University of Minnesota Athletics

Monday, February 10
6:00 PM

University of Minnesota

15-9,5-8Big Ten

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Michigan

16-7,7-5Big Ten

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Minnesota
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Photo by: Brad Rempel

Minnesota's Three-Game Win Streak Snapped by Michigan

2/10/2020 9:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota women's basketball saw its three-game winning streak come to an end Monday night in a 77-52 loss to Michigan (16-7, 7-5 B1G) at Williams Arena.

The loss drops the Golden Gophers to 15-9 on the year and 5-8 in league play. 

Freshman Jasmine Powell was the offensive highlight for Minnesota, finishing with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting to go with three rebounds, three assists and a career best two blocks. It was Powell's seventh straight game in double figures and her second in a row reaching 20 points after a career-high 24 Thursday night at Wisconsin.

Seventeen of Powell's points came in the first half, including 10 points alone in the second quarter.

Senior Taiye Bello joined Powell in double figures with 13 points, Bello's team-leading 16th game this year with 10 or more points. Taiye and Kehinde Bello each had five rebounds to tie for the team high.

The Wolverines came out of the gates quickly as they opened on a 13-5 run and led 23-14 after the first quarter.  Michigan never trailed in the contest and the only tie came at 2-2.

Michigan went up 12 at 29-17 midway through the second quarter, while Minnesota countered with its biggest run of the game by scoring the next five points. Powell hit a 3-pointer and senior Masha Adashchyk, who finished with seven points, four rebounds and a career-high three assists, made a basket to cut the lead to seven.

The Wolverines answered with six straight points and led 37-26 at halftime.

The Golden Gophers were outscored 22-18 in the third quarter to find themselves down 59-44 going into the fourth. They would get as close as 13 as Taiye Bello scored back-to-back baskets to make it a 61-48 game with 8:40 to play, but Michigan scored the next six points to pull away.

The Wolverines were led by Amy Dilk's 22 points and eight assists, while Naz Hillmon had 21 points and eight rebounds.

Minnesota takes to the road for its next two games. First up is a stop in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday to face Ohio State at 6 p.m. on BTN Plus.

Team Stats

Mich
MINN
FG%
.542
.356
3FG%
.429
.375
FT%
.778
.400
RB
37
32
TO
7
13
STL
9
3

Game Leaders

Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0

Players Mentioned

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