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Monday's Page 2 tipsheet

November 28, 2016 at 5:38AM
Minnesota Timberwolves' Tyus Jones plays against the Philadelphia 76ers in the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Minneapolis.(AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Tyus Jones (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TIPSHEET

Compiled by Ken Chia

KNOW THIS

It's pretty insignificant when it comes to the final result, but the Gophers women's basketball team appeared to get shorted a late basket by Kenisha Bell in what went in the books as a 91-77 loss to North Carolina in the Bahamas on Friday. The games in the Junkanoo Jam seemed to be full of troublesome scorekeeping.

WATCH THIS

Intriguing, isn't it, that Tyus Jones, not Ricky Rubio or Kris Dunn, was the Wolves' fourth-quarter point guard of choice the past two games? They return home to play host to Utah (7 p.m., FSN).

RANDOM FANDOM

"World-class athletes at their peak. Maybe the best class in school history, these seniors. Paige [Tapp] saved her best for last Hannah [Tapp] was wonderful all year and Sarah [Wilhite] was out of this world all year."

"genej101" on Gophers volleyball at startribune.com.

TWEETED

"It is sad what some of these people have said. No other person in my lifetime has oppressed & murdered people than Castro"

— South Carolina men's basketball coach Frank Martin, the son of exiled Cubans, in one of a number of tweets Sunday upset over others' praise for the late Fidel Castro.

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