University of Minnesota Athletics

Tuesday, December 3
Minneapolis, MN
7:00 PM

University of Minnesota

vs

North Florida

Stewart_Annika
Photo by: Kelly Hagenson

Minnesota Returns Home to Face North Florida

12/2/2024 3:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

The meeting is the first between the Golden Gophers and Ospreys

MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota women's basketball team (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten) returns home on Tuesday evening to face the North Florida Ospreys (2-6, 0-0 ASUN) at 7 p.m. CT. The contest will be streamed live on B1G+ from Williams Arena while Justin Gaard and Lynnette Sjoquist will broadcast the game on KFAN+. 

Minnesota (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. North Florida (2-6, 0-0 ASUN)
Stream:
B1G+
Tip Time: 7:01 p.m. CT
Radio: KFAN+ 96.7 FM and the iHeartRadio app (Justin Gaard and Lynnette Sjoquist)
Location: Williams Arena

Scouting the Ospreys
• Erika Lambert enters her second season at the helm of North Florida's program
• Lambert has an overall record of 11-27 
• The Ospreys are 2-6 on the year, with wins coming over Trinity Baptist and Samford
• Jazmine Spencer leads UNF with 104 points this season, averaging 24.4 per game
• Kaila Rougier and Helena Rafnsdottir each have 75 points on the year
• Against Samford, five Ospreys had double digit performances 
• Spencer (14), Rougier (11), Rafnsdottir (13), Jasmynne Gibson (20), and Nicole Carreno (13) had 71 of UNF's 79 points
• Tuesday's contest is the first meeting in program history between Minnesota and North Florida

Welcome Back!
• Gopher women's basketball alumni Gadiva Hubbard returns to The Barn as the Ospreys' assistant coach & director of basketball operations
• Hubbard ended her career ranked second in career games played at Minnesota with 135, third in team history in 3-pointers made (259), third in career 3-pointers attempted (736), third in minutes played (4150), ninth in career steals (193) and 11th in career points (1,477)

Last Time Out
• The Gophers are 9-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season, going 12-0 until falling to Michigan in their second conference game of the season
• Down in New Orleans, La., at the Big Easy Classic, Minnesota grabbed wins over Houston and Louisiana 
• Sophomore Grace Grocholski was named Tournament MVP after leading Minnesota in points (32), ppg (16.0), 3-point FG (7), and steals (3)
• Junior Mallory Heyer also earned all-tournament honors, she chalked up 14 rebounds, 24 points and two steals

Solid Starters
• Heyer made her 74th and 75th starts in Arizona, starting every game in her college career
• The Chaska, Minn., native had 20 points against the Ragin' Cajuns - two points shy of setting a new individual game record
• Grocholski had a combined 32 points at the Big Easy Classic - dropping 18 points against Houston and 14 against Louisiana
• The sophomore was the only Gopher to grab double digit figures in Minnesota's last three games
• Against Houston, Sophie Hart had 10 points going 5-6 with four rebounds
• Junior Amaya Battle totaled 10 assists between both games
• Freshman Tori McKinney is the only Gopher to have at least one block in the Maroon and Gold's last four games

Record Book Watch
Amaya Battle and Mallory Heyer have the potential to reach the 1,000 point mark this season
• Battle sits at 773, Heyer is at 697
• Head Coach Dawn Plitzuweit is also close to hitting a milestone: 400 career wins
• Plitzuweit now sits at 394 wins following victories over Montana, Houston, and Louisiana last week
Highlights: Gophers 99, Maryland 100
Sunday, December 07
Gophers in the Bahamas
Tuesday, December 02
Highlights: Gophers 77, Samford 40
Monday, December 01
Cinematic Recap: Gophers-USF
Monday, December 01