Gophers women’s basketball-Central Connecticut State game preview: Broadcast info, key players
In the season opener, the Gophers will face a Central Connecticut State team picked to finish second in the Northeast Conference.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
November 3, 2024 at 5:45PM
7 p.m., Monday at Williams Arena
TV; radio: Streamed on BTN+; 96.7-FM
Opening bell: The Gophers, coming off a run to the WNIT Final last season, return all five starters and more than 80% of their scoring from a team that won 20 games. ... Way Veney is in her second season coaching the Blue Devils. Central Connecticut returns four starters from last year’s nine-win team, but the Devils were picked to finish second in the Northeast Conference in the preseason coaches poll. They are led by preseason all-conference pick Belle Lanpher, a guard who averaged 12.6 points and 2.8 assists last season, scoring in double figures in 22 of 30 games.
Injuries: Gophers G Kennedy Klick (knee) is close to returning after surgery to repair her knee, which she injured prior her freshman season last year.
Forecast: Perhaps the most interesting thing for fans to look for is how coach Dawn Plitzuweit uses a deeper bench that includes transfers Annika Stewart and Taylor Woodson and freshman Tori McKinney.
“We’re better than we were last year,” Gophers women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit said. “We’re deeper, we have more athleticism and we’re stronger, too.”
