Mara Braun scores 19 to lead Gophers to victory over Southern
Mara Braun scored 19 points and 18th-ranked Minnesota cruised to an 86-47 victory over Southern.
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Mara Braun scored 19 points and 18th-ranked Minnesota cruised to an 86-47 victory over Southern.
Grace Grocholski hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points with 11 rebounds; Leah Harmon drained a clutch 3-pointer, and No. 17 Minnesota turned back Marquette 87-79 on Saturday.
Gracie Merkle scored 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and No. 17 Minnesota had a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter of an 82-62 win over Harvard in the season-opener for both teams.
A lot of fans at "The Barn" for the Gopher women's home opener, including a big crowd from the Brainerd Lakes area, are in attendance to catch Tori Oehrlein make her team debut.
Backup quarterback Grant Wilson threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker on the first play of overtime, and No. 4 Indiana came up with a stop on Minnesota's possession to close out a 23-16 victory Saturday.
Luke Drzewiecki has been with Minnesota for two months.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are carrying optimism and stability into the season after finishing 11th in the 18-team Big Ten in coach Niko Medved's debut despite a slew of injuries.
University of Minnesota Gophers women's basketball star Tori McKinney will miss the entire season because of a knee injury suffered last week in practice, coach Dawn Plitzuweit announced on Monday.
Fleck is 100-67 over 14 seasons as a head coach, the last 10 at Minnesota. The locker room leap he did after beating Michigan goes back to his first win at Western Michigan in 2013.
Drake Lindsey threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Darius Taylor early in the fourth quarter after two costly first-half interceptions, and Minnesota's defense overwhelmed quarterback Bryce Underwood to beat Michigan 20-14 for the first time since 2014.
Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck's intensity was on full display after his team's road win Saturday night against Washington.
Drake Lindsey tossed three touchdowns in the first half to three different receivers and Minnesota defeated Washington 27-24.
A viral Facebook Marketplace post of a hearse steeped in Minnesota Gophers' history has brought two strangers together.
Drake Lindsey threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday as Minnesota defeated Akron 41-7.
Minnesota's leading scorer Cade Tyson has rejoined the team with the intent to play this season.