Mara Braun’s career three-point shooting percentage is 34.7. Her three-point percentage this season is 33.6. Last season, which lasted only five games for her because of a foot injury, she shot 29%.

Minnesota had been there before in other dual meets, with things going the Gophers’ way until one match altered momentum. This time, last Friday night in Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, things were going ...