In what has become a season-long theme, Minnesota battled against one of the Big Ten's best teams, No. 23 Michigan State, but an ugly fourth quarter resulted in a 73-58 Spartans win. After a disappointing loss on Wednesday night against Washington,

With just under eight minutes to go in a defensive-minded game at Michigan State on Saturday afternoon, Grace Grochoski drove for a score, putting the Gophers women’s basketball team up four points, and she was fouled.

A solid regular season from Minnesota women’s basketball came to a close on Saturday with a 73-58 loss to No. 23 Michigan State at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. Now, the Gophers have a conference tournament to prove to NCAA tournament selectors that they are worthy of the program’s first invitation to the Big Dance since 2018.

It was a roller-coaster game for the Gophers on Saturday. Nebraska erased a 19-point deficit in the second half to take the lead with 6:28 to go, but a career-high 20 points from Brennan Rigsby and a game-winner helped Minnesota take down the Cornhuskers 67-65 for their first-ever win at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Senior guard Brennan Rigsby scored a career-high 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting and his catch-and-shoot 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left saved Minnesota in a frenetic 67-65 win over Nebraska. With both teams out of timeouts,