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Minnesota Golden Gophers take on the Ole Miss Rebels in second round

By The Associated Press

Ole Miss Rebels (24-11, 10-9 SEC) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (23-8, 13-6 Big Ten)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Gophers -4.5; over/under is 126.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 18 Minnesota plays No. 19 Ole Miss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Golden Gophers have gone 13-6 against Big Ten opponents, with a 10-2 record in non-conference play. Minnesota is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Rebels are 10-9 against SEC opponents. Ole Miss is 0-3 in one-possession games.

Minnesota averages 6.5 made 3-pointers per game, 1.9 more made shots than the 4.6 per game Ole Miss allows. Ole Miss has shot at a 43.2% clip from the field this season, 4.5 percentage points above the 38.7% shooting opponents of Minnesota have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Grace Grocholski is shooting 41.5% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Gophers, while averaging 12.3 points and 5.1 rebounds. Amaya Battle is shooting 43.7% and averaging 14.6 points over the past 10 games.

Cotie McMahon is scoring 19.7 points per game with 5.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists for the Rebels. Latasha Lattimore is averaging 12.8 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 46.7% over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Gophers: 8-2, averaging 75.2 points, 34.9 rebounds, 16.6 assists, 8.0 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.6 points per game.

Rebels: 4-6, averaging 70.5 points, 30.9 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 6.7 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 39.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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