University of Minnesota Athletics
Monday, December 9
Bloomington, IN
5:30 PM
University of Minnesota
6-5,0-2Big Ten
67
at
82
Indiana
8-2,1-0Big Ten
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2
F
Minnesota
31
36
67
Indiana
44
38
82
Team Stats
MINN
IND
FG%
.473
.566
3FG%
.182
.286
FT%
.867
.621
RB
22
35
TO
12
14
STL
10
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
Forward
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Gophers Fall at Indiana
12/9/2024 8:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Dawson Garcia made 9-of-15 field goals and scored a game-high 22 points for Minnesota (6-5, 0-2 Big Ten), but Indiana (8-2, 1-0 B1G) shot 56.6 percent and had five players reach double figures, as the Hoosiers opened Big Ten play with an 82-67 win at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
Garcia scored 20-plus points for the seventh time this season and added four rebounds, two blocked shots, a steal, and an assist for the Gophers. Mike Mitchell Jr. scored 10 points in his first start since Nov. 9, and Lu'Cye Patterson had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists, and a pair of steals. Femi Odukale finished with six points, four rebounds, and team-highs of four assists and four blocks, while Brennan Rigsby and Parker Fox each scored six points.
As a team, Minnesota made 26-of-55 (473) field goals and was 13-of-15 (867) at the free throw line, but the Gophers were outrebounded, 35-22. Oumar Ballo led the Hoosiers with 18 points and seven rebounds, while Malik Reneau finished with 16 points and seven boards, and Bryson Tucker had 16 points and six rebounds.
Indiana opened the game by grabbing a 6-2 lead, but the Gophers responded with a 10-1 run, keyed by four points apiece from Patterson and Garcia for a 12-7 lead with 16:11 left. The Hoosiers reclaimed a lead with a 7-0 run, but Garcia's jumper and a layup by Patterson made it 16-14 in favor of the Gophers. At that point, Minnesota had made six straight field goals and was off to an 8-of-11 start. Rigsby hit a couple jumpers in the paint around a layup from Mitchell Jr., and the Gophers led 22-20 with 11:42 remaining in the half. But Indiana took advantage of a seven-minute, 46-second field goal drought for the Gophers with a 16-1 run, before Mitchell Jr. hit a three with 3:56 left to cut the deficit to 36-26. A dunk by Fox and Mitchell Jr.'s second three pulled Minnesota within nine, but IU took a 44-31 lead to the locker room.
Garcia and Mitchell Jr. each scored eight first-half points to pace the Gophers, and Patterson added six. After making 11-of-15 (.733) field goals to start the game, Minnesota cooled off and ended the half at 14-of-27 (.519), including 2-of-5 from behind the arc. Ballo and Tucker each had 11 points, while Reneau had 10 and Mackenzie Mgbako had nine for the Hoosiers, who shot a red-hot 17-of-27 (.630) from the field.
Garcia began the second half with eight of Minnesota's first 10 points to keep the Gophers within 55-41 at the 13:00 mark. The Hoosiers used a 9-2 run to build a 21-point lead at 68-47, before a Garcia layup and a pair of free throws by Patterson cut it to 68-51 with 8:47 left. Mitchell Jr. added a pair of free throws and Rigsby scored on a layup to make it an 8-0 Gophers run to cut the deficit to 68-55. Indiana stretched the lead back to 18 with a 7-2 run until Garcia's layup with 4:10 left made it 75-59. A pair of layups by Frank Mitchell, two free throws from Patterson, and a layup by Kadyn Betts pulled the Gophers within 79-67 with less than a minute remaining, but that was the closest Minnesota got in the second half.
Minnesota has time off for final exams before it returns to the court to play host to Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1:00 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
Garcia scored 20-plus points for the seventh time this season and added four rebounds, two blocked shots, a steal, and an assist for the Gophers. Mike Mitchell Jr. scored 10 points in his first start since Nov. 9, and Lu'Cye Patterson had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists, and a pair of steals. Femi Odukale finished with six points, four rebounds, and team-highs of four assists and four blocks, while Brennan Rigsby and Parker Fox each scored six points.
As a team, Minnesota made 26-of-55 (473) field goals and was 13-of-15 (867) at the free throw line, but the Gophers were outrebounded, 35-22. Oumar Ballo led the Hoosiers with 18 points and seven rebounds, while Malik Reneau finished with 16 points and seven boards, and Bryson Tucker had 16 points and six rebounds.
Indiana opened the game by grabbing a 6-2 lead, but the Gophers responded with a 10-1 run, keyed by four points apiece from Patterson and Garcia for a 12-7 lead with 16:11 left. The Hoosiers reclaimed a lead with a 7-0 run, but Garcia's jumper and a layup by Patterson made it 16-14 in favor of the Gophers. At that point, Minnesota had made six straight field goals and was off to an 8-of-11 start. Rigsby hit a couple jumpers in the paint around a layup from Mitchell Jr., and the Gophers led 22-20 with 11:42 remaining in the half. But Indiana took advantage of a seven-minute, 46-second field goal drought for the Gophers with a 16-1 run, before Mitchell Jr. hit a three with 3:56 left to cut the deficit to 36-26. A dunk by Fox and Mitchell Jr.'s second three pulled Minnesota within nine, but IU took a 44-31 lead to the locker room.
Garcia and Mitchell Jr. each scored eight first-half points to pace the Gophers, and Patterson added six. After making 11-of-15 (.733) field goals to start the game, Minnesota cooled off and ended the half at 14-of-27 (.519), including 2-of-5 from behind the arc. Ballo and Tucker each had 11 points, while Reneau had 10 and Mackenzie Mgbako had nine for the Hoosiers, who shot a red-hot 17-of-27 (.630) from the field.
Garcia began the second half with eight of Minnesota's first 10 points to keep the Gophers within 55-41 at the 13:00 mark. The Hoosiers used a 9-2 run to build a 21-point lead at 68-47, before a Garcia layup and a pair of free throws by Patterson cut it to 68-51 with 8:47 left. Mitchell Jr. added a pair of free throws and Rigsby scored on a layup to make it an 8-0 Gophers run to cut the deficit to 68-55. Indiana stretched the lead back to 18 with a 7-2 run until Garcia's layup with 4:10 left made it 75-59. A pair of layups by Frank Mitchell, two free throws from Patterson, and a layup by Kadyn Betts pulled the Gophers within 79-67 with less than a minute remaining, but that was the closest Minnesota got in the second half.
Minnesota has time off for final exams before it returns to the court to play host to Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1:00 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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