Minnesota was able to send their six seniors off in almost perfect fashion with a 71-33 rout of Northwestern. All six seniors played and nearly the whole team scored in a game highlighted by a three point play by Christina Collison.

Collison, the mother hen of the Gophers, scored her first points of the season on a nice baseline drive to the basket and a free throw that brought the 10,273 fans in attendance to their feet. She played 15 minutes in the game, after playing 17 minutes total in five other games this season.

Collison, Shannon Schonrock, and Shannon Bolden played for the Gophers for all four years, while Hannah Garry is a former walk-on and Katie Alsdurf and April Calhoun transferred into the program. "It's been a pleasure to coach these seniors and learn from them," coach Pam Borton said. "It was exciting to see them go out in front of 10,000 people."

Collison, Schonrock and Bolden were Brenda (Oldfield) Frese's only recruiting class and helped turn around a program that won only one conference game the season before they committed. Northwestern coach Beth Combs said she uses Minnesota as an example every day with her team for how a program can change.