University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Host Ohio State in Pink Zone Game Sunday
2/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minnesota Golden Gophers (12-12, 5-8)
vs.
Ohio State Buckeyes (24-3, 12-2)
LOCATION: Williams Arena (16,425) / Minneapolis, Minn.
DATE / TIME: Sunday, Feb. 14 / 11:30 a.m.
TELEVISION: Big Ten Network
Marney Gellner (Play-by-Play), Stephanie White (Color)
RADIO: Gopher Radio Network, KBEM (88.5 FM)
Corbu Stathes (Play-by-Play), Lynnette Sjoquist (Color Analysis)
Gophersports.com
Golden Gopher Watch List — Feb. 14, 2010
• Gophers Host Ohio State in Pink Zone Game - Minnesota hosts Ohio State on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14th at 11:30 a.m. The game will be the Gophers’ annual Pink Zone game supporting the WBCA’s initiative fighting breast cancer. The Golden Gophers are 12-12 (5-8 Big Ten) after winning at Penn State last Thursday and snapping a six-game losing streak. No. 7/9 Ohio State leads the Big Ten with a 24-3 overall record, 12-2 in Conference action.
• Hallmark Holiday History - Minnesota owns a 6-3 record on Valentine’s Day games over its 30-plus year history. The Gophers have won their last two games on this date, in 2002 and 2008.
• Gophers Make Good at the Line, Beat Penn State - Minnesota defeated Penn State on Thursday thanks to an impressive 28-of-31 shooting performance from the free throw line. Brittany McCoy went 11-12 from the line and finished with a game-high 14 points.
Gophers Host Pink Zone Game vs. Ohio State
Minnesota plays host to No. 7/9 Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 14, in the Golden Gophers’ 2010 Pink Zone game. Tip off is set for 11:30 a.m. The Gophers own an even overall record of 12-12 (5-8 Big Ten) coming off a 59-52 win at Penn State on Thursday. The Buckeyes are 24-3 overall and leading the Conference with a 12-2 mark. Ohio State has won three straight, including a 75-45 win over Purdue in its last outing on Thursday.
Game Times Announced for FInal Two Games
The Big Ten has announced the tip times of the Gophers’ final two regular season games. The game on Feb. 25 versus Michigan in Williams Arena will begin at 7 p.m CT and be webcast on BigTenNetwork.com. The regular-season finale at Michigan State will tip off at 1 p.m. CT and be broadcast live by the Big Ten Network.
Pink Zone - Bring Out the Pink
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Minnesota is one over the over 1,550 schools and organizations committed to participate in 2010.
Minnesota Triple Play on BTN on Sunday
Three Minnesota sporting teams will be featured in live action on the Big Ten Network on Sunday, Feb. 14. The Golden Gopher women’s basketball team kicks off the day versus Ohio State at 11:30 a.m. The men’s basketball team plays at Northwestern at 4 p.m., followed by the Minnesota wrestling team hosting rival Iowa at 6 p.m.
On This Hallmark Holiday
Minnesota has played on Valentine’s Day nine times in the 30-plus years of Golden Gopher women’s basketball history. The Gophers are 6-3 on Feb. 14, with victories in their last two Valentine’s Day games in 2002 and 2008.
2008 at Penn State W 56-48
2002 7/9 Purdue W 73-64
1999 at Penn State L 56-88
1993 Northwestern W 72-70
1992 at Indiana L 67-73
1986 Michigan State W 73-62
1981 vs. Ohio State W 65-48
1979 at Mankato State W 72-52
1976 Wisconsin-LaCrosse L 52-68
Lots of Frequent Flier Miles
After Sunday, Minnesota has just one more home game with three road games upcoming. The Gophers are working on a challenging stretch of schedule to end the season that included five road games in the last seven contests.
Borton Nearing Title of Winningest Gopher Coach
Minnesota head coach Pam Borton has 164 wins on the Golden Gopher sidelines and is nine wins from becoming the winningest coach in Gopher women’s basketball history. Ellen Mosher-Hanson currently owns the honor with 172 in her 10 years (1977-87) with Minnesota.
