# 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

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.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Delanynie Byrne | 11 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Arvada, CO | Transferred to UNLV |
| 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

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Jasmine Powell G | Detroit, MI | Detroit Country Day School | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 ||||||
| Klarke Sconiers F | Queens, NY | Christ The King Regional High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Grace Cumming F | Des Moines, IA | Des Moines Roosevelt High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Justice Ross F | Des Moines, IA | Des Moines East High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Sara Scalia G | Stillwater, MN | Stillwater High School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: 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: ||||||
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## 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. ||||||
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## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |