2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–15 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 16 – 2   .889 28 – 4   .875
No. 12 Northwestern 16 – 2   .889 26 – 4   .867
No. 21 Iowa 14 – 4   .778 23 – 7   .767
No. 20 Indiana 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Rutgers 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Ohio State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Michigan 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Michigan State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 14   .533
Purdue 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Nebraska 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Minnesota 5 – 13   .278 16 – 15   .516
Wisconsin 3 – 15   .167 12 – 19   .387
Illinois 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Penn State 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner
As of December 29, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represent the University of Minnesota during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, play their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Golden Gophers finished the season 16–15 and 5–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. As the eleven seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State in the first round, before falling to Ohio State in the second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Delanynie Byrne 11 F 6'2" Freshman Arvada, CO Transferred to UNLV[2]
Kenisha Bell 23 G 5'9" Redshirt Senior Minneapolis, MN Drafted in the 2019 WNBA draft (3rd round, 30th overall)
Palma Kaposi 25 F 6'2" Senior Pécs, Hungary Graduated
Irene Garrido Perez 31 F 6'1" Senior Granada, Spain Graduated
Annalese Lamke 41 C 6'3" Senior Galesville, WI Graduated

Arrivals

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School Notes
Masha Adashchyk 23 G 5'11" Senior Minsk, Belarus Panola College (NJCAA) Transferred from NJCAA - Able to Play Immediately
Kadi Sissoko 30 F 6'2" Sophomore Paris, France Syracuse Per NCAA Transfer Rules, Will Sit Out Season

2019 Recruiting Class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jasmine Powell
G 		Detroit, MI Detroit Country Day School 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Klarke Sconiers
F 		Queens, NY Christ The King Regional High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Grace Cumming
F 		Des Moines, IA Des Moines Roosevelt High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88
Justice Ross
F 		Des Moines, IA Des Moines East High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88
Sara Scalia
G 		Stillwater, MN Stillwater High School 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Source:[3]

Roster

2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F/C 2 Barbora Tomancova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr SGLD Brno Brno, Czech Republic
G/F 3 Destiny Pitts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Detroit Country Day Detroit, MI
G 4 Jasmine Powell 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Detroit Country Day Detroit, MI
F 5 Taiye Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Southfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
G 12 Mercedes Staples 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Viewmont HS Centerville, UT
G 14 Sara Scalia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Stillwater HS Stillwater, MN
F 20 Kehinde Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Southfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
G 21 Jasmine Brunson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Mary Louis Academy Queens, NY
G 23 Masha Adashchyk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Panola College Minsk, Belarus
F 24 Justice Ross 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Fr Des Moines East HS Des Moines, IA
C 25 Klarke Sconiers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Christ the King HS Queens, NY
F 30 Kadi Sissoko 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lycée Marcelin Berthelot
Syracuse 		Paris, France
G 34 Gadiva Hubbard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Princess Anne HS Virginia Beach, VA
F 43 Grace Cumming 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Des Moines Roosevelt HS Des Moines, IA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 5, 2019

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/05/2019*
3:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 23 Missouri State L 69–77  0–1
 Williams Arena (2,860)
Minneapolis, MN
11/10/2019*
2:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 23 Vermont W 90–58  1–1
 Williams Arena (3,456)
Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2019*
12:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Milwaukee W 77–61  2–1
 Williams Arena (4,081)
Minneapolis, MN
11/17/2019*
3:00 pm, BTN 		No. 19 Arizona State W 80–66  3–1
 Williams Arena (4,862)
Minneapolis, MN
11/23/2019*
2:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Montana State W 71–60  4–1
 Williams Arena (3,497)
Minneapolis, MN
11/26/2019*
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Bryant W 101–56  5–1
 Williams Arena (2,770)
Minneapolis, MN
12/04/2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN 		at Notre Dame
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 75-67  6-1
 Joyce Center (7,093)
South Bend, IN
12/08/2019*
1:00 pm 		at American W 70–53  7–1
 Bender Arena (381)
Washington, D.C.
12/10/2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at George Washington W 83–50  8–1
 Charles E. Smith Center (473)
Washington, D.C.
12/15/2019*
1:00 pm, BTN Plus 		UC Davis W 76–67  9–1
 Williams Arena (4,673)
Minneapolis, MN
12/21/2019*
12:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Lehigh W 77–49  10–1
 Williams Arena (4,300)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2019
8:00 pm, BTN Plus 		at Penn State W 81–74  11–1
(1–0) 		Bryce Jordan Center (1,923)
University Park, PA
12/31/2019
4:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 24 Ohio State L 63–66  11–2
(1–1) 		Williams Arena (3,982)
Minneapolis, MN
01/04/2020
5:00 pm, BTN 		No. 24 at Nebraska L 58–72  11–3
(1–2) 		Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,940)
Lincoln, NE
01/09/2020
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Northwestern L 54–56  11–4
(1–3) 		Williams Arena (3,001)
Minneapolis, MN
01/12/2020
2:00 pm, BTN 		at Illinois L 71–74  11–5
(1–4) 		State Farm Center (1,333)
Champaign, IL
01/16/2020
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 22 Iowa L 75–76  11–6
(1–5) 		Williams Arena (3,412)
Minneapolis, MN
01/19/2020
1:00 pm, BTN Plus 		at Purdue W 72–59  12–6
(2–5) 		Mackey Arena (6,077)
West Lafayette, IN
01/22/2020
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Wisconsin L 62–72  12–7
(2–6) 		Williams Arena (3,619)
Minneapolis, MN
01/27/2020
5:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 20 Indiana L 52–65  12–8
(2–7) 		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,463)
Bloomington, IN
01/30/2020
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Nebraska W 67–61  13–8
(3–7) 		Williams Arena (3,568)
Minneapolis, MN
02/02/2020
2:00 pm, ESPN2 		Rutgers W 73–71 2OT 14–8
(4–7) 		Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
02/06/2020
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		at Wisconsin W 73–64  15–8
(5–7) 		Kohl Center (3,581)
Madison, WI
02/10/2020
6:00 pm, BTN 		Michigan L 52–77  15–9
(5–8) 		Williams Arena (3,423)
Minneapolis, MN
02/13/2020
6:00 pm, BTN Plus 		at Ohio State L 76–99  15–10
(5–9) 		Value City Arena (3,721)
Columbus, OH
02/17/2020
6:00 pm, BTN 		at Michigan State L 54–66  15–11
(5–10) 		Breslin Center (4,608)
East Lansing, MI
02/22/2020
5:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 24 Indiana L 69–75  15–12
(5–11) 		Williams Arena (4,453)
Minneapolis, MN
02/27/2020
6:30 pm, BTN Plus 		at No. 18 Iowa L 82–90  15–13
(5–12) 		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,297)
Iowa City, IA
03/01/2020
3:00 pm, BTN Plus 		No. 7 Maryland L 44–99  15–14
(5–13) 		Williams Arena (6,013)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2020
3:30 pm, BTN 		(11) vs. (14) Penn State
First round 		W 85–65  16–14
 Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,793)
Indianapolis, IN
Mar 5, 2020
12:00 pm, BTN 		(11) vs. (6) Ohio State
Second round 		L 56–77  16–15
 Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,349)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[4]

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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18		 Week
19		 Final
AP 23 RV RV N/A
Coaches RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Byrne Signs With Lady Rebels". unlvrebels.com. UNLV University. April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Minnesota - ESPN". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019–2020 Schedule". GOPHERSPORTS.COM. Retrieved November 5, 2019.