Longest Skid in Borton Era Ends at Penn State
Minnesota snapped a six-game losing streak with a 59-52 victory at Penn State in the Gophers’ last outing on Thursday. The Gophers used an exceptional team performance at the free throw line, hitting 28-of-31 free throws, to capture the win. Brittany McCoy led all scorers with 14 points, including an 11-of-12 effort from the free throw line.
McCoy Sets the Standard in Gopher History
Brittany McCoy is the first and only player in Minnesota women’s basketball history to tally 100 or more assists in every season of a Golden Gopher career. She has 110 assists in her senior season, averaging a career-best 4.6 assists a game. McCoy is ranked second in the Big Ten in the statistic.
Top Scorers Provide a Challenge on Defense
Minnesota just faced Big Ten leading scorer Tyra Grant (19.9 ppg) from Penn State in their last outing and now head into another defensive challenge as the Conference’s second- and third-leading scorers, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahaulis, come to Williams Arena. Lavender, the defending Big Ten Player of the Year is averaging 19.4 points per league game, while Prahaulis, last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year, is chipping in 18.1 point an outing.
The Gophers held Grant to 11 points, nine points under her average going into the game.
Shakin’ it up Seemed to Help
Minnesota jumbled its starting lineup against Penn State and the result was a positive one. Zoe Harper and Katie Loberg started in the front court for the Gophers, while Brittany McCoy, Kiara Buford and Katie Ohm got the starting nod at the guards.
This and That About the Penn State Game
• Brittany McCoy led the Gophers with 14 points – the first time this season she led the team in scoring and the seventh player to take scoring honors in a game this season
• Zoe Harper started her first game since the third game of the 2006-07 season - that 116-game span between starts is the longest in school history
• Katie Loberg started her first collegiate game - now two true freshmen (Loberg and Leah Cotton) have started games this season
• Balance – eight Gophers played over 13 minutes in the game - Katie Ohm played the most minutes but it was only 30
• Offensive rebounds – Minnesota only grabbed four offensive rebounds but scored six points off of them
• Points off turnovers – Minnesota turned the ball over more than Penn State (17-14), but the Gophers outscored the Lady Lions in points off those turnovers (16-8)
• The Gophers made their first 15 free throw attempts
• They put us at the line a lot - in both games – Minnesota was 23-of-26 in the first meeting vs. Penn State and 28-of-31 in the second
• Minnesota’s 57 free throws attempted against Penn State measures up to be over a fifth of all the free throws the Gophers have shot in Big Ten play this year
• A two-minute spurt – Big Ten leading scorer Tyra Grant scored 11 consecutive points in a 2-minute span in the second half. She was 0-8 from the floor, no assists, no steals, in the other 25 minutes she played
• Minnesota hit a season-low 14 field goals in both games this season against Penn State - both were wins
• The Gophers shot a season-low 40 field goal attempts
Pam Borton Radio on Monday
The Pam Borton Radio Show heard locally on WCCO Radio (830 am) is broadcast on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at Applebee’s in Stadium Village. Golden Gopher radio personalities Corbu Stathes and Lynnette Sjoquist host the program. The next show is Monday, Feb 15.
The Leader from the Line
Jackie Voigt She has made 32-of-34 in Big Ten play for 94.1 percent, topping the Conference stats. On the season, Voigt is shooting 91.3 percent from the line with just four missed attempts (42-46. The Gophers’ single-season record (need 100 attempts to be eligible) is 84.7 percent by Lindsay Whalen in 2002-03. At one point earlier this season, Voigt made 22 consecutive free throws.
Harper OK with Life on the Road
Zoe Harper has proven to be one of the Gophers’ most reliable players on the road this season. Harper, a 6-3 post, has averaged 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in Minnesota’s Big Ten road games this season. She tallied double figures in the Illinois, Northwestern and Ohio State road games.
