WBB: Gophers @ Indiana-B1G Game 15 (2/18)

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Rain on the Hoosier Hoedown

]Indiana (9-5) and Minnesota (10-4), the B1G’s two surprise teams, met earlier in the season at Williams Arena. A Mikayla Bailey three pointer off a set play with 23 seconds remaining thwarted a Hoosier hoedown. Indiana’s missed shot to tie was rebounded by Annalese Lamke. Lamke, fouled with 4 seconds remaining, clanked both free throws. Once again Bailey raced to the rescue grabbing the rebound and dribbling away to one of many dramatic Gopher wins, 78-76. As a result, Minnesota improved to 3-3 and Indiana fell to 2-4. Since then, Rachel received a Mamba blood transfusion, Tyra Buss developed into of the B1G’s best players and both teams are walking on sunshine sporting 7-1 sprees.

While Indiana’s starting posts played well enough in Minneapolis, Anderson and Cahill each finished with 14; foul trouble meant we didn’t get the full Cahill. However, in her stead we saw a big game from reserve post, Kym Royster (17 points in 17 minutes (9-11 from the line). Royster’s done nothing like that since.

Meanwhile it was an erratic night for Minnesota’s post players. Edwards played 8 minutes, Barnes (4), Lamke (13), Starr (16) and even Buckingham made a brief appearance. Starr delivered 10 points and Hedstrom in her multi-positional role logged 25 minutes with 5 points and 7 rebounds. Banham led all scorers with 24 and all rebounders with 9.

Indiana is undefeated at Assembly Hall (12-0). There’s not a better time for the Gophers to rain threes on the Hoosier parade.

Of Note: Indiana gets to the foul line more than any B1G team. The Hoosiers are 231-311 (.743%). The Gophers are 177-231 (.766%). Tyra Buss remains the foul magnate at 81-102. By contrast Carlie Wagner, who leads the Gophers in attempts, is 51-59.

B1G wins: Michigan (77-69), @Michigan State (81-65), Illinois (68-66), Northwestern (91-84), Rutgers (64-48), Iowa (79-74), Nebraska (59-47), @ Illinois (80-68), Wisconsin (67-57)

B1G losses: @Wisconsin (73-69), @Ohio State (87-70), @Purdue (63-53), @Minnesota (78-76), @Maryland (86-63)


Probable Starters:

G Tyra Buss: 18.1/B1G game
F Amanda Cahill: 15.9 points and 9.2 rebounds
G Alexis Gassion: 8.9 points
G Karlee McBride: 8.4 points
C Jenn Anderson: 8.5 points

Other:
Kym Royster: 4.9 points
 



Dear BTN:

We'll trade you one Men's game for one Women's game.

With Regards,
Old Men.

Go good team!
 




http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/021716aaa.html

Some notes from Gopher Sports:

2 Banham passed Jantel Lavender (Ohio State) for second on the Big Ten’s all-time scoring list on Monday night. She has 2,840 career points and is 79 behind Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante for the conference record. Banham is 19th on the NCAA list (Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles holds the record with 3,393).

3 Minnesota has already broken its program record for 3-pointers in a season with 224. The Gophers’ previous record of 214 came just last year, their first under head coach Marlene Stollings. The Gophers have made 128 of their 224 triples in Big Ten play (22 off the conference-only record with five games to go). Minnesota leads the Big Ten and ranks 11th in the NCAA with 9.0 treys per game. Banham is only seven triples behind her school season record of 93 set in 2013-14.

4 The Gophers are averaging 83.0 points per game to rank fifth in the nation and third in the Big Ten. They’re first within Big Ten play as of Feb. 17, scoring at an 86.9-point-per-game clip. This year’s squad has a Minnesota program record of four 100-point games and eight 90-point games. The Gophers are on pace to break the school scoring average record of 80.2 set in 1982-83. Banham and Carlie Wagner are the nation's top-scoring duo at 45.7 points per game
 


Girls playing awful......gotta wonder if they are going to win any of these last 4....really wanted Banham to get to the dance.
 



Yep....big loss tonight. Just watched the on going game recap so couldn't tell how they played. They need to beat one of top teams in the last three games. If not, win at least 3 games in the tourney.
 


As expected, fouls were the story. Despite my yelling, runaway! runaway! at the TV whenever the Hoosier’s drove the lane, the Gophers never listened. Indiana went to the line 42 times (making only 28) while Minnesota went 27 times and made 18. Tyra Buss was 10-17 for the Hoosiers.

It reminded me of those Iowa teams of a few years ago, you can’t reach and you can’t stand. Take the charge or runaway. Still, the Gophers got it cut to six in the fourth; but couldn't make the key pressure play to grab the win.
 

Indiana 93, Minnesota 79.

Minnesota committed 31 fouls and shot 3-13 from behind the arc.

Starters:
Lamke
Banham
Bailey
Starr
Wagner


Minutes Played:

38 Banham: 29 points
37 Wagner: 15 points
32 Mullaney 17 points
25 Hedstrom
23 Starr
17 Edwards: Fouled out
15 Bailey
8 Barnes: Fouled out
5 Lamke
 




http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/02/iu-moves-into-a-tie-for-third-place-after-beating-minnesota

Kind of like Kim Barnes-Arico at Michigan, Teri Moren was pleased her team held Rachel to 29 points:

In a game that featured 69 free throws on 59 fouls, it seemed as if IU’s pivotal clash with Minnesota would never end.

Both teams struggled to find any sort of flow in Thursday’s matchup that featured two of the country’s hottest teams.

IU was able to thrive in that kind of setting, though. Sophomore guard Tyra Buss, despite a lingering cold, scored 27 points, grabbed nine rebounds and recorded seven assists to help the Hoosiers defeat the Gophers, 93-79, to gain a share of third place in the Big Ten.

“That’s Tyra being Tyra,” IU Coach Teri Moren said. “She took Monday and Tuesday off and we had her back in practice yesterday. She’s special. She just doesn’t slow down.”...


IU controlled the scarce momentum for the majority of the game before Minnesota cut its deficit to 74-71 with 6:01 remaining. Junior guard Alexis Gassion would have an answer for the Gopher run, hitting a jumper before an acrobatic 3-point play helped give momentum back to the Hoosiers.

“That was a big shot,” Moren said. “We expect her to step up and hit big shots. Absolutely, it changed after that. I thought we got a little life into us. This is a group that doesn’t really get rattled. That’s us, that’s who we are.”

Gassion was called upon to limit the Big Ten’s leading scorer and senior guard Rachel Banham. Gassion was able to do that before dealing with foul trouble, as she held Banham to just nine points in the first half.
 

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