Brooke Olson scored 15 points, Ella Gilbertson added 12 and the Minnesota Duluth women's basketball team shut down Assumpton, winning 61-41 Monday in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in St. Joseph, Mo.
UMD (31-3) led 16-7 after one quarter and 27-14 at halftime. The Bulldogs shot only 35.2% from the floor, but they held Assumption to 28.3%, with the Greyhounds missing all 10 of their three-point attempts.
Monica Spain led Assumption (27-6) with 13 points.
The second-seeded Bulldogs advance to the Final Four on Wednesday vs. sixth-seeded Catawba, which beat third-seeded Cal State Dominguez Hills 77-70.
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