Impressive Career Numbers for Ash
Senior Ashley Ellis-Milan has 820 caroms in her Gopher career. She is 28 rebounds from moving into the Golden Gophers’ top five on the all-time rebounding list. Ellis-Milan also has 1.235 career points.
One Point at a Time is a Good Thing for Gophers
A key to the Golden Gophers’ offense is getting to the free throw line. In 12 wins this season, the Gophers attempted an average of 24.9 per game. In comparison, Minnesota has attempted a total of just 195 free throws, an average of 16.3 attempts, in its 12 losses. Nearly a fifth of the Gophers’ free throws in losses come in the Wisconsin game (31).
Brittany McCoy Building on Starts Record
Senior Brittany McCoy made her 121st career start of her Gopher career in the game versus Penn State adding to her Minnesota record for consecutive start. She first set the record on Jan. 7 versus Northwestern. McCoy has started every game of her high school and college basketball career. McCoy passed Lindsay Whalen (2001-04), who started 111 straight during her Gopher career, to establish the new mark.
The next record on the horizon is the career record for games started which is 126 and has been held for 20 years by Linda Roberts (1978-81). McCoy would hit that milestone in the Big Ten Tournament.
McCoy also has the chance to become the Gophers’ first player to start every game during a four-year career.
Scouting Ohio State
Nationally ranked Ohio State leads the Big Ten with a 12-2 record, 23-3 overall. The Buckeyes are 3-1 since defeating the Gophers in Columbus over two weeks ago. Topping the very talented Buckeye roster is All-American Jantel Lavender, a junior center. Lavender leads the Big Ten is scoring averaging 20.8 points a game. She averages a double-double pulling down 10.3 rebounds an outing as well. Lavender has a sensational running partner in point guard sophomore Samantha Prahaulis. Prahaulis has emerged in her second season to average 16.2 points and 8.1 assists a contest.
The Minnesota / Ohio State Series
Ohio State owns a dominating 47-11 advantage in the series with Minnesota. The Buckeyes won the first meeting of the season, 81-58 in Columbus..
vs.
Ohio State Buckeyes (24-3, 12-2)
LOCATION: Williams Arena (16,425) / Minneapolis, Minn.
DATE / TIME: Sunday, Feb. 14 / 11:30 a.m.
TELEVISION: Big Ten Network
Marney Gellner (Play-by-Play), Stephanie White (Color)
RADIO: Gopher Radio Network, KBEM (88.5 FM)
Corbu Stathes (Play-by-Play), Lynnette Sjoquist (Color Analysis)
Gophersports.com
Golden Gopher Watch List — Feb. 14, 2010
• Gophers Host Ohio State in Pink Zone Game - Minnesota hosts Ohio State on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14th at 11:30 a.m. The game will be the Gophers’ annual Pink Zone game supporting the WBCA’s initiative fighting breast cancer. The Golden Gophers are 12-12 (5-8 Big Ten) after winning at Penn State last Thursday and snapping a six-game losing streak. No. 7/9 Ohio State leads the Big Ten with a 24-3 overall record, 12-2 in Conference action.
• Hallmark Holiday History - Minnesota owns a 6-3 record on Valentine’s Day games over its 30-plus year history. The Gophers have won their last two games on this date, in 2002 and 2008.
• Gophers Make Good at the Line, Beat Penn State - Minnesota defeated Penn State on Thursday thanks to an impressive 28-of-31 shooting performance from the free throw line. Brittany McCoy went 11-12 from the line and finished with a game-high 14 points.
Gophers Host Pink Zone Game vs. Ohio State
Minnesota plays host to No. 7/9 Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 14, in the Golden Gophers’ 2010 Pink Zone game. Tip off is set for 11:30 a.m. The Gophers own an even overall record of 12-12 (5-8 Big Ten) coming off a 59-52 win at Penn State on Thursday. The Buckeyes are 24-3 overall and leading the Conference with a 12-2 mark. Ohio State has won three straight, including a 75-45 win over Purdue in its last outing on Thursday.
