University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHERS DROP FINAL GAME OF EUROPEAN TOUR
8/29/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Minnesota had four players score in double figures led by Mitch Ohnstad and Kevin Nathaniel who had 13 points each Nick Sinville and John Blair Bickerstaff had 10 points each and Joel Przybilla and Terrance Simmons had eight each. Charlerois was led in scoring Danny Goethals who had 20 points.
The Golden Gophers finished the European tour with a 1- 5 record, including an overtime loss to Gent. The team averaged 76.7 points per game on the tour but allowed 95.5. The Maroon and Gold averaged 24 fouls per game compared to 15 per game for their opponents. Mitch Ohnstad led the team in scoring on the tour, with an average of 12.8 points per game. Terrance Simmons was next at 12.6 per game, followed by Joel Przybilla at 12.0 and Dusty Rychart at 10.3. John Blair Bickerstaff averaged 9.0 points per game, with Nick Sinville at 6.6 and Kevin Burleson at 4.2. Rychart led the team with 12.0 rebounds per game, followed by Przybilla and Bickerstaff at 4.5 boards per game. Simmons led the team with 4.2 assists per game and 2.0 steals per game.
"Our goal on this trip from the start was to get to know each other as individuals and as basketball players," said Head Coach Dan Monson. "We accomplished that and I feel very good about the direction we are headed. This is a great group of guys who really care for each other. They have been through a ton of adversity, including some on this trip, and it has brought them closer together. I'm fortunate to have a team that already possesses that family feeling. When they get more comfortable with the new system and we get all of our players working together for a common goal, we will have a lot of fun."
The Golden Gophers will bus from Brussels to Amsterdam tomorrow where they will sightsee for a few hours before boarding Northwest Airlines flight 55 for Minneapolis. The team is due to arrive at 6 p.m. Central Time.
