In the final quarter, Minnesota shot 4-15 (26.7%) from the field as a team, while Michigan State shot 9-12 (75%). A 29-4 difference in points off the bench and a poor fourth quarter were ultimately the difference in a game that the Gophers were competitive in for 33 minutes.

With just under eight minutes to go in a defensive-minded game at Michigan State on Saturday afternoon, Grace Grochoski drove for a score, putting the Gophers women’s basketball team up four points, and she was fouled.

The Gophers finished 13th in the Big Ten, earning one of the league’s 15 conference tournament spots in Indianapolis. They will likely start with a 2:30 p.m. tip against the No. 12 seed, probably Washington (17-12, 8-9), which whizzed past them last Wednesday at Williams Arena, 72-62.