University of Minnesota Athletics
Game Preview: Minnesota at Wake Forest
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Minnesota (4-2) at Wake Forest (4-3) - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | |
| Date / Time | Tuesday, December 2 | 6 p.m. |
| Location | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Winston-Salem, N.C. |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| Radio | 1500 ESPN | Listen Online |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Wake Forest |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Wake Forest |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, Decmeber 2, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Arena: LJVM Coliseum (14,665)
TV: ESPNU - Tom Hart (Play-by-Play); Bob Knight (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities -
Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 108/ XM 193
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: Seventh Meeting (3-3)
Series (Road): Third Meeting (0-2)
Current Streak: W-1
Richard Pitino vs. Wake Forest: First Meeting
Minnesota vs. ACC: 32-39
Richard Pitino vs. ACC: 2-2
GAME DAY TID-BITS
• Minnesota closes out a three-game road trip on Tuesday, traveling to Wake Forest in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• The Gophers are coming off a four-point win in the NIT Season Tip-Off third-place game against the University of Georgia.
• Wake is 4-3 on the year, following a 72-65 loss to MEAC foe Delaware State on Friday at home.
• Minnesota is taking part in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge for the 16th time, and just the second-ever trip to the state of North Carolina as part of the event.
• The Gophers are looking to win their fourth-straight ACC/B1G Challenge game, after defeating Virginia Tech (2011) and Florida State (2012, 2013).
• The Nov. 20 game saw the Gophers score 109 points, the most in 25 years since a 116-48 win over Rider on Jan. 3, 1990. The 52-point win Thursday night against the Ravens marked the third largest margin of victory in school history.
• Minnesota also shot 73.3 percent from behind the 3-point arc, the third-highest percentage in school history (11-15). The team's 28 assists tied the program's fourth-highest single-game total (28 vs. Indiana State, 12/29/82).
• Through six games, the Gophers lead the Big Ten in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.283) and steals (66, 11.0 spg), and rank second in assists (108, 18.0 apg) and offensive rebounding (79, 13.2 orpg) . Senior DeAndre Mathieu is fourth in steals (16, 2.7 spg) and fifth in assists (30, 5.0 apg). Freshman Nate Mason is fourth in 3-point field goal shooting (.526) while junior Carlos Morris is fifth in steals (13, 2.2 spg).
• On Nov. 18 against Western Kentucky, Minnesota swiped 17 steals, the most in seven years since recording 18 against Santa Clara (Dec. 22, 2007). The Gophers were just four shy of tying the school record of 21, set vs. Rider on Jan. 3, 1990.
