University of Minnesota Athletics
Preview: Gophers at Penn State
1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Minnesota (6-8, 0-2) at Penn State (9-6, 0-2) | |
| Date / Time | Tuesday, January 5 | 6:00 p.m. CT |
| Location | Bryce Jordan Center - University Park, Pa. |
| Tickets | Click Here |
| TV/Live Video | BTN/BTN2Go |
| Radio | ESPN 1500 |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Penn State |
| Official Sites | Minnesota | Penn State |
| Social Media | @GopherMBB | Facebook |
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT
Location: University Park, Pa.
Arena: Bryce Jordan Center (15,261)
TV: BTN - Cory Provus (Play-by-Play); Jon Crispin (Analyst)
Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities - Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 81/XM 81
SERIES INFORMATION
Series: 33rd Meeting (24-8)
Series (Away): 15th Meeting (9-5)
Current Streak: L-2
Richard Pitino vs. Penn State: 3-2
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 733-788
Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 16-26
* - excludes vacated games
GAME DAY TID-BITS
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball team travels to Happy Valley on Tuesday to take on Penn State in their only meeting of the regular season.
• Minnesota is seeking its first conference victory of the season after falling 69-61 to then-No. 1 Michigan State on Saturday afternoon at Williams Arena.
• Penn State is also 0-2 in the Big Ten Conference, following a pair of road losses at Maryland and Michigan.
• Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino is seeking his 50th win at the helm of Golden Gopher Basketball.
• Forward Jordan Murphy was recognized by the Big Ten Conference as its Freshman of the Week on Dec. 7 after he posted two double-doubles (24pts/10rbs vs. Clemson, 19pts/17rbs vs. South Dakota).
• Murphy's 18 rebounds against Chicago State set a new Gophers freshman single-game record, and is the most since Trevor Mbakwe had 18 against North Dakota State on Dec. 11, 2012.
• Murphy has tallied double-doubles in the last three games and in five of the last six Gophers' contests. He is the first Minnesota player with three-straight double-doubles since Kris Humphries in December 2003. Over the past three games, Murphy is averaging 13.0 points and 13.3 rebounds.
• Senior Joey King was named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 17 after his performances at home in the opening weekend of the season. .
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball team will welcome three new members starting in 2016, as guard Amir Coffey (Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS), forward Eric Curry (Little Rock, Ark./Southwest Christian Academy) and guard/forward Michael Hurt (Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) signed their National Letters of Intent on Nov. 11. The trio represents the highest-rated signing class in Pitino's tenure, as the group is ranked 17th nationally by 247Sports and 20th in the nation by Scout.com. Both publications have listed the Gophers recruiting class as the third-highest ranked in the Big Ten.
