Paige Bueckers, Dawson Garcia and Jalen Suggs picked for McDonald's All-American Games in Houston on April 1

Three senior basketball players from Minnesota — Paige Bueckers, Dawson Garcia and Jalen Suggs — were selected for the 2020 McDonald's All-American Games on April 1 at Houston's Toyota Center.

Bueckers, a 5-11 guard for Hopkins who has signed with Connecticut, is trying to lead the Royals to a second consecutive undefeated season.

Garcia, a 6-11 forward with Prior Lake, has signed with Marquette. Suggs, a 6-5 point guard, recently said he will attend Gonzaga.

The girls' game will be shown live at 4 p.m. on ESPN2, the boys' game at 6 p.m. on ESPN.

The No. 2 Gophers women's hockey team will play No. 1 Wisconsin at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday in LaBahn Arena in a key WCHA series.

Minnesota, which has played two more conference games, leads the second-place Badgers by five points (39-34) in the conference standings.

The Gophers (20-2-3, 12-2-2-1 WCHA) took five of a possible six points from the Badgers with a 4-2 win and 2-2 overtime tie and shootout win Nov. 2-3 at Ridder Arena.

Gophers cornerback Phillip Howard is no longer in the NCAA transfer portal and is still on the team, a source confirmed Thursday. The Minneapolis native entered the portal, indicating he was considering transferring, earlier this month. It's unclear what caused the change of heart.

A product of Cooper, Howard was a redshirt junior for the Gophers this past season, when he played 11 games, mostly on special teams.

• Carl Fish, a 6-2, 209-pound defenseman with the NAHL's Bismarck Bobcats, announced on Twitter he has committed to the Gophers.

• The St. Paul Saints re-signed former Gophers outfielder Dan Motl.

• Sophomore Joy Zhu of the Gophers was named the Big Ten diver of the week. She placed second on the 1-meter board and third on the 3-meter board in the Bruins Diving Invitational in Los Angeles.