Gophers women’s basketball coach Lindsay Whalen has tried a lot of things. She has simulated halftimes during practice, talked with the team about it. More recently she has tried to alternate her rotations with the idea of keeping key players fresher. None of it has worked. The Gophers’ inability to execute coming out of halftime cost them again in a 83-59 loss at Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. Within nine at halftime, the Gophers got the first two points of the third quarter on Kadi Sissoko’s basket. But the 11th-ranked Buckeyes scored the next 15 points, nine of them off Gophers turnovers, quickly turning a competitive game into a rout. It was, basically, a 10-minute third-quarter run for Ohio State (12-2 overall, 9-2 in the Big Ten Conference), which dominated the Gophers (5-9, 4-8) in almost every area. The 27-11 third quarter essentially sealed the game, putting Ohio State up…
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