Game Times Announced for FInal Two Games
The Big Ten has announced the tip times of the Gophers’ final two regular season games. The game on Feb. 25 versus Michigan in Williams Arena will begin at 7 p.m CT and be webcast on BigTenNetwork.com. The regular-season finale at Michigan State will tip off at 1 p.m. CT and be broadcast live by the Big Ten Network.
Pink Zone - Bring Out the Pink
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Minnesota is one over the over 1,550 schools and organizations committed to participate in 2010.
Minnesota Triple Play on BTN on Sunday
Three Minnesota sporting teams will be featured in live action on the Big Ten Network on Sunday, Feb. 14. The Golden Gopher women’s basketball team kicks off the day versus Ohio State at 11:30 a.m. The men’s basketball team plays at Northwestern at 4 p.m., followed by the Minnesota wrestling team hosting rival Iowa at 6 p.m.
On This Hallmark Holiday
Minnesota has played on Valentine’s Day nine times in the 30-plus years of Golden Gopher women’s basketball history. The Gophers are 6-3 on Feb. 14, with victories in their last two Valentine’s Day games in 2002 and 2008.
2008 at Penn State W 56-48
2002 7/9 Purdue W 73-64
1999 at Penn State L 56-88
1993 Northwestern W 72-70
1992 at Indiana L 67-73
1986 Michigan State W 73-62
1981 vs. Ohio State W 65-48
1979 at Mankato State W 72-52
1976 Wisconsin-LaCrosse L 52-68
Lots of Frequent Flier Miles
After Sunday, Minnesota has just one more home game with three road games upcoming. The Gophers are working on a challenging stretch of schedule to end the season that included five road games in the last seven contests.
Borton Nearing Title of Winningest Gopher Coach
Minnesota head coach Pam Borton has 164 wins on the Golden Gopher sidelines and is nine wins from becoming the winningest coach in Gopher women’s basketball history. Ellen Mosher-Hanson currently owns the honor with 172 in her 10 years (1977-87) with Minnesota.
Longest Skid in Borton Era Ends at Penn State
Minnesota snapped a six-game losing streak with a 59-52 victory at Penn State in the Gophers’ last outing on Thursday. The Gophers used an exceptional team performance at the free throw line, hitting 28-of-31 free throws, to capture the win. Brittany McCoy led all scorers with 14 points, including an 11-of-12 effort from the free throw line.
McCoy Sets the Standard in Gopher History
Brittany McCoy is the first and only player in Minnesota women’s basketball history to tally 100 or more assists in every season of a Golden Gopher career. She has 110 assists in her senior season, averaging a career-best 4.6 assists a game. McCoy is ranked second in the Big Ten in the statistic.
Top Scorers Provide a Challenge on Defense
Minnesota just faced Big Ten leading scorer Tyra Grant (19.9 ppg) from Penn State in their last outing and now head into another defensive challenge as the Conference’s second- and third-leading scorers, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahaulis, come to Williams Arena. Lavender, the defending Big Ten Player of the Year is averaging 19.4 points per league game, while Prahaulis, last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year, is chipping in 18.1 point an outing.
The Gophers held Grant to 11 points, nine points under her average going into the game.
Shakin’ it up Seemed to Help
Minnesota jumbled its starting lineup against Penn State and the result was a positive one. Zoe Harper and Katie Loberg started in the front court for the Gophers, while Brittany McCoy, Kiara Buford and Katie Ohm got the starting nod at the guards.
