University of Minnesota Athletics
Thursday, January 9
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Minnesota Done In By Northwestern's Buzzer Beater
1/9/2020 10:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota (11-4, 1-3 Big Ten) saw its four-game win streak against Northwestern (13-2, 3-1) come to an end Thursday night as Lindsey Pulliam's layup with less than a second left lifted the Wildcats to a 56-54 win at Williams Arena.
Trailing by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter, the Golden Gophers got the Wildcats' lead down to 54-51 with 47 seconds to go after junior Gadiva Hubbard made one of two free throws. Northwestern's Veronica Burton was then fouled, but she missed both attempts from the line. Hubbard grabbed the defensive rebound off Burton's second miss and the Gophers called a timeout.
Northwestern's Sydney Wood nearly caused a turnover on the ensuing possession, but Gophers senior Jasmine Brunson tracked the ball down in the backcourt, dribbled up the right side of the floor and buried a game-tying 3-pointer with just 4.7 seconds remaining.
The Wildcats used their final timeout to advance the ball into the frontcourt. From there, Wood passed the ball in to Abbie Wolf, who handed it to Burton. She drove the lane and dished off to Pulliam who laid it in with less than a second on the clock, snapping not only the Gophers' win streak in the series but their four-game win streak over the Wildcats at Williams Arena.
Hubbard was the top scorer for Minnesota with 13 points, 10 of which came in the second half. She added a season-high six assists and three steals.
Senior Taiye Bello was one rebound away from her eighth double-double of the season as she had 12 points and nine boards. Foul trouble limited her to just 10 minutes in the first half, but she exploded for eight points and six rebounds with zero fouls in the second half.
Bello's nine rebounds move her career total to 867, passing Ashley Ellis-Milan (860) for fifth in school history.
Also reaching double figures was junior Destiny Pitts, who had 11 points. She was 2-of-3 on 3-pointers making her 216-for-569 for her career. That ties Lindsay Lieser (216-for-567) for fourth for most makes in school history and passed Lieser for fourth on attempts.
Northwestern was led by Abi Scheid's season-high 24 points, while Pulliam finished with 13.
The Gophers are back on the road this weekend at Illinois. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
Trailing by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter, the Golden Gophers got the Wildcats' lead down to 54-51 with 47 seconds to go after junior Gadiva Hubbard made one of two free throws. Northwestern's Veronica Burton was then fouled, but she missed both attempts from the line. Hubbard grabbed the defensive rebound off Burton's second miss and the Gophers called a timeout.
Northwestern's Sydney Wood nearly caused a turnover on the ensuing possession, but Gophers senior Jasmine Brunson tracked the ball down in the backcourt, dribbled up the right side of the floor and buried a game-tying 3-pointer with just 4.7 seconds remaining.
The Wildcats used their final timeout to advance the ball into the frontcourt. From there, Wood passed the ball in to Abbie Wolf, who handed it to Burton. She drove the lane and dished off to Pulliam who laid it in with less than a second on the clock, snapping not only the Gophers' win streak in the series but their four-game win streak over the Wildcats at Williams Arena.
Hubbard was the top scorer for Minnesota with 13 points, 10 of which came in the second half. She added a season-high six assists and three steals.
Senior Taiye Bello was one rebound away from her eighth double-double of the season as she had 12 points and nine boards. Foul trouble limited her to just 10 minutes in the first half, but she exploded for eight points and six rebounds with zero fouls in the second half.
Bello's nine rebounds move her career total to 867, passing Ashley Ellis-Milan (860) for fifth in school history.
Also reaching double figures was junior Destiny Pitts, who had 11 points. She was 2-of-3 on 3-pointers making her 216-for-569 for her career. That ties Lindsay Lieser (216-for-567) for fourth for most makes in school history and passed Lieser for fourth on attempts.
Northwestern was led by Abi Scheid's season-high 24 points, while Pulliam finished with 13.
The Gophers are back on the road this weekend at Illinois. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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