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Fox finding ways to lift Gophers

By Mechelle Voepel
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

You could see the joyful relief on Emily Fox's face at the end of Minnesota's 52-48 victory over Illinois on Saturday. It was one of those "Did we really pull this one out?" kind of games, a grinder, something that indeed felt a bit more like tooth extraction than playing basketball. When you win those games, though, they are not really "ugly." They're more … um … scruffy-looking. The Gophers are going to need to win like that more this season. Big Ten contests will be like t ...

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