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Minnesota's Joey King Emotional After Maryland Upset; 'We Just Kept Fighting'

Emotions, high and low, player and spectator, go hand-in-hand with sports.

Following the Minnesota Golden Gophers' 68-63 victory Thursday over No. 6 Maryland that snapped a 14-game losing streak, senior forward Joey King had a lot of emotions.

More than for himself, however, King was proud to have given his home crowd an exciting win—the first conference W of the Gophers' season:

You know, there’s not too many fans that would come out day in and day out for an 0-13 team, so to have the kind of support we have here is just something really special.