7 Totals 200 22-55 29-37 43 16 79 Ohm 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 200 28-62 8-16 29 21 67 TEAM 5 Ohm 17 2-5 0-0 0 1 6 Indiana Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Campbell 8 1-1 0-0 3 0 2 Totals 200 24-53 6-11 32 13 57 Ohio State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Roberson, F 21 5-10 4-6 3 1 16 Harper 8 1-1 2-2 1 0 4 Allen, F 24 4-7 0-2 4 3 8 Thomas, F 35 1-6 5-8 7 4 7 Penn State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 5 Davenport, C 38 4-6 8-8 10 1 17 McKay, C 39 5-8 3-4 11 2 13 Brown, F 38 6-11 2-4 10 1 14 Totals 200 26-51 8-9 39 13 65 Hoskins, G 16 2-4 0-2 1 4 4 Smith, G 39 2-12 3-4 3 2 8 Renfro, F 28 2-3 1-2 2 2 5 Indiana Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Moeller, G 35 2-5 3-3 3 4 8 Enterline, G 29 2-10 2-2 2 2 7 O’Rourke, G 40 3-8 1-2 5 6 8 Thomas, F 27 4-10 2-3 4 0 10 Packer, G 36 7-8 0-0 2 1 18 Braun 30 5-12 5-5 5 2 17 Williams, G 25 3-9 1-2 2 1 7 Roberson, F 23 6-12 7-7 3 1 20 Trebilcock 11 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Smart 6 0-0 1-3 1 0 1 Gissendanner, G 31 6-10 3-4 2 4 17 McKay, C 39 5-7 0-0 2 1 10 Riley 12 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Billington 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Grant 24 3-7 4-6 3 0 11 Smith, G 36 3-9 3-6 1 4 10 Little 10 1-2 2-2 1 0 4 TEAM 5 Molinaro 6 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 Enterline, G 34 3-4 0-0 4 2 7 Walker 6 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 Totals 200 20-59 23-32 37 13 69 Mark 8 1-1 2-2 3 0 4 Billington 5 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 Blanton 12 3-4 3-3 4 1 9 TEAM 5 Braun 36 5-14 0-3 6 5 12 TEAM 1 Halftime: Minnesota 35, Indiana 23 Totals 200 24-51 14-22 32 15 66 TEAM 1 Totals 200 24-38 16-20 28 16 70 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 6-12 (Roysland 2-5, Fox 2-3, Totals 200 26-56 12-21 22 13 69 Barnes 0-1, Harper 1-1, Ohm 1-2); Indiana 6-21 Halftime: Minnesota 29, Penn State 24 Halftime: Minnesota 33, Ohio State 31 (Roberson 2-4, Smith 1-8, Enterline 1-3, Braun 2-5, 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 3-8 (Roysland 1-3, Fox 1-3, Halftime: Minnesota 33, Indiana 27 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 3-7 (Fox 1-4, Barnes 2-3); Ohio Billington 0-1) Barnes 1-2); Penn State: 4-9 (O’Rourke 1-2, 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 5-12 (Fox 1-3, Barnes 2-5, Ohm State: 6-8 (Davenport 1-1, Hoskins 0-1, Moeller 1-1, Turnovers: Minnesota 20, Indiana 20 Gissendanner 2-3, Grant 1-4) 2-4); Indiana: 5-17 (Roberson 1-3, Smith 1-5, Packer 4-5) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 22, Indiana 26 Turnovers: Minnesota 21, Penn State 18 Enterline 1-2, Braun 2-7) Turnovers: Minnesota 15, Ohio State 25 Fouled Out: Knight (M), Campbell (M), Roberson (I), Personal Fouls: Minnesota 20, Penn State 15 Turnovers: Minnesota 25, Indiana 10 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 14, Ohio State 16 Thomas (I), Smith (I) Fouled Out: Campbell (M) Personal Fouls: Minnesota 19, Indiana 13 Fouled Out: none Fouled Out: Fox (M), Roberson (I)

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G O P H E R W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 G A M E - B Y - G A M E Game 28 Game 29 Game 30 (Big Ten Tournament) Minnesota 66 Michigan State 57 Minnesota 60 Michigan 53 Minnesota 50 Northwestern 43 February 22, 2007 • Williams Arena • February 25, 2007 • Williams Arena • March 1, 2007 • Conseco Fieldhouse Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,222 Minneapolis • Attendance: 6,222 • Indianapolis • Attendance: 5,062 Recap: Minnesota forced 25 Michigan turnovers Recap: Call it an East Lansing minute. That was Recap: Emily Fox scored 12 points and pulled to its 12 in defeating the Wolverines 66-53 in the all it took for No. 