No. 4Minnesota Golden Gophers

Regional 2 in Sacramento · Sweet 16

Ugh, no.

Minnesota Golden Gophers lost to the UCLA Bruins

Ranked #4 · 24-9 56 – 80

Ranked #1 · 34-1

Final · Fri, Mar 27

Game Details

Golden 1 Center (Sacramento) · 9,446 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Rice, Betts and UCLA advance to Elite Eight with 80-56 win over Minnesota in March Madness

When the final buzzer sounded on UCLA’s 80-56 regional semifinal win over Minnesota in the women’s NCAA Tournament, the Bruins gathered on the court, put their hands in the air and broke the...

Recap via ESPN

0:20 Grace Grocholski finishes in the paint for Minnesota

0:17 Grace Grocholski shows off the range

0:26 Gianna Kneepkens beats the buzzer for UCLA

0:12 Kiki Rice finishes contested layup for UCLA

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MINN	10	19	12	15	56
UCLA	18	16	19	27	80

Game Flow

MINN UCLA

Q1Q2Q3Q4

7-0Biggest Run10-0

0Largest Lead24

0 lead changes · tied 2 times

Win Probability · Minnesota Golden Gophers

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Grace Grocholski · 12Points
Amaya Battle · 4Assists
Amaya Battle · 8Rebounds

UCLA Bruins

Kiki Rice · 21Points
Charlisse Leger-Walker · 8Assists
Angela Dugalic · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

Team Stats

Minnesota Golden GophersUCLA Bruins

Shooting

22-58, 38% Field Goals 32-61, 52%

6-12, 50% 3-Pointers 4-16, 25%

6-11, 55% Free Throws 12-20, 60%

Possessions

31 Rebounds 37

11 Offensive Rebounds 13

11 Assists 20

5 Steals 11

1 Blocks 9

15 Turnovers 11

19 Fouls 13

Scoring

22 Points in Paint 52

0 Fast Break Points 13

0 Largest Lead 24

Box Score

Minnesota Golden Gophers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
S. HartC	11	2	1	21	4-8	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	2	4
T. McKinneyG	9	3	1	31	3-7	3-3	0-2	2	0	1	0	3	2
G. GrocholskiG	12	6	1	32	5-10	2-3	0-0	2	1	0	3	3	3
M. BraunG	9	2	2	38	3-8	0-4	3-3	2	1	0	0	2	1
A. BattleG	6	8	4	35	3-16	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	2	6	4
Bench
N. HollowayF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
F. TongaF	0	3	2	18	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	3
Z. BershersC	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M. ChristianG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. KlickG	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. SendenG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. GlennG	9	1	0	20	4-6	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	2
T. WoodsonF	DNP: Did not play
T. BershersF	DNP: Did not play
Team	56	31	11		22-58	6-12	6-11	15	5	1	11	20	19

UCLA Bruins ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
L. BettsC	16	5	3	31	7-9	0-0	2-3	3	1	5	0	5	1
G. KneepkensG	5	3	5	26	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	3
G. JaquezG	10	5	1	32	4-9	0-3	2-3	2	2	0	1	4	1
C. Leger-WalkerG	4	1	8	30	2-7	0-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	0
K. RiceG	21	1	3	35	7-12	1-1	6-6	3	3	0	1	0	2
Bench
S. BettsF	5	8	0	9	2-4	0-0	1-4	0	1	0	5	3	2
A. MuseF	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A. DugalićF	13	10	0	25	6-9	0-1	1-4	0	0	1	5	5	3
L. BilićG	3	0	0	9	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
C. KaramouziG	3	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T. GardinerF	DNP: Did not play
M. GrantG	DNP: Did not play
Team	80	37	20		32-61	4-16	12-20	11	11	9	13	24	13

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