Early in the season, the members of the Gophers women's basketball team's highly rated recruiting class have shined.
Already Mara Braun has scored 34 points in a game and hit a winning three-pointer. Amaya Battle has steadily scored, rebounded, dished.
Sunday it was Mallory Heyer's turn.
In a bounce-back 82-48 victory over Presbyterian on Sunday at Williams Arena — one led wire-to-wire by a Gophers team that scored the game's first 20 points — Heyer was efficient, energized.
Heyer had 19 points and 10 rebounds, her first career double-double. She both hit the boards and led the break, scoring 10 of her points in transition, getting assists from five teammates on five fast-break buckets.
"It was a great feeling," Heyer said. "I give credit to my teammates for looking for me, passing it to me in transition. Finding me when I ran the floor."
Heyer wasn't alone. Sophomore center Rose Micheaux scored 16 points with 11 rebounds, her third double-double in four games. Backup center Destinee Oberg had 10 rebounds to go with eight points. Together, that trio accounted for 43 points and 31 rebounds.
It was a nice change from Thursday's loss at North Dakota State, a game in which the Gophers shot below 40%, were outrebounded and managed just 11 assists.