20 Michigan State to score down a career-high nine rebounds to lead final regular season home game of the season on seven straight points and turn a 35-31 deficit into Minnesota to a 60-43 victory over Northwestern in Febl 22 at Williams Arena. a three-point lead. The Spartans never again the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Brittany McCoy tied her career-high and led all trailed in defeating Minnesota, 57-50, in the final Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. scorers with 16 points, 14 in the second half. game of the regular season for both squads. The Gophers benefited from a balanced Michigan jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead in the Minnesota held a 25-24 halftime lead. Spartan effort. Fox was the first player of the game into game’s opening minutes. The Gophers respond- Victoria Lucas-Perry hit a big three-point shot at double figures, doing so with only four minutes left ed by scoring the next nine points, capped by an the 11:04 mark of the second half, the first of three in the game. offensive putback by junior guard Jordan Barnes straight Michigan State made to ignite the rally. A 2-2 tie was the only one of the game. to make the score 11-7 with 15:32 to play. Less than 60 seconds later, thanks to a quick Northwestern hit only the first of its’ first 13 field Minnesota did not trail for the rest of the game. Gopher missed jumper and a turnover, the goal attempts and a span of nine minutes. Ashley Ellis-Milan hit two free throws with 2:17 Spartans had grabbed a lead they would not relin- The Gophers build a 16-4 lead over those nine remaining to push Minnesota’s lead out to 30-23. quish after a back-and-forth game that had fea- minutes with seven different players scoring. Emily Fox and Kelly Roysland hit back-to-back tured 12 lead changes and nine ties. Ashley Ellis-Milan culminated the run with a steal three pointers on the Gophers’ next two posses- Michigan State (22-7, 13-3) added a three- on the defensive end and a lay-up on the offen- sions to give Minnesota a 36-25 advantage with pointer by Mia Johnson to extend the run to 10 sive end with 10:21 left in the first half. 31 seconds remaining. After a Michigan basket by points to give the Spartans a 41-35 lead with 8:48 The Gophers’ defensive pressure hounded LeQuisha Whitfield, Fox spun into the lane and hit remaining. the Wildcats throughout the first half. a mid-range jumper with three seconds to play to The Gophers fought their way back into the Northwestern finished the half shooting 20 per- give Minnesota a 38-27 advantage at the half. game, chipping away at the lead and closing to cent from the field and with 13 turnovers. Leslie Knight scored 11 of her points in the first within one point on an Emily Fox three-point field Minnesota didn’t shoot much better (27.6 percent) half. goal, the only trey in 11 attempts for the team. and had its share of turnovers as well (10), yet On Michigan’s first possession of the second Johnson answered for the Spartans, drawing held a 27-16 halftime lead thanks to a 10-for-12 half, Stephany Skrba scored underneath the bas- a foul and converting a three-point play to take performance from the free throw line, seven sec- ket and was fouled by Roysland. Roysland aggra- the lead back to four points with 4:20 left to play. ond-chance points and six points off turnovers. vated her previously injured collarbone on the With the game on the line, the Gophers strug- The Wildcats closed to within nine points twice Brittany McCoy play, was substituted out and did not return to the gled mightily in the contest’s last four minutes. It early in the second half, both on jumpers by Julie game. started when Brittany McCoy missed both free Bielawski, the second to make the score 29-20 The Gophers didn’t let the Wolverines get throws