Gophers, Sophie Hart

Center Sophie Hart finds herself happily in the middle of matters for Gophers women’s basketball team
Hart was granted another year of eligibility and produced the best stats of her season in the past two games. Next she and the U face No. 1 UCLA.
Watch: Gophers' Sophie Hart suprised with 5th year of eligibility by Dawn Pliztuweit
Jan 20, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers center Sophie Hart (52) shoots as Michigan State Spartans guard Julia Ayrault (40) defends during the first half at Williams Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images / Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
Gophers women’s basketball: Top-ranked UCLA pulls away from Gophers in second half
Minnesota (18-5, 6-5 Big Ten) held UCLA star center Lauren Betts to just six points — 14 below her season average — but the junior used the added defensive attention to her teammates’ advantage. Betts finished with 11 assists on a day when the Bruins hit 13 triples on 40 percent shooting from deep.
Gophers center Sophie Hart is granted an extra year of eligibility by NCAA
This has been a pretty good week for Gophers women’s basketball center Sophie Hart. On Sunday, Hart played perhaps her best college game, scoring 16 points, shooting 5-for-8 from the field, making all six of her free-throw tries,
No. 4 Southern Cal shuts down Gophers women's basketball's late push
Minnesota cut its deficit to six early in the fourth quarter, but the Trojans then put them away Thursday night.
Women’s basketball: Gophers dig early hole in 82-69 loss at No. 4 USC
Sophie Hart scored a career-high 18 points, and Mallory Heyer made five 3-pointers and scored 17 for Minnesota.
Gophers women’s basketball miss chance to reclaim spot in AP Top-25.
Gophers women’s basketball squandered their opportunity to regain a top-25 ranking after falling 69-82 to No. 4 University of Southern California (USC) on Thursday.  Riding the best season start
No. 23 Gophers women’s basketball pulls away from Wisconsin for 71-50 victory
In the opening moments of the third quarter of a tied game, after Tori McKinney had missed a three-pointer, Gophers center Sophie Hart waded into the lane, got the offensive board, was fouled and went to the line.
Gophers women's basketball can't keep up in second half in loss to No. 1 UCLA
The Gophers women's basketball team kept it close for a while, but it ultimately wasn't able to keep up with top-ranked UCLA over the final two quarters in what became a 79-53 blowout Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Taiye Bello, Gophers women’s basketball player from 2016-20, has died
Bello remains the program’s leader in offensive rebounds and is high on the U list in many statistical categories.
Dawn Plitzuweit surprises Sophie Hart with 5th year of eligibility
This week on the FOX 9 Gopher Coaches Show with Ahmad Hicks and Justin Gaard, Minnesota women's basketball coach Dawn ...