Illinois at home figured to be the easiest game remaining on the Gopher women's schedule. And, for the first half, matters went more or less according to Hoyle. The Gophers were up 35-21 at the half after a solid 23-8 2nd quarter in which we shot 61 percent to 31 for the Illini. Illinois got within 5 in the 3rd quarter but 5 quick points by Jasmine Brunson made it 53-43 after 3. No problem.
Well, the Gophers shot 20 percent in the 4th and the Illini 53 percent. We still led 60-55 with 4 minutes to go, but Illinois made it look easy, finishing up on an 11-2 run.
The Gophers made just 11-of-38 shots in the 2nd half, 3-of-13 3s. We shot 36 percent for the day but take away Brunson's 7-of-11 and we were closer to 30 percent. The Illini bench outscored ours 30-2. Annalese Lamke led the Gophers with 18 points but did not score in the 2nd half. Brunson scored 17 points. Kenisha Bell scored 14 on 5-of-13 shooting with 6 boards, 3 assists and 7 turnovers.
Player of the Day--Karl Anthony Towns 28 points 18 boards
Team of the Day--Timberwolves 108 LA Lakers (without LeBron) 86
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