BIG TEN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Minnesota edges past Ohio State

The Golden Gophers rallied in overtime to advance to the finals.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Janel McCarville was haunted by the memories of her first matchup with Jessica Davenport.
On Sunday, McCarville did something about it.
She scored the final four points in regulation, then teamed with Jamie Broback for Minnesota's first eight points in overtime, leading the 15th-ranked Golden Gophers to a 66-63 upset of No. 3 Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament semifinals.
"I think the last game, I let her have the ball in any position she wanted," McCarville said. "This game, I tried to push her out. My teammates were swarming around her."
In their first game this year, Davenport shredded Minnesota for 35 points and 11 rebounds in a 65-53 Ohio State victory.
Minnesota (24-6) wasn't about to allow a repeat.
So McCarville played strong defense against Davenport, fronting her, using arm bars and forcing the Buckeyes to rely on other scorers. On the few occasions when Davenport did touch the ball cleanly in the post, Minnesota doubled down.
The result was quite different.
Davenport, the conference player of the year, finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Ohio State (28-4) got a career-high 23 points from Brandie Hoskins and 12 more from Ashley Allen, but without Davenport's interior scoring, it wasn't nearly enough for the tournament's top seed.
Ohio State lost for just the second time in 19 games.
"I drew a bigger crowd," Davenport said. "I got pushed out of my spot a little bit. I didn't get low enough, and I think that was the difference from the first game."
Team work
Broback led the Gophers, the fourth seed, with 24 points despite early foul trouble, while McCarville delivered her usual dominant performance. She finished with 21 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and two steals.
McCarville and Broback combined for 29 of 39 second-half points to send the Gophers into their first tournament title game.
Ohio State, the regular-season co-champ, now must wait until the NCAA tournament to break the school record for victories in a season.
It looked as if Ohio State would avoid the upset when Marscilla Packer hit a 5-foot runner to make it 54-48 with 3:38 remaining. Minnesota rallied, though, tying the score on McCarville's two layups in the final two minutes.
When McCarville stole the ball on the Buckeyes' last possession of regulation, Minnesota had a chance to win it. But McCarville couldn't get off the shot inside, and April Calhoun's shot from the left corner was blocked.
In overtime, the Buckeyes took a 59-58 lead when Hoskins made a free throw. But Minnesota answered with six straight points -- a putback from McCarville, a short jumper from Broback and two free throws from McCarville.