Jan. 23, 2005
Box Score
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kelly Roysland scored a career-high 19 points to help No.
12 Minnesota beat Illinois 80-68 on Sunday.
Janel McCarville had 16 points and nine rebounds while Jamie Broback and
Shannon Schonrock each scored 12 points for Minnesota (16-3, 6-1 Big Ten),
which shot 55 percent from the field and led 80-49 before the Illini scored the
game's final 19 points.
Tiffanie Guthrie led Illinois (11-6, 3-4) with 28 points, and Angelina
Williams added 24.
Roysland, a sophomore whose previous career high was 16 points, hit all six
of her field-goal attempts in the first half, including a pair of 3-pointers,
as Minnesota took control early.
The Illini opened strong, keeping pace with Minnesota shot-for-shot for the
first six minutes. Guthrie's jumper in the lane gave Illinois its last lead at
12-11. Then Roysland hit a 3-pointer and a driving bank shot to trigger an 18-4
run in which she scored nine points.
Roysland picked up where she left off in the second half, scoring
Minnesota's first basket on a 3-pointer from the wing, then taking a steal
end-to-end for a layup to put the Gophers up 51-29. She finally missed on her
ninth shot, a 3-point attempt, and finished the game 8-for-10 from the field.
