Minnesota women’s basketball moved up a spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday, ranked No. 23 after splitting a pair of road games last week.
The Gophers (17-2 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) rallied to beat Northwestern on Sunday after a late rally at No. 8 Maryland fell short last Tuesday. Next up, No. 24 Michigan Wednesday night at Williams Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Wolverines (13-5, 4-3) entered the poll on Monday.
In head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s second season, the Gophers are ranked for the first time since 2019. They received 62 votes in the media poll, 15 more than they received last week. Other ranked Big Ten teams were No. 1 UCLA, No. 4 USC, No. 12 Ohio State and No. 21 Michigan State.
Grace Grocholski leads the Gophers in scoring with an 11.8-point average. Mallory Heyer is averaging a team-best 6.7 rebounds a game, and Amaya Battle a team-best 4.4 assists.
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