at the 4:00 mark. Overall the Gophers hit with 18:21 remaining. Minnesota squelched the closer than within eight points in the second half, just 2-of-6 free throws late, while Michigan State rally by scoring 10 unanswered points, six coming leading by double digits most of the way. made 11-12 in the half. Minnesota went three from Harper in the lane. Michigan made one last charge, closing to minutes without a field goal in the stretch, commit- The Gophers enjoyed their biggest lead, 24 within eight points on a three-pointer by Carly ting three turnovers. points at 59-35, when Campbell banked in a lay- Benson at the 10:50 mark (50-42). The Gophers Fox was the only Gopher in double figures up with 1:55 left to play. Minnesota countered its answered with a six point run capped by a steal with 15 points. Korrine Campbell played her finest 13 second-half turnovers, several coming on and lay-up by McCoy. game of the season, scoring eight points and offensive fouls, with a 52.4 percent shooting from dominating the boards with 17 rebounds. the floor. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Minnesota finished with an impressive 50-33 Knight, F 32 4-9 5-6 2 1 13 advantage on the boards. Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, F 29 0-7 4-4 6 0 4 Knight, F 21 2-5 2-4 3 2 6 Roysland, G 15 2-5 1-1 1 0 6 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ellis-Milan, F 17 1-5 2-2 4 1 4 Fox, G 38 6-13 1-2 3 3 14 Knight, F 15 2-6 4-4 8 0 8 Roysland, G 29 2-10 4-4 7 2 9 McCoy, G 27 7-10 2-2 4 2 16 Ellis-Milan, F 18 0-6 3-4 5 2 3 Fox, G 32 4-8 4-4 9 3 12 Barnes 33 2-3 0-1 4 2 5 Roysland, G 9 0-5 0-0 2 2 0 McCoy, G 29 2-6 3-5 2 2 7 Campbell 9 0-1 2-2 1 0 2 Fox, G 38 5-16 4-5 4 1 15 Barnes 19 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 Salley 7 0-1 0-2 0 1 0 McCoy, G 33 2-4 0-2 4 3 4 Campbell 20 4-6 2-4 9 0 9 Harper 10 3-7 0-1 5 2 6 Barnes 15 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Salley 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 TEAM 4 Campbell 25 4-6 0-1 17 0 8 Harper 22 3-5 4-6 4 1 10 Totals 200 24-56 15-21 30 11 66 Salley 19 1-7 1-2 3 2 3 Ohm 3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 Harper 22 4-5 1-2 3 0 9 TEAM 3 Michigan Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Ohm 6 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 19-50 21-29 49 12 60 Skorba, F 24 4-7 1-2 6 1 9 TEAM 3 Benson, F 30 4-9 0-0 5 0 10 Totals 200 18-60 13-20 50 10 50 Northwestern Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Philliips, C 18 2-6 3-4 6 1 7 McInerney, F 19 1-3 2-2 3 0 4 Minnifield, G 14 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 Michigan State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Bielawski, C 18 2-8 2-2 1 0 6 Cooper, G 25 1-5 2-3 2 2 4 Johnson, G 32 2-9 4-5 1 1 9 Glasauer, G 27 4-14 5-5 1 3 13 Bass 7 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 Haynes, G 33 1-10 3-4 3 3 5 Marshall, G 24 1-5 0-0 1 0 3 Queen 12 2-4 0-0 3 0 4 Lucas-Perry, G 33 5-9 2-3 6 2 13 Cartwright, G 37 2-10 2-4 6 0 8 Walker 23 4-9 3-5 2 0 11 Jefferson, F 23 3-8 0-0 5 2 6 Bibbs 17 1-3 0-0 1 2 2 Helvey 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 DeHaan, F 24 3-5 2-3 6 1 8 Hicks 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 Whitfiled 9 2-4 0-0 4 0 4 Davidson 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Dickerson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McPherson 16 2-5 0-0 1 0 4 Fortner 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Miller 20 0-3 0-1 3 0 0 Clement 19 0-2 0-0 2 5 0 Wulff 16 2-4 0-0 4 0 5 Stutz 32 2-6 2-2 9 5 7 TEAM 7 Grantham 19 3-3 0-0 1 2 6 TEAM Totals 200 21-52 9-14 39 14 53 Bannister 13 1-4 3-3 4 1 5 Totals 200 13-54 13-16 30 10 43 Hall 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 38, Michigan 27 TEAM 3 Halftime: Minnesota 27, Northwestern 16 