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Kobe tweets at Gophers' Banham again after buzzer-beater
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Kobe tweets at Gophers' Banham again after buzzer-beater

Published Feb. 16, 2016 10:30 a.m. ET

How do you follow up a 60-point performance in which you get a tweet from your idol Kobe Bryant? With a game-winning buzzer-beater, which spurs another Kobe tweet, of course.

That's exactly what Minnesota Gophers guard Rachel Banham did Monday night, as the Minnesota women's basketball team defeated Iowa 78-76 at Williams Arena. With just seconds remaining and the Gophers trailing by one, Banham dribbled to her left and swished a 3-pointer, falling to the floor as her teammates mobbed her.

Her shot earned her a second congratulatory tweet in as many weeks from Los Angeles Lakers star Bryant, of whom Banham is a big fan. 

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Others got into the tweeting act, too, including Banham's boyfriend, former Gophers guard Andre Hollins.

Banham, a senior from Lakeville, Minn., scored 35 points and added nine rebounds and seven assists in the win, during which Minnesota overcame a 13-point deficit.

Banham has scored a combined 137 points in the team's past three games, all wins. She earned national player of the week honors for her 60-point game -- which tie the NCAA single-game scoring record -- at Northwestern, which Minnesota won 112-106 in double overtime.

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