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Tuesday, February 18
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Gophers Continue LA Trip with Tuesday Game at UCLA
2/17/2025 10:07:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: FS1 (Guy Haberman (play-by-play) and Don MacLean (analyst)
Tip Time: 9:40 p.m.
Radio: KFAN (100.3 FM) or iHeart App (Mike Grimm, Al Nolen)
SERIES INFORMATION*
Sixth Meeting (1-5 all time)
Last Game: March 22, 2013 (MN W, 83-63)
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball program stays on the road when it travels to UCLA on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. CT. It marks the first time the Gophers have faced UCLA since 2013 and only the seventh time in school history, dating back to 1959. It marks Minnesota's first trip to Pauley Pavilion as the previous two times were the Gophers traveled west was at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
• Minnesota is looking to become the second team this year to travel to Los Angeles and pick up two Big Ten wins. Of the 11 teams that have played in either the Washington/Oregon trip or the USC/UCLA trip, only four have collected back-to-back wins. Michigan is one of four schools that has won both games at USC and UCLA, while Wisconsin split action between the two. Illinois, Purdue, and Nebraska won at both Oregon and Washington. Iowa, Michigan State and Penn State dropped both in the LA trip.
• The Gophers are looking to string two wins together Tuesday after a 69-66 win at USC Saturday. Trailing 38-29 at the half, Minnesota outscored USC 40-28 in the second and 52-35 after trailing USC 31-17 with 4:28 left in the first half for the win. The Gophers equaled their season high with 10 steals and outrebounded the Trojans 36-27. The Trojans led for 35:48. However, the Gophers came back in the end and led for just 2:46 and the win.
• Lu'Cye Patterson scored a Minnesota-best 25 points against USC. It was his 15th double-digit scoring output, including his fourth game with 20 or more points. In the past three games, Patterson has averaged 21 points, 63 nine assists, just one turnover, 11 rebounds, and 19-of-21 from the line. He's also shooting 48.8 from the field.
• Frank Mitchell recorded his first double-double of his Gopher career at USC with 15 points and 12 rebounds. It was his first double-double since he was at Canisius on March 9, 2024, against Manhattan. Isaac Asuma came off the bench, scored 12 points, and had three assists in 32 minutes. It was his fifth double-digit game of freshman season and third in Big Ten play.
SCOUTING UCLA
• UCLA split action on its last road series when it fell at Illinois, 83-78, but bounced back for a 72-68 win at Indiana on Feb. 14 to improved to 19-7 this year and 10-5 in the Big Ten. After dropping four-straight league games, the Bruins have won eight of their last nine games.
• While the Bruins only have two averaging double digits in Tyler Bilodeau (14.2 ppg) and Eric Dailey Jr. (11.5 ppg), they play deep into their bench as 10 players average over 10 minutes a game and rank third in the league in bench points. Kobe Johnson leads the team in rebounds (5.8 rbg), assists (76), and steals (45). Both Bilodeau and Dailey Jr. are shooting over 50 percent from the field, while Bilodeau is shooting 43.4 from the arc.
• As a team, UCLA averages 75.5 points and allows just 64.8, which is the best scoring defense in the Big Ten and 23rd nationally. The Bruins are shooting 46.9 from the field and 35.2 from the arc. UCLA is shooting 70.8 percent from the line and averages 32.2 rebounds per game. The Bruins lead the league in steals per game, averaging 8.4.
ON THE DOCKET
• Minnesota is back home on Saturday, Feb. 22 when Penn State comes to town at 1 p.m. It's alumni day for the Golden Gophers. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network.
• Mike Grimm and Al Nolen will provide the radio call on KTLK (1130 AM/103.5 FM) as well as on the iHeart Media app.
TV: FS1 (Guy Haberman (play-by-play) and Don MacLean (analyst)
Tip Time: 9:40 p.m.
Radio: KFAN (100.3 FM) or iHeart App (Mike Grimm, Al Nolen)
SERIES INFORMATION*
Sixth Meeting (1-5 all time)
Last Game: March 22, 2013 (MN W, 83-63)
* - excludes vacated games
STARTING FIVE
• The University of Minnesota men's basketball program stays on the road when it travels to UCLA on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. CT. It marks the first time the Gophers have faced UCLA since 2013 and only the seventh time in school history, dating back to 1959. It marks Minnesota's first trip to Pauley Pavilion as the previous two times were the Gophers traveled west was at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
• Minnesota is looking to become the second team this year to travel to Los Angeles and pick up two Big Ten wins. Of the 11 teams that have played in either the Washington/Oregon trip or the USC/UCLA trip, only four have collected back-to-back wins. Michigan is one of four schools that has won both games at USC and UCLA, while Wisconsin split action between the two. Illinois, Purdue, and Nebraska won at both Oregon and Washington. Iowa, Michigan State and Penn State dropped both in the LA trip.
• The Gophers are looking to string two wins together Tuesday after a 69-66 win at USC Saturday. Trailing 38-29 at the half, Minnesota outscored USC 40-28 in the second and 52-35 after trailing USC 31-17 with 4:28 left in the first half for the win. The Gophers equaled their season high with 10 steals and outrebounded the Trojans 36-27. The Trojans led for 35:48. However, the Gophers came back in the end and led for just 2:46 and the win.
• Lu'Cye Patterson scored a Minnesota-best 25 points against USC. It was his 15th double-digit scoring output, including his fourth game with 20 or more points. In the past three games, Patterson has averaged 21 points, 63 nine assists, just one turnover, 11 rebounds, and 19-of-21 from the line. He's also shooting 48.8 from the field.
• Frank Mitchell recorded his first double-double of his Gopher career at USC with 15 points and 12 rebounds. It was his first double-double since he was at Canisius on March 9, 2024, against Manhattan. Isaac Asuma came off the bench, scored 12 points, and had three assists in 32 minutes. It was his fifth double-digit game of freshman season and third in Big Ten play.
SCOUTING UCLA
• UCLA split action on its last road series when it fell at Illinois, 83-78, but bounced back for a 72-68 win at Indiana on Feb. 14 to improved to 19-7 this year and 10-5 in the Big Ten. After dropping four-straight league games, the Bruins have won eight of their last nine games.
• While the Bruins only have two averaging double digits in Tyler Bilodeau (14.2 ppg) and Eric Dailey Jr. (11.5 ppg), they play deep into their bench as 10 players average over 10 minutes a game and rank third in the league in bench points. Kobe Johnson leads the team in rebounds (5.8 rbg), assists (76), and steals (45). Both Bilodeau and Dailey Jr. are shooting over 50 percent from the field, while Bilodeau is shooting 43.4 from the arc.
• As a team, UCLA averages 75.5 points and allows just 64.8, which is the best scoring defense in the Big Ten and 23rd nationally. The Bruins are shooting 46.9 from the field and 35.2 from the arc. UCLA is shooting 70.8 percent from the line and averages 32.2 rebounds per game. The Bruins lead the league in steals per game, averaging 8.4.
ON THE DOCKET
• Minnesota is back home on Saturday, Feb. 22 when Penn State comes to town at 1 p.m. It's alumni day for the Golden Gophers. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network.
• Mike Grimm and Al Nolen will provide the radio call on KTLK (1130 AM/103.5 FM) as well as on the iHeart Media app.
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