The University of Minnesota women’s basketball team (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten) returns home on Tuesday evening to face the North Florida Ospreys (2-6, 0-0 ASUN) at 7 p.m. CT. The contest will be streamed live on B1G+ from Williams Arena while Justin Gaard and Lynnette Sjoquist will broadcast the game on KFAN+.
Minnesota (9-0, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. North Florida (2-6, 0-0 ASUN)
Stream: B1G+
Tip Time: 7:01 p.m. CT
Location: Williams Arena
Scouting the Ospreys
• Erika Lambert enters her second season at the helm of North Florida’s program
• Lambert has an overall record of 11-27
• The Ospreys are 2-6 on the year, with wins coming over Trinity Baptist and Samford
• Jazmine Spencer leads UNF with 104 points this season, averaging 24.4 per game
• Kaila Rougier and Helena Rafnsdottir each have 75 points on the year
• Against Samford, five Ospreys had double digit performances
• Spencer (14), Rougier (11), Rafnsdottir (13), Jasmynne Gibson (20), and Nicole Carreno (13) had 71 of UNF’s 79 points
• Tuesday’s contest is the first meeting in program history between Minnesota and North Florida
Welcome Back!
• Gopher women’s basketball alumni Gadiva Hubbard returns to The Barn as the Ospreys’ assistant coach & director of basketball operations
• Hubbard ended her career ranked second in career games played at Minnesota with 135, third in team history in 3-pointers made (259), third in career 3-pointers attempted (736), third in minutes played (4150), ninth in career steals (193) and 11th in career points (1,477)
Last Time Out
• The Gophers are 9-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season, going 12-0 until falling to Michigan in their second conference game of the season
• Down in New Orleans, La., at the Big Easy Classic, Minnesota grabbed wins over Houston and Louisiana
• Sophomore Grace Grocholski was named Tournament MVP after leading Minnesota in points (32), ppg (16.0), 3-point FG (7), and steals (3)
• Junior Mallory Heyer also earned all-tournament honors, she chalked up 14 rebounds, 24 points and two steals
Solid Starters
• Heyer made her 74th and 75th starts in Arizona, starting every game in her college career
• The Chaska, Minn., native had 20 points against the Ragin’ Cajuns – two points shy of setting a new individual game record
• Grocholski had a combined 32 points at the Big Easy Classic – dropping 18 points against Houston and 14 against Louisiana
• The sophomore was the only Gopher to grab double digit figures in Minnesota’s last three games
• Against Houston, Sophie Hart had 10 points going 5-6 with four rebounds
• Junior Amaya Battle totaled 10 assists between both games
• Freshman Tori McKinney is the only Gopher to have at least one block in the Maroon and Gold’s last four games
Record Book Watch
• Amaya Battle and Mallory Heyer have the potential to reach the 1,000 point mark this season
• Battle sits at 773, Heyer is at 697
• Head Coach Dawn Plitzuweit is also close to hitting a milestone: 400 career wins
• Plitzuweit now sits at 394 wins following victories over Montana, Houston, and Louisiana last week
(info and stock photo courtesy of Gopher Sports)
