University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
11-9; 2-5
Iowa
13-7; 4-3
Gophers Fall 80-65 after Late Iowa Surge
1/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minnesota had a one-point halftime lead at Iowa, but cooled off shooting and lost, 80-65. The game remained close until the fourth quarter, when Iowa (13-7, 4-3 Big Ten) took its first double-digit lead. Gadiva Hubbard and led the Golden Gophers (11-9, 2-5 Big Ten) with 18 points, and Carlie Wagner had 16. Kenisha Bell added 11 points, and Whitney Tinjum 10.
Hubbard shot 6-for-12 and scored 12 of her points in the second half. However, as a team the Gophers finished the game at 37.5 percent after shooting 46.7 percent in the first half. Iowa shot 48.8 percent on the day, going 16-of-31 in the second half.
Jessie Edwards tallied 14 rebounds for the Gophers. The Hawkeyes ended up with a 40-34 rebounding advantage, led by 12 from Megan Gustafson. Gustafson scored a game-high 19 points. Ally Disterhoft had 17 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter: Bell opened the scoring with a three-point play, and Edwards made a put-back bank shot to put the Gophers up 5-3 before a 6-0 Iowa run started with two fastbreak baskets. Minnesota made four 3-pointers during the remainder of the first, including two by Tinjum. The first featured four ties and six lead changes, and Minnesota led 21-19 at the end of it.
Second Quarter: Minnesota led by as much as seven during the second, with Wagner scoring eight points leading into a 31-24 advantage with 5:59 to go in the half. The Gophers cooled off shooting later in the quarter, and Iowa had trimmed the Maroon and Gold lead to 36-35 at the break. Wagner and Tinjum each had 10 points in the first half, and Edwards has six rebounds.
Third Quarter: The Hawkeyes pulled ahead for the first time since the first quarter. Hubbard drove and scored twice for a 41-40 Minnesota lead, but Iowa went back ahead 49-42. The Gophers got within one point, but no closer. Hubbard scored eight points in the third, but Minnesota shot 5-for-18 as a team. Gustafson had 11 points for the Hawkeyes to lead them to a 57-51 lead.
Fourth Quarter: After Iowa first took a 10-point lead, the Gophers cut it to six at the 5:51 mark with points from Bell. The Hawkeyes did not allow them to get any closer the rest of the way, leading by as much as 18.
MORE NOTES
*Wagner has scored in double figures in 19 of 20 games this season, and Bell in 18 of 19. Hubbard has 10 double-digit games, and Tinjum six.
*Edwards has four double-digit rebounding games.
COMING UP NEXT
Ohio State will come to Minneapolis for a game on Thursday, Jan. 26. The Gophers will stay at home for their Play4Kay breast cancer awareness game Monday, Jan. 30 against Michigan State. Both games are at 7 p.m.
