University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gophers Defeat Minnesota-Crookston in Battle of the Royslands
11/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minnesota senior Kelly Roysland scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Golden Gophers to an 86-47 victory over Minnesota-Crookston in exhibition action in Williams Arena on Sunday. Kelly’s father, Mike Roysland, is in his first year as the head coach at Crookston.
“It was fun seeing him on the sidelines and not in the stands behind our bench,” said Kelly. “He said a few things to me on the court.”
“I did catch myself almost clapping once,” admitted the Golden Eagles head coach. “Today was just a memorable experience. I think the strangest part was talking about her (Kelly) to my team in the huddles on how to guard her and so forth.”
With six minutes left in the first half, Roysland swished a long three-pointer in front of her father’s team bench. “Yeah, I remember that one,” said Coach Roysland. “I said, ‘good shot.’”
Though the highlight of Minnesota’s second exhibition game of the season was the daughter versus father battle, the Gophers’ team captain shared the spotlight with her teammates on the court. Roysland and seven other Gophers scored within the first 10 minutes of the game, including two opening buckets by Leslie Knight that helped Minnesota to tally the first 15 points of the game.
The Gophers held a 43-22 lead at halftime and maintained at least a 20-point margin throughout the second half.
Freshman Korinne Campbell started slowly in the first half but scored 14 of her 17 points in the second period. She hit 11-of-14 from the free throw line and nearly tallied a double-double pulling down a team-high nine rebounds.
Point guard Emily Fox caused havoc for Crookston on both ends of the court. Offensively, Fox contributed 11 points and dished out six assists. Defensively, she added six steals and five rebounds.
Knight, a junior forward, was the fourth Gopher in double figures with 10 points.
The Gophers captured their second exhibition win of the season, yet Minnesota head coach Pam Borton knows the team has plenty of work ahead of them. “We played like a young team today,” said Borton. “We had strong stretches and played well, then other times we lacked consistency. We did learn more about our team, which is why we play these exhibition games. And, it is much better learning these lessons from a win.”
Minnesota’s defense gathered an impressive 22 steals, which the Gophers converted into 36 points. The Gopher offense shot 42.4 percent from the field and grabbed 25 offensive rebounds, but also turned the ball over 21 times.
The Gophers open their regular season on Friday, Nov. 10, when they play host to Northern Iowa at 6 p.m. in Williams Arena.
“It was fun seeing him on the sidelines and not in the stands behind our bench,” said Kelly. “He said a few things to me on the court.”
“I did catch myself almost clapping once,” admitted the Golden Eagles head coach. “Today was just a memorable experience. I think the strangest part was talking about her (Kelly) to my team in the huddles on how to guard her and so forth.”
With six minutes left in the first half, Roysland swished a long three-pointer in front of her father’s team bench. “Yeah, I remember that one,” said Coach Roysland. “I said, ‘good shot.’”
Though the highlight of Minnesota’s second exhibition game of the season was the daughter versus father battle, the Gophers’ team captain shared the spotlight with her teammates on the court. Roysland and seven other Gophers scored within the first 10 minutes of the game, including two opening buckets by Leslie Knight that helped Minnesota to tally the first 15 points of the game.
The Gophers held a 43-22 lead at halftime and maintained at least a 20-point margin throughout the second half.
Freshman Korinne Campbell started slowly in the first half but scored 14 of her 17 points in the second period. She hit 11-of-14 from the free throw line and nearly tallied a double-double pulling down a team-high nine rebounds.
Point guard Emily Fox caused havoc for Crookston on both ends of the court. Offensively, Fox contributed 11 points and dished out six assists. Defensively, she added six steals and five rebounds.
Knight, a junior forward, was the fourth Gopher in double figures with 10 points.
The Gophers captured their second exhibition win of the season, yet Minnesota head coach Pam Borton knows the team has plenty of work ahead of them. “We played like a young team today,” said Borton. “We had strong stretches and played well, then other times we lacked consistency. We did learn more about our team, which is why we play these exhibition games. And, it is much better learning these lessons from a win.”
Minnesota’s defense gathered an impressive 22 steals, which the Gophers converted into 36 points. The Gopher offense shot 42.4 percent from the field and grabbed 25 offensive rebounds, but also turned the ball over 21 times.
The Gophers open their regular season on Friday, Nov. 10, when they play host to Northern Iowa at 6 p.m. in Williams Arena.
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