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Anucha Browne, already the leading scorer in the nation, turned on the afterburners Sunday, scoring a record 44 points to lead the Northwestern women`s basketball team to an 80-74 victory over Minnesota in a Big 10 game in Evanston.
The offensive outburst by the senior from Brooklyn, N.Y., was the most points scored by a woman in McGaw Hall and Welsh-Ryan Arena. Browne, averaging 30.6 points a game, also pulled down 16 rebounds in helping the Wildcats raise their overall record to 8-8 and their league mark to 3-4. The Gophers fell to 10-7, 5-2.