Gophers overcome 16-point fourth-quarter deficit, rally to beat Northwestern

It perhaps wasn’t the way the Gophers women’s basketball team drew it up, but it was an absolutely perfect finish.

No. 24 Minnesota rallied from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Northwestern 87-82 on Sunday in Evanston, Ill.

It looked all but over for the Gophers (17-2, 5-2 Big Ten). After a strong first quarter, the Wildcats (7-10, 0-6) outplayed them over the next two frames, taking an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter and scoring the first five points of the final frame to go up by 16, their largest lead of the afternoon…

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