University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota-Akron Game Notes
12/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
#21/20 Minnesota (10-1, 0-0) 66, Akron (4-4, 0-0) 58
Williams Arena • Minneapolis, Minn.
December 4, 2010
Attendance: 12,633
Team Notes
• Tubby Smith is now 73-40 as the head coach at Minnesota and 459-185 for his career.
• Minnesota is now 48-12 at Williams Arena with Smith on the bench.
• Minnesota was down at half for only the second time this season.
• Minnesota is now 2-0 all-time against Akron and 18-2 against MAC teams. Tubby Smith is a perfect 11-0 all-time against MAC teams.
• Minnesota limited Akron to a 34.9 shooting percentage on the night (22-for-63), and limited the Zips to 25 percent (9-for-36) shooting in the second half.
• Minnesota had four players score in double-figures for the fourth time this season. The Gophers also had four players in double-figure scoring against Siena, Western Kentucky and St. Josephs, all games that Minnesota won.
• Minnesota starters played 92 of 100 minutes in the second half.
• Minnesota starters scored 56 of the 66 points in the game.
• Minnesota shot 62.5 percent in the second half on 15-for-24 shooting. The Gophers shot 41.7 percent for the game (25-for-60
• Minnesota has gone to the free throw line more than its opposition in nine of 11 games this year. The Gophers are 9-0 in those contests. Minnesota is 193-for-309 from the free throw line while its opponents are 136-for-196. The Gophers have made only three less free throws than their opponents have attempts on the year. Minnesota was 12-for-22 tonight, while Akron was 4-for-6.
• Akron shot 31 three-points on the night. It was the second time this year a Gopher opponent shot over 30 three-points. Cornell shot a Gopher opponent season-high 33 against Minnesota on Dec. 4, 2010.
Individual Player Notes
• Blake Hoffarber finished the game with 13 points. He went over the 1,000-point plateau with a free throw in the first half. He now has 1,007 career points.
• Hoffarber is the 36th player in Gopher history to reach 1,000 career points.
• Hoffarber has 47 career double-figures scoring games.
• Hoffarber hit two treys against Akron. He is the Gopher three-point leader with 236 career makes.
• Hoffarber is fourth all-time with a .415 (236-569) three-point FG percentage.
Hoffarber had seven assists on the night. It marked the fifth time he has had six assists or more on the season. For the year, he has 54 assists and only 18 turnovers.
• Hoffarber tied a season-high with three steals on the night.
• Trevor Mbakwe finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds. It was his conference-leading seventh double-double of the season. Mbakwe has 13 or more rebounds three of his last four contests
• Rodney Williams grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds. He also finished with 12 points. It was his first career double-double.
• Williams finished with two blocks, which ties his season-high
• Devoe Joseph had his third double-figure scoring night of the season and his 24th of his career. All 11 of Joseph's points came in the second half.
• Maurice Walker had a career-best three steals on the night.
