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Wednesday, March 3
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6:00 PM
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Game 26: Minnesota at Penn State
3/2/2021 1:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Gophers face Nittany Lions at 6 p.m. on BTN and KFAN
SERIES INFORMATION
41st Meeting (29-11 all-time record)
Home 15-3 // Road 10-8 // // Neutral 4-0
Current Streak: L-1
Richard Pitino vs. Penn State: 8-5
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-865*
Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-94
Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 60-101
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
1. Minnesota plays its final road game of the season at Penn State on Wednesday. It will be the 26th game for Minnesota this year, but the first for the Gophers against Penn State. Minnesota has played 18 Big Ten this season, including facing Michigan, Iowa, Purdue, Illinois, Maryland and Nebraska twice already. Minnesota and Penn State last met on Feb. 8, 2020, which was 389 days ago. Since that meeting, Minnesota has played the following schools three times: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska and Northwestern.
2. The Gophers are 29-11 all-time against Penn State and are 10-8 on the road. Minnesota had won five straight against the Nittany Lions before dropping an 83-77 decision on the road on Feb. 8, 2020. Minnesota's last road at Penn State was a 95-84 overtime victory on Jan. 15, 2018.
3. Minnesota has used six different starting lineups this year and nine different players have started. Many of these changes were because of injuries, as Brandon Johnson, Liam Robbins (second leading scorer and leading rebounder has missed last two games) and Gabe Kalscheur (third leading scorer and best defensive player has missed last four games) have all missed time this season. The only Gopher to start all 25 games is Marcus Carr.
4. Marcus Carr scored a career-high 41 points at Nebraska, which was just one shy of Minnesota's school record. Carr is the fifth Gopher to score at least 40 points in a game, and just the second since 1972. Carr's 41 points ties for third all-time with Andre Hollins, who also had 41 points versus Memphis (11/23/12). The school record of 42 points is held by Eric Magdanz at Michigan (3/5/62) and Oliver Shannon versus Wisconsin (3/6/71). Carr (20 points in the first half, 21 in the second) is the second Gopher ever to score at least 40 on the road (Magdanz). Carr made 11-of-27 field goals, including 6-of-15 three-pointers (15 attempts is a school record), and was 13-of-16 at the free throw line. He added four rebounds, four steals and three assists in 40 minutes. Carr has scored in double-figures 47 times in his career, including doing so in 25 of his past 27 games. Carr has 10 games with 20-plus points this season, four games with 30 or more points and one 40-point game. Marcus Carr has scored 500 points this year in 25 points, which already bests his 478 points last season in 31 games. Carr is the 26th Gopher to score 500 points in one season and the first since Daniel Oturu scored 623 in 2019-20. It's also the fifth straight season that Minnesota has had a 500-point scorer (2019-20 Oturu, 623; 2018-19 Amir Coffey, 599 and Jordan Murphy, 520; 2017-18 Murphy, 538 and Nate Mason, 517; 2016-17 Mason, 518).
5. Eric Curry, who has overcome two significant ACL injuries during his career, played 33:09 at Nebraska (8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals) and 32:22 against Northwestern (9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals). It is the first time in his career (first game played was Nov. 11, 2016) that he played at least 30 minutes in consecutive games. His career high in minutes is 35 and came in a start against Southern Illinois on Nov. 25, 2016 (8 points, 11 rebounds).
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
41st Meeting (29-11 all-time record)
Home 15-3 // Road 10-8 // // Neutral 4-0
Current Streak: L-1
Richard Pitino vs. Penn State: 8-5
Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-865*
Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-94
Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 60-101
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
1. Minnesota plays its final road game of the season at Penn State on Wednesday. It will be the 26th game for Minnesota this year, but the first for the Gophers against Penn State. Minnesota has played 18 Big Ten this season, including facing Michigan, Iowa, Purdue, Illinois, Maryland and Nebraska twice already. Minnesota and Penn State last met on Feb. 8, 2020, which was 389 days ago. Since that meeting, Minnesota has played the following schools three times: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska and Northwestern.
2. The Gophers are 29-11 all-time against Penn State and are 10-8 on the road. Minnesota had won five straight against the Nittany Lions before dropping an 83-77 decision on the road on Feb. 8, 2020. Minnesota's last road at Penn State was a 95-84 overtime victory on Jan. 15, 2018.
3. Minnesota has used six different starting lineups this year and nine different players have started. Many of these changes were because of injuries, as Brandon Johnson, Liam Robbins (second leading scorer and leading rebounder has missed last two games) and Gabe Kalscheur (third leading scorer and best defensive player has missed last four games) have all missed time this season. The only Gopher to start all 25 games is Marcus Carr.
4. Marcus Carr scored a career-high 41 points at Nebraska, which was just one shy of Minnesota's school record. Carr is the fifth Gopher to score at least 40 points in a game, and just the second since 1972. Carr's 41 points ties for third all-time with Andre Hollins, who also had 41 points versus Memphis (11/23/12). The school record of 42 points is held by Eric Magdanz at Michigan (3/5/62) and Oliver Shannon versus Wisconsin (3/6/71). Carr (20 points in the first half, 21 in the second) is the second Gopher ever to score at least 40 on the road (Magdanz). Carr made 11-of-27 field goals, including 6-of-15 three-pointers (15 attempts is a school record), and was 13-of-16 at the free throw line. He added four rebounds, four steals and three assists in 40 minutes. Carr has scored in double-figures 47 times in his career, including doing so in 25 of his past 27 games. Carr has 10 games with 20-plus points this season, four games with 30 or more points and one 40-point game. Marcus Carr has scored 500 points this year in 25 points, which already bests his 478 points last season in 31 games. Carr is the 26th Gopher to score 500 points in one season and the first since Daniel Oturu scored 623 in 2019-20. It's also the fifth straight season that Minnesota has had a 500-point scorer (2019-20 Oturu, 623; 2018-19 Amir Coffey, 599 and Jordan Murphy, 520; 2017-18 Murphy, 538 and Nate Mason, 517; 2016-17 Mason, 518).
5. Eric Curry, who has overcome two significant ACL injuries during his career, played 33:09 at Nebraska (8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals) and 32:22 against Northwestern (9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals). It is the first time in his career (first game played was Nov. 11, 2016) that he played at least 30 minutes in consecutive games. His career high in minutes is 35 and came in a start against Southern Illinois on Nov. 25, 2016 (8 points, 11 rebounds).
You can read Minnesota's complete game notes here.
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