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 3-7 (Roysland 1-2, Fox 1-3, Totals 200 20-53 14-18 33 12 57 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 1-10 (Roysland 1-6, Fox 0-2, Ohm Barnes 1-2); Michigan: 2-12 (Benson 2-5, Phillips 0- 0-1); Northwestern: 1-10 (Glasauer 0-4, Marshall 1- 1, Cooper 0-1, Queen 0-1, Walker 0-1, Whitfield 0-2, Halftime: Minnesota 25, Michigan State 24 5, Cartwright 2-6, Stutz 1-3) Clement 0-1) 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 1-11 (Roysland 0-3, Fox 1-2, Turnovers: Minnesota 23, Northwestern 21 Turnovers: Minnesota 12, Michigan 25 Salley 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Ohm 0-4); Michigan State: 3- Personal Fouls: Minnesota 21, Norhtwestern 19 Leslie Knight Personal Fouls: Minnesota 16, Michigan 20 15 (Johnson 1-4, Haynes 0-3, Lucas-Perry 1-4, Fouled Out: Harper (M) Fouled Out: Harper (M) Davidson 0-1, Wulff 1-3) Turnovers: Minnesota 19, Michigan State 14 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 21, Michigan State 17 Fouled Out: Harper (M)

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3-4, Jaede 0-1); UIC: 3-19 (Miller 0-3, Grant 2-7, Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Game 31 (Big Ten Tournament) Game 32 (WNIT First Round) Hugelier 0-7, Cummens 1-2) Knight, F 17 2-3 0-0 3 0 4 Michigan State 77 Minnesota 97 Turnovers: Minnesota 15, UIC 22 Ellis-Milan, F 20 3-8 0-0 6 0 6 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 16, UIC 15 Roysland, G 34 6-14 2-2 2 2 15 Minnesota 68 Illinois-Chicago 54 Fouled Out: none Fox, G 37 2-10 0-0 5 1 5 McCoy, G 31 2-5 7-10 3 3 11 March 2, 2007 • Conseco Fieldhouse • March 14, 2007 • Williams Arena • Barnes 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Indianapolis • Attendance: 5,362 Minneapolis • Attendance: 2,485 Game 33 (WNIT Second Round) Campbell 27 4-8 2-4 9 1 10 Harper 16 2-3 2-3 1 0 4 Recap: Kelly Roysland’s 18-second-half points Recap: Balanced scoring and prolific shooting led Western Kentucky 73 Ohm 10 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 spurred a furious Minnesota comeback, but the Minnesota’s women’s basketball team to cruise to TEAM 1 Golden Gopher came up short, losing 77-68 to a 97-54 victory over Illinois-Chicago in the first Totals 200 21-53 13-19 33 7 57 No. 22/23 Michigan State in the quarterfinal of the round of the Women’s National Invitation Minnesota 57 Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Tournament on March 14 at Williams Arena. March 19, 2007 • E.A. Diddle Arena • W. Kentucky Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt The Gophers were down by 19 points at 54-35 Sophomore Emily Fox played possibly the Bowling Green, Ky. • Attendance: 1,180 Zaragoza, F 31 4-12 1-2 1 5 9 at the 10:31 mark of the second half. Nearly six most well-rounded game of her career with 19 Kelly, F 31 9-11 14-14 9 1 32 Recap: Minnesota saw its season end with a 73- minutes later, Minnesota (16-15) finished off a 23- points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and five Marshall, C 27 3-6 1-2 3 2 7 57 loss at Western Kentucky in the second round 6 run to close to within five points at 64-58 with steals. Freshman Korinne Campbell also record- Rich, G 26 1-4 2-2 2 0 5 of the WNIT on Monday. The Golden Gophers 3:47 remaining. ed a double-double with 14 points and 10 Duck, G 16 0-4 0-0 0 1 0 posted a record of 17-16 on the season. Roysland hit a three-point field goal to ignite rebounds. Freshman Ashley Ellis-Milan was just Brown 25 5-11 2-2 6 1 13 Kelly Roysland led the Gophers with 15 the rally following by an Emily Fox lay-up and an shy of being the third Gopher tallying a double- Shouse 25 2-3 0-0 5 0 4 points, finishing her Minnesota career 12th on the old-fashioned three-point play by Breanna Salley double with 15 points and nine rebounds. Senior Muna 