At times Sunday the Gophers women’s basketball team was as cold as the freezing weather outside Williams Arena. Layup attempts were caroming off the rim or backboard, midrange shots weren’t falling, minutes of game clock were passing without points.

Five different skaters scored as the balance continued for the third-ranked Gophers men's hockey team, which completed a two-game weekend sweep of Mercyhurst with a 5-2 victory Saturday at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis.

The third-ranked Golden Gophers got multi-point outings from four players during a 5-2 men's hockey win over visiting Mercyhurst from 3M Arena at Mariucci Saturday evening.

Brody Lamb’s power-play goal less than two minutes into the second opened a scoring fest that saw Minnesota and Mercyhurst combine for five total tallies in the stanza. Matthew