This and That About the Penn State Game
• Brittany McCoy led the Gophers with 14 points – the first time this season she led the team in scoring and the seventh player to take scoring honors in a game this season
• Zoe Harper started her first game since the third game of the 2006-07 season - that 116-game span between starts is the longest in school history
• Katie Loberg started her first collegiate game - now two true freshmen (Loberg and Leah Cotton) have started games this season
• Balance – eight Gophers played over 13 minutes in the game - Katie Ohm played the most minutes but it was only 30
• Offensive rebounds – Minnesota only grabbed four offensive rebounds but scored six points off of them
• Points off turnovers – Minnesota turned the ball over more than Penn State (17-14), but the Gophers outscored the Lady Lions in points off those turnovers (16-8)
• The Gophers made their first 15 free throw attempts
• They put us at the line a lot - in both games – Minnesota was 23-of-26 in the first meeting vs. Penn State and 28-of-31 in the second
• Minnesota’s 57 free throws attempted against Penn State measures up to be over a fifth of all the free throws the Gophers have shot in Big Ten play this year
• A two-minute spurt – Big Ten leading scorer Tyra Grant scored 11 consecutive points in a 2-minute span in the second half. She was 0-8 from the floor, no assists, no steals, in the other 25 minutes she played
• Minnesota hit a season-low 14 field goals in both games this season against Penn State - both were wins
• The Gophers shot a season-low 40 field goal attempts
Pam Borton Radio on Monday
The Pam Borton Radio Show heard locally on WCCO Radio (830 am) is broadcast on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at Applebee’s in Stadium Village. Golden Gopher radio personalities Corbu Stathes and Lynnette Sjoquist host the program. The next show is Monday, Feb 15.
The Leader from the Line
Jackie Voigt She has made 32-of-34 in Big Ten play for 94.1 percent, topping the Conference stats. On the season, Voigt is shooting 91.3 percent from the line with just four missed attempts (42-46. The Gophers’ single-season record (need 100 attempts to be eligible) is 84.7 percent by Lindsay Whalen in 2002-03. At one point earlier this season, Voigt made 22 consecutive free throws.
Harper OK with Life on the Road
Zoe Harper has proven to be one of the Gophers’ most reliable players on the road this season. Harper, a 6-3 post, has averaged 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in Minnesota’s Big Ten road games this season. She tallied double figures in the Illinois, Northwestern and Ohio State road games.
Impressive Career Numbers for Ash
Senior Ashley Ellis-Milan has 820 caroms in her Gopher career. She is 28 rebounds from moving into the Golden Gophers’ top five on the all-time rebounding list. Ellis-Milan also has 1.235 career points.
One Point at a Time is a Good Thing for Gophers
A key to the Golden Gophers’ offense is getting to the free throw line. In 12 wins this season, the Gophers attempted an average of 24.9 per game. In comparison, Minnesota has attempted a total of just 195 free throws, an average of 16.3 attempts, in its 12 losses. Nearly a fifth of the Gophers’ free throws in losses come in the Wisconsin game (31).
Brittany McCoy Building on Starts Record
Senior Brittany McCoy made her 121st career start of her Gopher career in the game versus Penn State adding to her Minnesota record for consecutive start. She first set the record on Jan. 7 versus Northwestern. McCoy has started every game of her high school and college basketball career. McCoy passed Lindsay Whalen (2001-04), who started 111 straight during her Gopher career, to establish the new mark.
The next record on the horizon is the career record for games started which is 126 and has been held for 20 years by Linda Roberts (1978-81). McCoy would hit that milestone in the Big Ten Tournament.
McCoy also has the chance to become the Gophers’ first player to start every game during a four-year career.
Scouting Ohio State
Nationally ranked Ohio State leads the Big Ten with a 12-2 record, 23-3 overall. The Buckeyes are 3-1 since defeating the Gophers in Columbus over two weeks ago. Topping the very talented Buckeye roster is All-American Jantel Lavender, a junior center. Lavender leads the Big Ten is scoring averaging 20.8 points a game. She averages a double-double pulling down 10.3 rebounds an outing as well. Lavender has a sensational running partner in point guard sophomore Samantha Prahaulis. Prahaulis has emerged in her second season to average 16.2 points and 8.1 assists a contest.
The Minnesota / Ohio State Series
Ohio State owns a dominating 47-11 advantage in the series with Minnesota. The Buckeyes won the first meeting of the season, 81-58 in Columbus..
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