University of Minnesota Athletics

Minnesota-Indiana Game Notes

2/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

POSTGAME NOTES
Minnesota (19-5, 7-5) 62, Indiana (6-17, 1-10) 54
February 10, 2009
Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Attendance: 14,625

Team Notes:
Tubby Smith is now 39-19 as the head coach at Minnesota, and 426-164 for his career.
Smith is 11-4 against Indiana.
Smith is 32-24 all-time against teams that belong to the Big Ten Conference.
Tonight's crowd was a sellout at 14,625. It was the fifth time this year that there was a sellout at Williams Arena.
Minnesota swept the series with Indiana for the first time since 1990 when the Golden Gophers defeated the Hoosiers 108-89 on Jan. 28 and 75-70 on Mar. 1.

Minnesota's 19-5 record is its best start in its first 24 games since the 1981-82 season also started with the same mark.

Minnesota forced Indiana into tying a season-high 26 turnovers. That matched the 26 turnovers the Hoosiers committed against Wake Forest on Dec. 3.

The Golden Gophers limited Indiana to 20 points in the first half. In its last two games at Williams Arena, Minnesota has held its opponents to a combined 36 points. The Golden Gophers limited Illinois to 16 points in the first half on Jan. 29.

The Golden Gophers had 14 steals on the night which was a season-high. Minnesota's previous season-high was 13 against High Point on Dec. 28, 2008.

Minnesota held Indiana to a season-low 37 field goal attempts.

Minnesota had 18 offensive rebounds on the night. The total was just one short of the season-high, which the Golden Gophers had against Concordia-St. Paul (Nov. 14) and Colorado State (Nov. 22).

Minnesota had 40 of its 62 points on the night come from its bench.

Golden Gophers newcomers scored 47 of the 62 points that Minnesota had on the night.

Minnesota had nine different players score tonight, while Indiana had five different players score in the game.


Individual Player Notes:
Paul Carter had career-highs in points (22), field goals made (7), free-throws made (7) and minutes played (29).

Carter is the sixth different Golden Gopher to score 20 or more points in a game this year. He joins Lawrence Westbrook, Blake Hoffarber, Colton Iverson, Jamal Abu-Shamala and Damian Johnson on that list.

Nolen dished out five assists and committed only one turnover against Indiana. Nolen has 28 career games with one turnover or less and Minnesota is 23-5 in those games.

Nolen also had four steals in the game marking the sixth time this year he has registered four or more steals in a game.

Ralph Sampson collected a career-high five offensive rebounds.

Devoe Joseph's nine points on the night were his second most in Big Ten play this season.

Colton Iverson had two blocks this season. It marked the ninth time this year that he has accumulated multiple blocks in a game.

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