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Wednesday, February 17
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8:00 PM
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Photo by: Brad Rempel
Game 22: Minnesota at Indiana
2/17/2021 6:44:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Gophers face Hoosiers on the road at 8 p.m. on BTN and KFAN
SERIES INFORMATION
165th Meeting (67-97 all-time record)
At Indiana: 19-61 // Current Streak: L-2
Richard Pitino vs. Indiana: 3-7
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-861*
Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-90
Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 60-97
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
1. Minnesota heads to Indiana for a Wednesday night game against the Hoosiers. This will be the first meeting between the school this year and first since the Gophers played at Indiana on March 4, 2020. Minnesota is 67-97 all-time against the Hoosiers and 19-61 on the road. The Gophers last win at Indiana was a 77-74 win in 2012. Minnesota got points from 10 players in that game and were led by Andre Hollins who scored 18 on 7-of-10 shooting.
2. Minnesota is 5-4 against ranked opponents this year. The Gophers, who played only eight ranked opponents last season, have beaten No. 4 Iowa, No. 7 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 24 Purdue and No. 25 Ohio State this year. The five ranked wins also ties a school regular-season record, as Minnesota also beat five ranked opponents in 2012-13. That year, Minnesota beat No. 1 Indiana, No. 12 at Illinois, No. 18 Michigan State, No. 19 vs. Memphis and No. 20 Wisconsin (OT). The Gophers picked up a sixth ranked win in the NCAA tournament when it beat No. 24 UCLA. The previous high under Coach Pitino was four ranked wins in the regular season and came in 2018-19. That year, Minnesota played 11 raked opponents (Pitino-era high) and beat No. 11 Purdue, No. 19 Iowa, No. 22 at Wisconsin and No. 24 Nebraska. The Gophers earned a fifth ranked win in the Big Ten tournament by beating No. 13 Purdue.
3. Marcus Carr played in his 52nd game as a Gopher on Sunday. Carr, who played his freshman season at Pittsburgh, averages 17.0 points per game, 6.07 assists per game and 4.8 rebounds per game as a Gopher. Those are historically good numbers. At this point in his career, his 17.0 points per game would rank tenth in school history (minimum 40 games played) and would be the best career scoring average for a Gopher since Mychal Thompson averaged 20.8 points from 1975-78. His average of 6.07 assists per game would rank first in school history (minimum 40 games played) ahead of Ray Williams who averaged 5.7 from 1976-77.
4. Jamal Mashburn, Jr. (14 points) and Isaiah Ihnen (12 points) both set career highs in scoring at Maryland. Tre' Williams (10 points) tied his career high. Ihnen's outburst snapped a six-game scoreless drought.
5. Gabe Kalscheur ranks sixth in school history in made threes (180) and attempted threes (521). Kalscheur has scored 916 points for Minnesota and is 84 shy away of scoring 1,000 for his career.
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
165th Meeting (67-97 all-time record)
At Indiana: 19-61 // Current Streak: L-2
Richard Pitino vs. Indiana: 3-7
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-861*
Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-90
Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 60-97
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
1. Minnesota heads to Indiana for a Wednesday night game against the Hoosiers. This will be the first meeting between the school this year and first since the Gophers played at Indiana on March 4, 2020. Minnesota is 67-97 all-time against the Hoosiers and 19-61 on the road. The Gophers last win at Indiana was a 77-74 win in 2012. Minnesota got points from 10 players in that game and were led by Andre Hollins who scored 18 on 7-of-10 shooting.
2. Minnesota is 5-4 against ranked opponents this year. The Gophers, who played only eight ranked opponents last season, have beaten No. 4 Iowa, No. 7 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 24 Purdue and No. 25 Ohio State this year. The five ranked wins also ties a school regular-season record, as Minnesota also beat five ranked opponents in 2012-13. That year, Minnesota beat No. 1 Indiana, No. 12 at Illinois, No. 18 Michigan State, No. 19 vs. Memphis and No. 20 Wisconsin (OT). The Gophers picked up a sixth ranked win in the NCAA tournament when it beat No. 24 UCLA. The previous high under Coach Pitino was four ranked wins in the regular season and came in 2018-19. That year, Minnesota played 11 raked opponents (Pitino-era high) and beat No. 11 Purdue, No. 19 Iowa, No. 22 at Wisconsin and No. 24 Nebraska. The Gophers earned a fifth ranked win in the Big Ten tournament by beating No. 13 Purdue.
3. Marcus Carr played in his 52nd game as a Gopher on Sunday. Carr, who played his freshman season at Pittsburgh, averages 17.0 points per game, 6.07 assists per game and 4.8 rebounds per game as a Gopher. Those are historically good numbers. At this point in his career, his 17.0 points per game would rank tenth in school history (minimum 40 games played) and would be the best career scoring average for a Gopher since Mychal Thompson averaged 20.8 points from 1975-78. His average of 6.07 assists per game would rank first in school history (minimum 40 games played) ahead of Ray Williams who averaged 5.7 from 1976-77.
4. Jamal Mashburn, Jr. (14 points) and Isaiah Ihnen (12 points) both set career highs in scoring at Maryland. Tre' Williams (10 points) tied his career high. Ihnen's outburst snapped a six-game scoreless drought.
5. Gabe Kalscheur ranks sixth in school history in made threes (180) and attempted threes (521). Kalscheur has scored 916 points for Minnesota and is 84 shy away of scoring 1,000 for his career.
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
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