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Minnesota Takes No. 18/20 Iowa to the Limit
2/27/2020 9:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball
IOWA CITY, Iowa --Â Five players scored in double figures for Minnesota (15-13, 5-12 B1G) as the Golden Gophers took No. 18/20 Iowa (23-5, 14-3) to the limit in a 90-82 loss at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Thursday night.
Redshirt junior Gadiva Hubbard led Minnesota with 20 points, her fourth 20-point game of the season and her highest point total in Big Ten play this year. She hit three 3-pointers and made all seven free throw attempts as she climbed from 25th on Minnesota's all-time scoring list to 21st with 1,038 points, passing Jamie Broback (1,019), Kadidja Andersson (1,029), Cara Pearson (1,030) and Shannon Loellein (1,036).
Senior Taiye Bello was behind her with 16 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds, while fellow senior Jasmine Brunson tallied 14 and four assists.
Freshman Jasmine Powell was an assist shy of her first career double-double as she posted 15 points and a career-high nine assists. Meanwhile, fellow freshman Sara Scalia scored 12 points thanks to four 3-pointers. She's made 55 3's this year, fifth most ever by a Gopher freshman.Â
Iowa, which has won 36 straight home games, led for nearly 34 minutes and had leads as big as 15 in the third quarter, but the Gophers continued to fight and were within one possession in the fourth quarter.
The game was even at 15-15 in the first quarter but Iowa used a 10-0 run to lead 25-15 after the first 10 minutes of action.Â
The Gophers battled back to get within 27-25 only to see Iowa pull back in front 40-28 with just under four minutes to play in the second quarter. Minnesota rallied again and closed the first half on a 15-6 run to be down just 46-43 at intermission. The Gophers outscored Iowa 28-21 in the frame as Hubbard (10), Scalia (9) and Powell (7) combined for all but two of those points.
The 28 second-quarter points tied for their most in any quarter in conference action this season, and were one off of the season high of 29 scored in the fourth quarter versus Bryant on Nov. 26.
Minnesota extended the run to 19-6 as it scored the first four points of the third quarter on back-to-back baskets from Hubbard and Powell to take the lead at 47-46, its first lead since 13-10. Iowa scored the next six points, though, and even got the lead up to 72-57 before taking a 74-63 lead into the fourth.
The Golden Gophers chipped away at the lead to start the fourth as a layup from Bello was followed by a 3-pointer from Hubbard, cutting the lead to just six with 7:39 to play. The Hawkeyes got their lead back up to 80-73 before Powell hit a free throw and Brunson knocked down a 3-pointer to make it an 80-77 game with 3:19 to play.
Iowa scored on its next two possessions, however, kicking off a 10-2 run to close the game out.
Monika Czinano and Makenzie Meyer each scored 24 points for the Hawkeyes to lead all scorers.
Minnesota closes out the regular season Sunday as it hosts No. 7/7 Maryland at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gophers will honor their four seniors (Masha Adashchyk, Kehinde Bello, Taiye Bello and Jasmine Brunson) in a postgame ceremony.
Redshirt junior Gadiva Hubbard led Minnesota with 20 points, her fourth 20-point game of the season and her highest point total in Big Ten play this year. She hit three 3-pointers and made all seven free throw attempts as she climbed from 25th on Minnesota's all-time scoring list to 21st with 1,038 points, passing Jamie Broback (1,019), Kadidja Andersson (1,029), Cara Pearson (1,030) and Shannon Loellein (1,036).
Senior Taiye Bello was behind her with 16 points to go with a team-high seven rebounds, while fellow senior Jasmine Brunson tallied 14 and four assists.
Freshman Jasmine Powell was an assist shy of her first career double-double as she posted 15 points and a career-high nine assists. Meanwhile, fellow freshman Sara Scalia scored 12 points thanks to four 3-pointers. She's made 55 3's this year, fifth most ever by a Gopher freshman.Â
Iowa, which has won 36 straight home games, led for nearly 34 minutes and had leads as big as 15 in the third quarter, but the Gophers continued to fight and were within one possession in the fourth quarter.
The game was even at 15-15 in the first quarter but Iowa used a 10-0 run to lead 25-15 after the first 10 minutes of action.Â
The Gophers battled back to get within 27-25 only to see Iowa pull back in front 40-28 with just under four minutes to play in the second quarter. Minnesota rallied again and closed the first half on a 15-6 run to be down just 46-43 at intermission. The Gophers outscored Iowa 28-21 in the frame as Hubbard (10), Scalia (9) and Powell (7) combined for all but two of those points.
The 28 second-quarter points tied for their most in any quarter in conference action this season, and were one off of the season high of 29 scored in the fourth quarter versus Bryant on Nov. 26.
Minnesota extended the run to 19-6 as it scored the first four points of the third quarter on back-to-back baskets from Hubbard and Powell to take the lead at 47-46, its first lead since 13-10. Iowa scored the next six points, though, and even got the lead up to 72-57 before taking a 74-63 lead into the fourth.
The Golden Gophers chipped away at the lead to start the fourth as a layup from Bello was followed by a 3-pointer from Hubbard, cutting the lead to just six with 7:39 to play. The Hawkeyes got their lead back up to 80-73 before Powell hit a free throw and Brunson knocked down a 3-pointer to make it an 80-77 game with 3:19 to play.
Iowa scored on its next two possessions, however, kicking off a 10-2 run to close the game out.
Monika Czinano and Makenzie Meyer each scored 24 points for the Hawkeyes to lead all scorers.
Minnesota closes out the regular season Sunday as it hosts No. 7/7 Maryland at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gophers will honor their four seniors (Masha Adashchyk, Kehinde Bello, Taiye Bello and Jasmine Brunson) in a postgame ceremony.
Team Stats
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Iowa
FG%
.429
.596
3FG%
.429
.444
FT%
.905
.700
RB
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33
TO
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13
STL
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5
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FTM
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Pts
16
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3FGM
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FTM
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Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
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FTM
5
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
5
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