University of Minnesota Athletics
Game Preview: Minnesota vs. Ohio State
1/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
STUDENT SEASON TICKET HOLDERS:
- Enter the Sports Pavilion through the West Lobby and check in at the registration table.
- Bring your ticket to the table with your selected shirt size - drop the ticket and get your shirt!
- Head to the Arena to cheer on the Gophers!
FANS:
- T-shirts are available for purchase for $10 at Goldy's Locker Room, including inside Williams Arena.
| Minnesota (11-4, 0-2) vs. #22/20 Ohio State (12-3, 1-1) | |
| Date / Time | Tuesday, January 6 | 8:00 9.m. CT |
| Location | Williams Arena - Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | ESPN | WatchESPN |
| Radio | 1500 ESPN | Listen Online |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Ohio State |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Ohio State |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Time: 8:00 p.m. CT
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Arena: Williams Arena (14,625)
TV: ESPN - Mike Tirico (Play-by-Play); Dan Dakich (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities - Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: XM 195/Sirius 93
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: 133rd Meeting (50-82)
Series (Home): 66th Meeting (34-31)
Current Streak: L-1
Richard Pitino vs. Ohio State: 1-1
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 726-774
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 9-13
GAME DAY TID-BITS
• Minnesota hosts Ohio State on Tuesday night in the Gophers' first Big Ten home game of the 2014-15 campaign.
• The Gophers are looking for their first B1G win following road losses at Purdue and Maryland to begin conference play.
• Ohio State is .500 in conference, defeating Illinois by 16 after falling at home to Iowa. Tuesday marks the Buckeyes' first B1G road game.
• Minnesota finished its non-conference schedule with an 11-2 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark at home. It is the fourth straight season the Gophers posted a perfect home non-conference record.
• The Gophers earned three B1G weekly awards in December: guard Nate Mason was named the Freshman of the Week (12/22), while the Gophers earned back-to-back Player of the Week awards: Andre Hollins (12/8) and Maurice Walker (12/15).
• In the loss at Purdue, the Gophers also snapped a seven-game streak of 80-plus points scored, tying a school record accomplished over a seven game stretch in Feb.-Mar. 1966.
• Senior Andre Hollins is just four points away from joining the Gophers' 1,500-point club. Sitting at 1,494 career points, Hollins can become the seventh Gopher to ever reach 1,500 points, and he will be the only player in school history with that many points and more than 300 career assists.
• As of Jan. 5, the Gophers are second nationally in steals per game (11.7), third in assists (18.9) and fourth in turnover margin (+6.7) (B1G: 1st in all three). Senior Maurice Walker ranks seventh in the country in field goal shooting (63.9 percent) while senior DeAndre Mathieu is 12th nationally in steals per game (2.53) and 13th in assists per game (6.2).
• Mathieu leads the B1G in steals and is third in assists. Walker is second in field goal shooting. Freshman Nate Mason's 48-percent 3-point shooting ranks third and he is third in steals (2.3).
