Gopher Women Defeat Harvard 82-62

There are a lot of new faces that the #17/18 Minnesota Golden Gophers are breaking into their lineup for the 2026-27 season. For the first three quarters of Monday’s season opener against Harvard, it definitely looked like a team that had not spent a ton of time playing together. But the Gophers took over and put together a complete final quarter to extend a two point lead after three quarters into a 20 point 82-62 win to open the season 1-0.

Minnesota picked up three new players in the transfer portal and had a pair of impact freshmen that were all supposed to make an impact this season, and from game one we saw just that. All three transfers and both impact freshman played at least 14…