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Minnesota all-time scorers list with 1,074 points. Campbell 6 1-3 0-1 3 0 3 as Minnesota clicked off eight straight points. Kelly Roysland (13 points) and freshman Katie “I’m very proud of this team for what they did Faulkner 3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 A minute later, Salley added her second three- Ohm (11) also scored in double figures. Ohm hit this year,” said Golden Gopher head coach Pam TEAM 4 point play to cut the deficit into single-digits at 58- three three-pointers for the second time in her Borton. “We accomplished so much more than Totals 200 25-55 20-23 34 10 73 49 with 6:53 remaining. Spartan Rene Haynes career. anyone thought we would. Kelly Roysland should scored a big basket to slow the Gophers’ rally Ellis-Milan and Campbell each had four offen- be commended for the leadership she gave us. Halftime: W. Kentucky 29, Minnesota 21 before Roysland swished two triples from long sive rebounds to both gather over 100 offensive We will miss her. Still, we are already looking for- 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 2-9 (Fox 1-2, Roysland 1-5, range that brought Minnesota to within 60-55 with rebounds in a season. They are only the fourth ward to next season.” Campbell 0-1, Ohm 0-1), WKU: 9-14 (Zaragoza 0-2, 5:53 left to play. and fifth players in Minnesota history to accom- The Gophers started the game well taking a Marshall 0-3, Rich 1-4, Brown 1-2, Campbell 1-3) Michigan State (23-7) immediately called time plish that feat, and the first pair to do it in the 10-4 lead as Brittany McCoy scored six early Turnovers: Minnesota 22, WKU 16 out and Alisha Jefferson would come up big for same season points. At the 13:05 mark, however, McCoy would Personal Fouls: Minnesota 22, WKU 13 the Spartans in their next possession scoring on Freshman Brittany McCoy also contributed Fouled Out: Duck (WK) pick up her second foul and take a seat on the a drive to the goal. The teams exchanged baskets three assists to go over 100 for the season and bench. The game changed momentum from that as the Gophers were unable to take the Spartan bring her total to 102. She joins Fox, who has 130 point forward. Emily Fox was held scoreless, with lead lower than five points. The score was 63-58 assists. It is only the second time in Gopher histo- only one field goal attempt in the opening period. with 3:47 left to play when Michigan State pushed ry that two players have eclipsed the century Western Kentucky would turn up the pressure a critical seven-point run together on three points mark in assists in a single season. that forced Minnesota into 13 first-half turnovers. by Allyssa DeHaan and four by Haynes. Minnesota shot 58.3 percent (42-of-72) for the Ashley Ellis-Milan hit a short jump to give the The Gophers attempted one last comeback. A game, including shooting 60.5 percent in the sec- Gophers a 21-16 lead with 9:25 remaining in the lay-up by Brittany McCoy and a Roysland jumper ond half. It is by far the Gophers’ highest shooting half. The Gophers went ice-cold after that basket, closed the gap to six points at 72-66 with 50 sec- percentage of the season. including several missed shots from short range, onds remaining. The 97 points scored was the highest and the Lady Toppers took advantage. A Crystal Minnesota extended the game by fouling put- Minnesota scoring output of the season, and the Kelly three-point play started a 12-0 run and a ting Michigan State on the free throw line in pres- 64th consecutive game the Gophers won when Cammie Campbell three-point field goal ended it sure bonus situations. The Spartans responded to they scored 70 or more points. as the first half expired. Western Kentucky led 28- the challenge, however, hitting 5-of-6 free throws The Gophers quickly pushed out