University of Minnesota Athletics
Thursday, February 6
Madison, Wis.
7:00 PM
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Gophers Claim, 73-64, Border Battle Victory at Wisconsin
2/6/2020 10:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MADISON, Wis. -- Aided by a dominant first half, Minnesota (15-8, 5-7 B1G) forced a split in the Border Battle series with Wisconsin (11-12, 3-9) following a 73-64 win Thursday night in Madison.
Freshman Jasmine Powell led the Gophers' attack with a career-high 24 points, besting her previous high of 19 that she had reached twice. She was 7-of-17 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the line while adding five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals.
Senior Masha Adashchyk joined Powell in establishing a career high as she tallied 15 points, bettering her previous high of 12 set earlier this year against Bryant. Adashchyk had six rebounds, four of which came on the offensive end.
Fellow freshman Sara Scalia also reached double figures with 16 points, highlighted by three 3-pointers. Meanwhile, senior Kehinde Bello made her first career start and pulled down a career and game-high 12 rebounds.
Minnesota took control of the game in the first quarter, scoring 16 of the final 21 points in the frame to lead 18-9 after the first 10 minutes.
The second quarter was all Gophers as they outscored the Badgers, 25-10. Leading 20-11, Minnesota embarked on an 11-0 to go up 31-11. Eight of those 11 points belong to Powell, and she scored 12 points total in the frame, equaling the most scored by a Gopher in one quarter this season.
Minnesota led 43-19 at halftime, its fewest points given up in any half this season.
The teams played evenly early in the third quarter, and Scalia led Minnesota by scoring eight of the team's first 12 points in the second half. A basket from the Stillwater, Minn., native midway through the frame gave the Gophers their largest lead of the game at 55-30. Wisconsin fought back, though, ending the quarter on a 14-4 run.
The Badgers chipped away even further and got the game back within single digits since early in the second quarter on a bucket from Abby Laszewski, making it a 60-51 game with 5:17 to play.
Minnesota led 64-58 with 2:40 to go, but Adashchyk gave the team breathing room with a 3-pointer as the shot clock wound down, pushing the lead back to double digits. Wisconsin's head coach was then called for a technical foul, and Powell converted on both free throws to make it a 13-point lead with less than two minutes remaining.
The Gophers were 17-of-21 at the line for the game, including a 9-of-10 performance in the fourth quarter to help put the game away and claim their seventh straight win in Madison.
Freshman Jasmine Powell led the Gophers' attack with a career-high 24 points, besting her previous high of 19 that she had reached twice. She was 7-of-17 from the floor and 7-of-8 from the line while adding five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals.
Senior Masha Adashchyk joined Powell in establishing a career high as she tallied 15 points, bettering her previous high of 12 set earlier this year against Bryant. Adashchyk had six rebounds, four of which came on the offensive end.
Fellow freshman Sara Scalia also reached double figures with 16 points, highlighted by three 3-pointers. Meanwhile, senior Kehinde Bello made her first career start and pulled down a career and game-high 12 rebounds.
Minnesota gets a B1G win over Wisconsin to advance to a record of 15-8.@GopherWBB pic.twitter.com/Gr57P2UzMe
— Minnesota on BTN (@MinnesotaOnBTN) February 7, 2020
Minnesota took control of the game in the first quarter, scoring 16 of the final 21 points in the frame to lead 18-9 after the first 10 minutes.
The second quarter was all Gophers as they outscored the Badgers, 25-10. Leading 20-11, Minnesota embarked on an 11-0 to go up 31-11. Eight of those 11 points belong to Powell, and she scored 12 points total in the frame, equaling the most scored by a Gopher in one quarter this season.
Minnesota led 43-19 at halftime, its fewest points given up in any half this season.
The teams played evenly early in the third quarter, and Scalia led Minnesota by scoring eight of the team's first 12 points in the second half. A basket from the Stillwater, Minn., native midway through the frame gave the Gophers their largest lead of the game at 55-30. Wisconsin fought back, though, ending the quarter on a 14-4 run.
The Badgers chipped away even further and got the game back within single digits since early in the second quarter on a bucket from Abby Laszewski, making it a 60-51 game with 5:17 to play.
Minnesota led 64-58 with 2:40 to go, but Adashchyk gave the team breathing room with a 3-pointer as the shot clock wound down, pushing the lead back to double digits. Wisconsin's head coach was then called for a technical foul, and Powell converted on both free throws to make it a 13-point lead with less than two minutes remaining.
The Gophers were 17-of-21 at the line for the game, including a 9-of-10 performance in the fourth quarter to help put the game away and claim their seventh straight win in Madison.
Minnesota returns to Williams Arena Monday when it hosts Michigan at 6 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
Team Stats
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Wisc
FG%
.365
.362
3FG%
.385
.308
FT%
.810
.750
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TO
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12
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FTM
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Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
1
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