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The Gophers women’s basketball team topped Penn State 75-64 on Wednesday night at Williams Arena and avoided its first three-game losing streak of the season. Amanda Zahui B. had a triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocked shots. Shae Kelly scored 18 points and junior...

There are times when a coach can rip his players at halftime for having lackluster effort and playing basically embarrassing basketball. But it wouldn’t have done any good in Richard Pitino’s case Wednesday night with his University of Minnesota basketball team trailing 33-23...

MINNEAPOLIS — Andre Hollins poured in 28 points, including 19 in the second half, as the Golden Gophers pulled away for a 79-71 home win over the Illinois Fighting Illini Saturday. Carlos Morris added 16 points for Minnesota (13-8, 2-6 Big Ten), which won for the second time...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Amanda Zahui B. scored a career-high 36 points, but it wasn’t enough for the No. 21 Gophers women as Rutgers scored a 66-61 win Sunday. Tyler Scaife scored 13 of her season-high 28 points during a 25-2 run that gave the No. 25 Scarlet Knights (14-5, 5-3 Big...

Randy Breuer was at a charity golf tournament in Faribault when University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague called to inform him the school would be retiring his maroon-and-gold basketball jersey. It was something the 7-foot-3 Lake City, Minn., native had been waiting...

Nobody knew if or when Andre Hollins was going to break out of his Big Ten shooting slump. The senioritis that also affected point guard DeAndre Mathieu — and last season got Hollins’ friend and teammate Austin Hollins — was tough to overcome. But Hollins did it with the help...

ST. PAUL — While Indiana was busy writing the book on ways to take Amanda Zahui B. out of the mix Sunday, the Hoosiers lost sight of Carlie Wagner late in the game — and Wagner made them pay. Wagner nailed a pair of clutch three-pointers late in the game — the second put...

MINNEAPOLIS — Andre Hollins scored a season-high 31 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead host Minnesota to its first Big Ten win of the season by beating Rutgers 89-80 Saturday. Maurice Walker added 16 points, nine rebounds and four steals for Minnesota (12-7, 1-5 Big...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jarrod Uthoff scored a career-high 22 points, including the game-winning jumper with 3.5 seconds left, as visiting Iowa held off a furious rally by the Golden Gophers to beat Minnesota 77-75 Tuesday. Aaron White added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists for...

Kevin Dorsey never let his eyes wander while glued to his defensive responsibility, the point guard bringing the ball up the court. He stared, and stared, until he saw an opportunity. Swipe.

MINNEAPOLIS — Forward Marc Loving hit a go-ahead jumper with five seconds to play in overtime, and No. 22 Ohio State topped Minnesota 74-72 Tuesday in Big Ten action at Williams Arena. Buckeyes freshman guard D’Angelo Russell scored a game-high 27 points, 25 of which came in...

After such a disappointing loss, perhaps it’s best to take a peek at the big picture. Or in this case, the big, big, big picture. And it looks like this: It probably won’t take the Golden Gophers another half-century to return to a New Year’s Day bowl game.