University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, December 9
Ames, IA
University of Minnesota
57
at
67
Iowa State
Gophers Defeated at Iowa State
12/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minnesota couldn’t overcome an early second-half Iowa State surge and was defeated by the Cyclones, 67-57, in Ames on Saturday. The Golden Gophers fall to 8-3 on the season, while Iowa State, a team that has been receiving votes in the national poll, improved to 7-1.
Freshman Brittany McCoy led the Gophers with a career-high 15 pints, 10 scored in the second half. Korinne Campbell posted her second career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, and added four blocked shots.
“They beat us at our own game tonight,” said Golden Gopher head coach Pam Borton. “We need to be the tougher team on the court. We didn’t play with the same sense of urgency that we had at Nebraska.”
Iowa State hit two three-point field goals and outscored the Gophers by an 8-2 margin to grab a 39-30 lead with 17 minutes left, to that point the Cyclones’ biggest lead. Ten minutes later the Cyclones capitalized on a 7-1 run to build a 15-point lead at 54-39.
Megan Ronhovde hit a jumper at the 5:37 mark as Iowa State held a 56-41 advantage. It would turn out to be the last Iowa State field goal of the game.
The Gophers made a final run while the Cyclones attempted to keep Minnesota at bay by hitting on key free throws. Iowa State hit 11-of-14 in the last 5:37 to hang on for the victory. Minnesota closed to within six points (59-53) on free throws by Emily Fox with 1:28 remaining. Iowa State’s Lyndsey Medders missed a jumper on the next Cyclone possession but Nicky Wieben snared an important rebound to keep Iowa State’s possession alive. She was fouled and hit both free throws. Minnesota was unable to get any closer as the Gophers missed shots and were forced to foul.
The Cyclones owned a 31-28 lead at halftime after the first 20 minutes featured four ties and three lead changes. Iowa State’s Rachel Pierson scored 12 of her team-high 14 points in the first half of play. Kelly Roysland led the Gophers with nine points, but was held scoreless in the second half.
Neither team shot very well from the floor, Iowa State at 35.5 percent and Minnesota at a 34.3 percent clip. The Cyclones took advantage of taking 10 more trips to the free throw line, hitting on 17-of-25 compared to 10-of-15 for the Gophers.
Minnesota has a 13-day break before its next contest, Dec. 22 at North Dakota State.
Freshman Brittany McCoy led the Gophers with a career-high 15 pints, 10 scored in the second half. Korinne Campbell posted her second career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, and added four blocked shots.
“They beat us at our own game tonight,” said Golden Gopher head coach Pam Borton. “We need to be the tougher team on the court. We didn’t play with the same sense of urgency that we had at Nebraska.”
Iowa State hit two three-point field goals and outscored the Gophers by an 8-2 margin to grab a 39-30 lead with 17 minutes left, to that point the Cyclones’ biggest lead. Ten minutes later the Cyclones capitalized on a 7-1 run to build a 15-point lead at 54-39.
Megan Ronhovde hit a jumper at the 5:37 mark as Iowa State held a 56-41 advantage. It would turn out to be the last Iowa State field goal of the game.
The Gophers made a final run while the Cyclones attempted to keep Minnesota at bay by hitting on key free throws. Iowa State hit 11-of-14 in the last 5:37 to hang on for the victory. Minnesota closed to within six points (59-53) on free throws by Emily Fox with 1:28 remaining. Iowa State’s Lyndsey Medders missed a jumper on the next Cyclone possession but Nicky Wieben snared an important rebound to keep Iowa State’s possession alive. She was fouled and hit both free throws. Minnesota was unable to get any closer as the Gophers missed shots and were forced to foul.
The Cyclones owned a 31-28 lead at halftime after the first 20 minutes featured four ties and three lead changes. Iowa State’s Rachel Pierson scored 12 of her team-high 14 points in the first half of play. Kelly Roysland led the Gophers with nine points, but was held scoreless in the second half.
Neither team shot very well from the floor, Iowa State at 35.5 percent and Minnesota at a 34.3 percent clip. The Cyclones took advantage of taking 10 more trips to the free throw line, hitting on 17-of-25 compared to 10-of-15 for the Gophers.
Minnesota has a 13-day break before its next contest, Dec. 22 at North Dakota State.
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's Basketball
G
/ Women's BasketballMaking Connections: Brylee Glenn & Niamya Holloway
Wednesday, October 22
Making Connections: Sophie Hart & Zoey Bershers
Friday, October 17
Behind the Scenes: B1G Media Day
Tuesday, October 14
Braun & Battle at B1G Media Day
Wednesday, October 08