The last shot Amaya Battle will ever take at Williams Arena is one she’ll never forget.
With No. 4 seed Minnesota’s second-round matchup against No. 5 seed Ole Miss tied 63–63 and 3.5 seconds remaining on the clock in regulation, Grace Grocholski inbounded the ball on the elevated floor at the Barn, just inches away from the Gophers’ bench.
She found Battle in the short corner. Battle, the local kid from Hopkins who won two high school state championships on the same floor in Minneapolis, took two dribbles, stepped back and lobbed a high-arching jumper over a defender…