Gophers women’s basketball manages only 41 points in blowout loss to No. 13 Michigan

Beginning probably the most tough stretch of its season, the Gophers girls’s basketball workforce’s offense ran out of fuel Sunday at Williams Enviornment.

The ultimate: No. 13 Michigan 77, Gophers 41.

This was the primary of 4 consecutive video games towards groups within the prime six within the Huge Ten standings. The Gophers have Indiana (No. 6 earlier than Monday’s new rankings) on Wednesday, then video games at Illinois (No. 22) and Ohio State (No. 2). One way or the other, a way, the Gophers need to discover a approach to rating.

“Offensively, we took some robust pictures,” coach Lindsay Whalen stated. “We have to discover methods to proceed to get simpler pictures. We took numerous contested pictures. It is one thing we have to proceed to look at and work on.”

The 41 factors mark the workforce’s lowest scoring whole since February 2010. The Gophers (9-12, 2-8 Huge Ten) shot 30.5% (18-for-59), and Michigan turned their 21 turnovers become 21 factors.

Minnesota was down eight after 1 / 4 and down 11 on the half.

However issues actually received robust within the third quarter. The Gophers shot 3-for-15 with 5 turnovers whereas being outscored 27-7. Michigan was up 10 after Amaya Battle drove for a rating with 7:32 left within the quarter. Over the following 3½ minutes, the Gophers went 0-for-5 with 4 turnovers whereas Michigan scored 17 straight factors.

Of their two video games since taking pictures 50% in a victory at Penn State, the Gophers have averaged 48.5 factors and shot 28.9%.

“A few of it, at occasions, is us being a little bit complacent,” Whalen stated. “However [the Wolverines] are a extremely good defensive workforce. They put you in spots which can be robust. Within the first half I preferred numerous the appears to be like we received. The second half there have been extra contested ones. We get to the place we’re standing a little bit bit and watching and we’ve got to maintain reducing, hold transferring.”

When the Gophers did go to the pick-and-roll, they struggled to create house with efficient picks.

Battle (10 factors on 4-for-16 taking pictures) and heart Rose Micheaux (15 factors, 7-for-14) had been the one two Gophers in double figures. Micheaux additionally had eight rebounds.

“I really feel there have been occasions once we had been stagnant,” Battle stated. “However there have been different occasions once we had good tempo and good ball motion and we had been getting what we wished. We simply could not end.”

The Wolverines (17-5, 7-4) shot almost 44% whereas breaking a two-game dropping streak, turning 13 offensive rebounds right into a 13-2 edge on second-chance factors and outscoring the Gophers 46-26 within the paint. Laila Phelia scored a game-high 22 factors and Leigha Brown added 20.

The Gophers have two days of apply to work on the offense earlier than Indiana involves city.

“It’s a must to management the controllables,” Micheaux stated. “That is your power, perspective. We have now to execute on offense and get again and play even more durable protection.”