Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Basketball News

Heather Johnson scored 25 points, including 15 off 3-pointers, to lead Minnesota State-Mankato to an 83-60 victory over Alaska-Anchorage in the NCAA Division II women's semifinals Wednesday night.

Texas A&M stole its way into the NCAA's third round. Sydney Colson had six steals to pace the Aggies to a season-high 20 and Texas A&M forced a season-high 32 turnovers in a 73-42 victory over Minnesota Tuesday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Texas A&M coach Gary Blair is concerned about Minnesota's size, and he's not talking about the Gophers' height.

Notre Dame's home-court advantage was no match for Minnesota's 3-point shooting and strong rebounding.

Notre Dame has enjoyed plenty of success at Joyce Center, including the NCAA tournament.

Craig Moore hit six three-pointers and finished with 22 points to lead Northwestern over No.

Jodi Howell scored 17 points and Lakisha Freeman added 15 as Purdue defeated Penn State 59-48 on Thursday night.

The University of Michigan women's basketball team built a 12-point lead in the first half at Minnesota but could not withstand a strong second half by the Golden Gophers, falling 52-46 Sunday afternoon in ...

Craig Moore hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points to lead Northwestern over No. 18 Minnesota 74-65 Sunday for its first win over a ranked opponent in nearly three years.

Long a Big Ten doormat, the Wildcats (9-6, 1-4) have hinted that better days are coming. Well, this certainly was one.

The Wildcats had not beaten a Top 25 team since a three-point victory over then-No. 18 Iowa on Feb. 8, 2006. They had dropped 26 of 27 Big Ten regular-season games, including their first four this season.

After Minnesota delivered an overtime surprise to Wisconsin in Madison, teammates congratulated Golden Gophers star-of-the-night Lawrence Westbrook on the Kohl Center court, and coach Tubby Smith called his ...

Women's College Basketball: Rosseel scores 20 as Drexel tops Georgia St. by By Mel Greenberg; Inquirer Staff Writer , The Philadelphia Inquirer Drexel turned aside vastly improved Georgia State, 74-65, last ...

Marissa Coleman had 19 points, Lynetta Kizer 15 and No. 12 Maryland held off a late rally to win its eighth straight over Clemson, 65-56, Thursday night.

Ashley Ellis-Milan scored 17 points, including two tiebreaking free throws with 17.3 seconds left, leading Minnesota to a 59-56 win over No.

Venue: Kohl Center . Records: Wisconsin 12-4 overall, 3-1 Big Ten; Minnesota 15-1, 3-1. Coaches: Wisconsin, Bo Ryan, eighth season ; Minnesota, Tubby Smith, second season .

After impressive wins over Iowa and Penn State last week, Tubby Smith's Golden Gophers men's basketball team has moved up to No.

Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi sat in his customary Williams Arena seat on Sunday with the smile only satisfaction can bring.

Devron Bostick scored a team-high 19 points, leading the 22nd-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers to a 79-59 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Lawrence Westbrook and Travis Busch each scored 10 points and No.

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Lawrence Westbrook and Travis Busch each scored 10 points and No.

Lawrence Westbrook and Travis Busch each scored 10 points and No. 22 Minnesota rallied from a 13-point deficit then hung on to beat host Iowa 52-49 on Thursday night.