Gophers fall to Terps
Published 10:13 am Monday, February 27, 2017
Minnesota lost its final regular season game 93-60 at No. 2 Maryland. The Golden Gophers (14-15, 5-11 Big Ten) will next turn their attention to the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis later this week. They will face Penn State at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Kenisha Bell led Minnesota’s scoring with 18 points. Freshman Jasmine Brunson turned in her highest-scoring conference game with 10 points, and Bryanna Fernstrom added nine. Carlie Wagner had five points. The Gophers had 10 steals, including three by Bell, and forced the Terrapins into a season-high 21 turnovers.
Maryland (27-2, 15-1 Big Ten) took control of the game after the Gophers kept it close early. The Terrapins eventually led 26-12 at the end of the first quarter, and Minnesota’s smaller deficits in the next three quarters could not make up for it as they shot 29.7 percent on the game.
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Brionna Jones led the way for Maryland on their senior day, scoring 27 and 24 points, respectively. The Terrapins shot 55 percent and outrebounded the Gophers 46-30 as they clinched a share of the Big Ten title.