Senior Guard Rachel Banham
(Champaign, IL) — Golden Gopher women’s basketball star Rachel Banham of Lakeville knocked down ten baskets from three-point range en route to a career-high 39 point effort as Minnesota beat Illinois last night, 106-75. Banham set a program with the ten made three-point field goals and also helped the Gophers tie a Big Ten Conference team record with 19 total three-point field goals as a team. Carlie Wagner of New Richland and Mikayla Bailey of Maple Grove each added three long-distance shots to help the record-setting victory. In all, six Gophers scored in double figures. Minnesota is 10-and-4 on the season overall and 2-and-1 in the Big Ten. The Gophers host Michigan on Sunday at Williams Arena at 2 P-M. The Wolverines beat Iowa last night.