Grace Grocholski had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Mara Braun added 16 points and four steals as Minnesota rolled past Drake, 68-43, Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center in Des Moines.
Finau Tonga scored 12 points off of the bench for Minnesota, which improved to 9-3 and won its third straight nonconference game since a heartbreaking, double-overtime loss to No. 7 Maryland in their Big Ten opener on Dec. 10.
Maggie Taylor led Drake (2-9, 1-0 Missouri Valley) with nine points as the Bulldogs shot only 29 percent from the field and turned the ball over 21 times, leading to 24 Gophers points.
Drake took an early 15-11 lead before the Gophers ended the first quarter with a 13-4 run. A 12-0 run early in the second quarter gave Minnesota a 36-19 lead, and the Bulldogs never got within single digits again.
The Gophers started the fourth quarter with a 12-0 run that put the game away. Brylee Glenn’s layup put Minnesota up 65-36 with 7:12 remaining.
The Gophers are off until Dec. 29, when they travel to Indiana to resume Big Ten play. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. CST.
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