Following the transfer decision of Jasmine Powell, the Minnesota Women’s basketball were desperately seeking some positive momentum. Fortunately for them, they got to play the Wisconsin Badgers. Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 57-55 at Williams Arena to improve to 10-12 on the season and 3-7 in conference play. Sara Scalia led all scorers with 16 points.
The Gophers looked disjointed early on and struggled to find their shooting rhythm throughout the first quarter, mustering just 11 points. Scalia, deputized to be the starting point guard, was not much of a threat as a catch and shoot option. However, Wisconsin was not much better, scoring just 13 on 5-14 shooting.