Gophers Rau, Wilcox Earn Big Ten Honors After Sweep Of Michigan
After a big weekend in a sweep of Michigan, University of Minnesota senior Kyle Rau was named the Big Ten's Second Star of the Week on Tuesday.
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After a big weekend in a sweep of Michigan, University of Minnesota senior Kyle Rau was named the Big Ten's Second Star of the Week on Tuesday.
After a big week leading the Gophers women's basketball team to a pair of wins, University of Minnesota senior Shae Kelley was named the Big Ten's Player of the Week.
Shae Kelley and Shayne Mullaney combined for 41 points as the University of Minnesota women's basketball team won at Penn State 85-77 on Sunday. The Gophers (20-6, 9-5) got 23 points from Kelley in the victory. Mullaney added a career-high 18 points.
Andre Hollins finished with 23 points, while Maurice Walker and DeAndre Mathieu scored 12 points apiece for the Gophers (16-10, 5-8), who had a three-game win streak snapped.
The University of Minnesota men's hockey team shut out Michigan 2-0 Saturday night to claim a weekend sweep of the Wolverines at Mariucci Arena.
The University of Minnesota women's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of Minnesota-Duluth with a 2-0 win Saturday at Ridder Arena and clinched the regular season WCHA title.
Minnesota sophomore Amanda Zahui B. (ZOW-ee bee) is one of the top 20 late-season finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, given to the player of the year for college women's basketball. She's one of three Big Ten players on the list, determined by a panel of media members and announced Friday.
Maurice Walker sank two free throws with 11 seconds left to help Minnesota beat Iowa 64-59 on Thursday night. Walker finished with seven points on 1-of-5 shooting, but went 5 of 6 from the line. Andre Hollins led Minnesota (16-9, 5-7 Big Ten) with 20 points, making 7 of 14 from the field.
Shae Kelley scored a career-high 33 points Wednesday night and added 14 rebounds to lead the Gophers women's basketball team to a 93-82 win over Wisconsin at Williams Arena.
University of Minnesota senior forward Travis Boyd received honors from the Big Ten and NCAA this week after leading the Gophers to a weekend sweep of Ohio State at Mariucci Arena.
The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that Minnesota guard Carlie Wagner was named the league's Freshman of the Week.
The University of Minnesota women's basketball team was in desperate need of a win Sunday, having lost four of its past five games before hosting Michigan State.
Travis Boyd netted his first career hat trick Saturday night as the Gophers men's hockey team beat Ohio State 6-2 to complete a weekend sweep. Boyd led Minnesota on the weekend with four goals and an assist and now also leads the Gophers in scoring with 13 goals.
Andre Hollins scored 18 points and Minnesota held Purdue scoreless for the first five minutes of the second half in a 62-58 victory on Saturday. Joey King added 11 for the Golden Gophers (15-9, 4-7 Big Ten), who broke the game open with a 21-2 run coming out of the break. The Gophers forced eight of Purdue's season-high 23 turnovers during the surge, and then held on for dear life.
It's National Signing Day for high school athletes as they put the pen to paper and finalize where they are heading to be student-athletes in college.