to a 12-6 21. in the final 49 second to seal the victory. lead in the game’s opening minutes after a basket Minnesota would attempt comeback after Fox scored a quick lay-up off the opening tip by Brittany McCoy. Illinois-Chicago was within comeback in the second half but Kelly, a 6-3 jun- to give the Gophers their only lead of the game. four points at 16-12 with 10:13 to play in the first ior center, would have nothing of it. Kelly went 9- Michigan State scored eight straight to grab the half, but that’s as close as the Flames would get. for-11 from the field and 14-for-14 from the free lead. DeHaan scored 14 points and hit 6-of-7 field Minnesota went on a 27-11 run the rest of the half throw line to finish with 30 points, 20 coming in goals as the Spartans held a 34-27 halftime lead. to open up a 20-point lead, 43-23 at the break. the second half. In addition, she drew an offen- Minnesota extended its lead in the second half sive charge on McCoy at the 7:58 mark after the Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt by shooting 60.5 percent. The Gophers’ biggest Gophers had closed to within 51-45. After the Knight, F 11 0-3 1-2 1 0 1 lead was 49 points at 95-46 with 2:37 left to play. Ellis-Milan, F 12 0-2 0-0 5 0 0 teams exchanged buckets, Kelly made four straight from the free throw line to return the Roysland, G 28 7-12 0-0 2 3 18 Minnesota Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Fox, G 36 8-16 4-4 8 6 21 Knight, F 16 4-7 0-0 6 1 8 Western Kentucky lead to double digits. McCoy, G 31 4-9 2-3 5 4 10 Ellis-Milan, F 26 6-13 3-4 9 1 15 McCoy and Campbell joined Roysland in dou- Barnes 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Roysland, G 26 6-11 0-2 6 1 13 ble figures. McCoy scored 11 points, while Campbell 26 1-6 1-2 5 1 3 Fox, G 35 9-14 0-2 7 11 19 Campbell fell one rebound short of another dou- Salley 19 3-9 4-4 3 2 10 McCoy, G 30 3-5 3-5 1 3 9 ble-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. Fox Harper 28 2-11 1-3 4 0 5 Barnes 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 scored just five points, after 14 consecutive Ohm 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Campbell 21 7-10 0-4 10 0 14 games in double figures. TEAM Harper 17 3-5 2-2 4 1 8 Totals 200 25-68 13-18 38 17 68 Ohm 15 4-5 0-0 4 1 11 Jaede 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Emily Fox Michigan State Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt TEAM 1 Johnson, G 28 1-6 2-3 7 2 4 Totals 200 42-72 8-19 16 20 97 Haynes, G 27 6-7 3-4 2 3 15 Lucas-Perry, G 33 2-12 0-0 8 3 5 Ill.-Chicago Min FG-A FT-A R A Pt Jefferson, F 31 5-8 5-6 2 3 15 Holmes, F 33 10-14 2-3 4 4 22 DeHaan, F 33 12-14 3-4 8 5 27 Huska, F 16 2-5 0-0 5 2 4 Davidson 16 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 Miller, G 27 2-7 0-0 5 2 4 Wulff 14 2-2 0-0 0 4 6 Grant, G 31 4-15 0-0 7 1 10 Grantham 10 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Hugelier, G 24 1-9 0-0 2 2 2 Bannister 7 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 Hinkle 20 2-5 0-0 0 3 4 Hall 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 11 1-3 0-2 2 0 2 TEAM 3 Grobbecker 15 0-1 1-2 1 1 1 Totals 200 30-56 13-17 36 22 77 True 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hutchens 9 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Halftime: Minnesota 27, Michigan State 34 Hushka 5 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 1-11 (Roysland 4-8, Fox 1-2); Cummens 4 1-2 1-2 0 0 4 Michigan State: 4-12 (Johnson 0-2, Lucas-Perry 1-5, TEAM 6 Davidson 1-3, Wulff 2-2) Totals 200 23-61 5-12 33 15 54 Turnovers: Minnesota 23, Michigan State 21 Personal Fouls: Minnesota 17, Michigan State 19 Halftime: Minnesota 43, Illinois-Chicago 23 Fouled Out: none 3-Pt Goals: Minn: 5-10 (Roysland 1-2, Fox 1-3, Ohm

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