Gophers Fall to MSU in Big 10 Title Game

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Gopher Basketball If Gopher star Janel McCarville sees Michigan State’s Kelli Roehrig again, it might be in a nightmare. Roehrig and her teammates held McCarville to 1 of 18 shooting from the field as MSU survived a determined Gopher team, 55-49, in the Big 10 tournament championship game Monday night in Indianapolis. The Gophers will […] READ MORE


Gophers Surprise Ohio State; Advance to Final

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Gopher Basketball Going into Sunday’s game against No. 3-ranked Ohio State, the Gopher women’s basketball team had 23 wins, but they hadn’t beaten a team ahead of them in the national rankings or the conference standings. The Gophers got the marquee victory they had been looking for when they outlasted the Buckeyes, 66-63 in overtime […] READ MORE


Gophers Advance to Conference Semifinals

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Gopher Basketball Led by the inside tandem of Jamie Broback and Janel McCarville, the Gopher women’s basketball team defeated a determined Purdue Boilermakers team Friday, 71-68, to advance to the Big 10 Conference tourney semifinal game for the 1st time ever. Going into the game in Indianapolis, the Gophers had already assured themselves of their […] READ MORE


Gophers Play March Ball – Survive and Move On…

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Gopher Basketball It’s March, which means one thing in college basketball ““ “œsurvive and move on.” And that is exactly what the Golden Gophers did Wednesday night with a 73-69 road win at Penn State. The win is monumental for Minnesota as it continues to build its postseason resume which now includes a 20-9 overall […] READ MORE


Gophers Edge Northwestern; Prep for Big 10 Tourney

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Gopher Basketball Gopher inside players Janel McCarville and Jamie Broback were hampered by 1st half foul trouble, but they rallied to score the 1st 28 points of the 2nd half for the Gophers as Minnesota erased a 41-36 halftime deficit to finish 12-4 in the Big 10. Broback finished with 26 points, 5 rebounds, and […] READ MORE


Preview: Gophers vs. Penn State

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions When: 7:00 pm, March 2nd, 2005 Where: Bryce Jordan Center – State College, PA Television: Fox Sports North (tape delay at 9:30) A few weeks ago, I said that beating Northwestern was important because it would give the Gophers a little margin for error rather than […] READ MORE


Gophers Redefine Ugly in Prettiest Win of Season

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Gopher Basketball Wow. Gopher fans have been on several emotional roller coasters this season, but this was the biggest. Minnesota overcame its worst 15-minute performance of the season by rallying from 15 points down to defeat Purdue 59-57 in Gene Keady‘s final game at Mackey Arena. The victory now puts the Gophers one win away […] READ MORE


Gophers Win Ugly; Travel to Northwestern

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Gopher Basketball After an ugly 52-35 win over Indiana, the Gopher women’s basketball team hopes to continue to bottom-feed when they travel to Northwestern Sunday for their final conference regular season game. Going into Thursday’s game against Indiana, the Gophers were ripe for a letdown after Sunday’s Senior Day victory over Wisconsin before a huge […] READ MORE


Preview: Gophers vs. Purdue

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Purdue Boilermakers When: 1:30 pm, February 26th, 2005 Where: Mackey Arena – West Lafayette, IN Television: KSTC (Ch. 45) The Gophers’ crucial victory over Iowa Wednesday night guaranteed than a non-losing conference record and put them within sniffing distance of a 20+ win season and the NCAA Tournament…but Wednesday is […] READ MORE


Seniors Lead Gophers to Emotional 65-57 Win

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Gopher Basketball It was a fitting end on Senior Night for the trio of departing Gophers, as Aaron Robinson, Brent Lawson and Jeff Hagen dug a little deeper and fought a little harder when Minnesota needed it most and in turn, gave the Gophers a huge 65-57 win Wednesday night at The Barn. From the […] READ MORE