University of Minnesota Athletics

MN-SDSU Game Notes

12/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Team Notes

-Minnesota is 11-0 all-time against the Jackrabbits, and 2-0 against the Summit League.

-Tubby Smith is now 394-146 all-time as a head coach and 7-1 with the Gophers.

-The Gophers remain undefeated this season at home (6-0).

- Minnesota has started 7-1 for the first time since the 2000-01 season.

- Minnesota is 7-0 this season when leading at halftime.

- Minnesota shot a season-high 56.2 percent (27-48) from the field.

- The Golden Gophers tied a season-high with 24 assists. Minnesota had 24 assists in its last game against Colorado State. The Golden Gophers have tallied 48 assists in their last two contests.

- Minnesota had a 2.4-to-1 assists-to-turnover ratio.

- Minnesota's bench outscored South Dakota State 26 to 13 on the night. The Golden Gophers' bench has outscored their opponents in every game this season. Minnesota's bench has outscored its opposition 270 to 120.

- Minnesota has had a bench player score in double figures in seven of the last eight games.

- Garrett Callahan's 28 points were the most by a Golden Gopher opponent this year.

Individual Notes

- Dan Coleman scored a season-high 24 points.

- Coleman had back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in his career.

- Coleman has scored in double-figures five times this year, and 53 times in his career.

- Coleman has shot 58.8 percent (20-for-34) over the last two games. He is 27-for-47 (57.4 pct) in the last three.

- Coleman is averaging 19.3 ppg in three games against South Dakota State.

- Spencer Tollackson scored in double figures for the fifth time this year and the 30th time in the career.

- Tollackson was 4-for-5 from the field and 6-for-7 from the free-throw line, and hit his last five free throws.

- Tollackson is 18-for-24 (.750) in three career games against South Dakota State, and averages 15.2 ppg against the Jackrabbits.

- Lawrence McKenzie had a season-high six assists on the night.

- Damian Johnson tied a career-high with four blocks.

- Johnson has multiple blocks in five of eight games this year.

- Blake Hoffarber had a career-high six assists in the game. Hoffarber has 10 assists in the last two games.

- Hoffarber has multiple three-point field goals in seven of eight games. He is 15-for-30 from three-point range his last four games.
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