<div dir="auto">heartbreaking game </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 3, 2018 7:06 AM, "Suzanne Bailey" <<a href="mailto:minburnsb@gmail.com">minburnsb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS --</strong><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"> </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8538" rel="smarttag" rev="8538" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Megan Gustafson</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"> was </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8538" rel="smarttag" rev="8538" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Megan Gustafson</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"> and then some on
Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but the fifth-seeded
University of Iowa women's basketball team came up one point
short in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.</span><br>
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Fourth-seeded Minnesota made a defensive stand with 10.4 seconds
remaining to edge the Hawkeyes, 90-89, to end Iowa's run in
Indianapolis.</span><br>
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Gustafson displayed why she was the Big Ten Player of the Year,
scoring a career-best, a Big Ten Tournament record, and an Iowa
school and tournament record 48 points. She also grabbed 15
rebounds to record her 27th double-double of the season.</span><br>
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The Wisconsin native made 19-of-26 field goals and 10-of-12 free
throws in the game. The 19 field goals are also a Big Ten
Tournament, school, and Iowa Big Ten Tournament records.</span><br>
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"Yesterday I didn't contribute as much as I normally do, and I
think that gave me a little bit of extra motivation," said
Gustafson of her 12-point performance on Thursday against
Northwestern.</span><br>
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"I have to thank my guards, they gave me great passes inside and
I was able to work on my feet and get in good position. I knew
this was going to be a great game, Minnesota is a great team,
and I knew I needed to step up."</span><br>
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The Hawkeyes played from behind for much of the game, trailing
by as many as 10 points in the second half before fighting their
way back to tie the game at 61. </span><br>
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Iowa took a 65-63 lead into the fourth quarter and pushed its
lead to five twice -- the first coming on a </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8539" rel="smarttag" rev="8539" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Makenzie Meyer</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"> 3-pointer six
seconds into the fourth. The final seven minutes was a seesaw
with two ties and seven lead changes.</span><br>
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The Hawkeyes trailed 90-87 with 52 seconds left when </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8537" rel="smarttag" rev="8537" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Kathleen Doyle</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">'s wraparound layup
pulled Iowa to within one with 35 seconds to play. The Hawkeyes
were in a position to win in regulation after Minnesota's Carlie
Wagner turned the ball over with 10.4 seconds to play.</span><br>
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With the game in the balance, Iowa inbounded the ball to Doyle,
who went 3/4 of the floor under intense defensive pressure.
Minnesota forced Doyle to give the ball up to sophomore </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8541" rel="smarttag" rev="8541" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Amanda Ollinger</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">, who's 3-point
attempt was off the mark.</span><br>
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"We were hoping to get a fast-break down the court," said Meyer,
who was the only other Hawkeye in double figures with 13 points.
"Kathleen did a good job of getting past her defender, we were
trying to get the ball to Megan if we had the opportunity.</span><br>
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"She was covered heavily and Minnesota had a good defensive
stop, and we didn't get a good opportunity."</span><br>
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Iowa had a higher field goal percentage (54.1 to 43.8), won the
rebounding battle (41-34), and made six more free throws
(18-12), but turnovers plagued the Hawkeyes. Iowa coughed up
the ball 19 times, leading to 17 Minnesota points.</span><br>
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Minnesota grabbed the early momentum, storming out to an 8-0
lead before the Hawkeyes fought back to take a 13-12 lead. The
Gophers then went on a 13-5 spurt to go up 25-17 at the end of
the first quarter.</span><br>
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Iowa fell behind by as many as 12 points (33-21) before
Gustafson took over. The forward scored nine points during a
12-0 run and </span><dfn><a href="http://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8542" rel="smarttag" rev="8542" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Alexis Sevillian</a></dfn><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"> added a 3-pointer to
tie the game at 33. </span><br>
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Iowa trailed 42-39 at the half despite a 26-point half from
Gustafson -- the most of her career.</span><br>
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Four Gophers landed in double digits with Wagner leading the way
with 27 points. Kenisha Bell had 26 points and nine assists.</span><br>
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</span><strong>QUOTING COACH BLUDER</strong><br>
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"This was a hard fought game by both teams. Both teams played
really hard out there. You get down to a one-point game and
we're 19 possessions down, they have 80 shots, we have 61. It
was amazing we were in the game but we were because of our
strong shooting. As a whole the team shot the ball well, we
just needed one more defensive stop."</span><br>
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</span><strong>OH MY MEGAN</strong><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word">Gustafson's
48-point outburst breaks Iowa's school record of 46 points held
by Crystal Smith in 2005. It also tops Kelsey Mitchell's Big
Ten Tournament record of 43 points and shatters Iowa's Big Ten
Tournament record of 28 points by Tangela Smith in 1998.</li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word">Gustafson
scored 48 points -- her Iowa teammates finished with 41.</li>
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</span><strong>OF
NOTE...</strong><span style="display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"United Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">
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<li style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word">Minnesota
had a 17-2 advantage in fast-break points and had 13 offensive
rebounds to Iowa's six.</li>
<li style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word">The
loss snaps Iowa's eight-game winning streak that dated back to
Jan. 28. </li>
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