The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team upset their first ranked team in nearly two years when they beat the #20 Iowa Hawkeyes 77-72 at Williams Arena on Sunday. The Gophers bumped their record to 16-5 and 5-3 in the Big Ten, matching their 2016-17 win total with ten regular season games remaining. Minnesota was led by Kenisha Bell who had another double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
The first quarter found the teams trading baskets until a late Iowa lead up them up 20-15. Minuteness would answer with the last four points of the quarter closing the Hawkeye lead to just one by the end of the first.