Let me get this straight. The Gopher women played horribly for 20 minutes, then they played 20 great minutes. And they won. The Gopher men played great for 26 minutes, and lost. So, it comes down more to how bad is bad, than how good is good? Who knows.
The men led Purdue 47-34 at 14:05. 8:30 later they were down 60-51. You do the math. OK, I'll do the math. Purdue 26 Minnesota 4 over 8:30. Plenty bad. The final was 73-63. Amir Coffey scored 22, Jordan Murphy went 10 and 10.
The women, on the other hand, shot 4-of-23 in the 1st half. By all rights, it shoulda been all over, especially considering they were playing 9-1, 1st place in the Big 10 Rutgers. But, no, they were only behind 23-17. Then they came out and outscored 9-1, 1st place Rutgers 43-23 to win going away, 60-46. Fact is, they only shot 12-of-27 in the 2nd half, but it sure beats 4-of-23. It also helps that they made 25-of-31 FT to just 5-of-10 for Rutgers.
Kenisha Bell scored 19 with 5 assists. Destiny Pitts scored 14 with 7 rebounds.
Player of the Day--Taiye Bello 11 points and a career high 21 rebounds
Team of the Day--Gopher women
Coach of the Day--Lindsay Whalen
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