The Gophers lost in overtime for the second time in conference play on Thursday. This time they fell at Indiana 80-77 in two OTs.

There were two obvious reasons for this loss, which I listened to on the radio (no TV).Emmy Fox got into foul trouble and scored only eight points, way below her average.

And, just as critical, was the Gophers’ poor free throw shooting. They were only 18 of 30 at the line and started the first OT 1-6 at the free throw line. There never should have been a second OT. Indiana was 17 of 24 at the line.

The other four starters arescored in doublefigures. Leslie Knight had 17, Brittany McCoy 14, Korinne Campbell and Ashley Ellis-Milan 13 apiece.Reserve Katie Ohm added 12.

The Gophers made five of seven three-pointers. Maybe in hindsight they should have attempted more of them. Indiana was 7 of 26 on threes.

Indiana also outrebounded the U 49-38. Whitney Thomas was the culprit there; she had 17 rebounds, plus 12 points.

Bottom line, this was a very winnable gamewhich got away. It will be a long plane ride home. Next up for the Gophers in a week is league-leading Ohio State, which escaped with a 43-42 home win over Illinois.

I’m sure Pam Borton reads this blog faithfully. What else could the Gophers have done better to win this game?

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 8:52 pm and is filed under All, Gophers women's basketball. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.