Gopher Women’s Basketball Tops Wisconsin

The Gopher women's basketball team won their first round game at the Big Ten tournament 81-49 Thursday night.  Kiara Buford led the Gophers with 19 points and Rachel Banham had 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Minnesota improves to 15-16 and will play top seeded Penn State at 5pm tonight in Indianapolis in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.