Thornton, Battle lead Ohio State over Minnesota 84-74 in Big Ten opener
Bruce Thornton had 26 points, Jamison Battle sank four 3-pointers and scored 25 and Ohio State beat Minnesota 84-74 in an early Big Ten Conference opener.
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Bruce Thornton had 26 points, Jamison Battle sank four 3-pointers and scored 25 and Ohio State beat Minnesota 84-74 in an early Big Ten Conference opener.
Reserve Cam Christie scored 20 points and was one of three players off the bench to score in double figures and Minnesota beat New Orleans 97-64.
The team has faced challenges this year — a coaching transition and some key losses to unranked teams in the middle of the season — but they're heating up at just the right time. That's the message Head Coach Keegan Cook is pushing: this team hasn't played their best volleyball yet.
Quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, who just finished his first full season as the Gophers' starting quarterback, announced Tuesday he will enter the transfer portal.
Jonathan Mogbo finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Marcus Williams scored 20 and San Francisco cruised to a 76-58 victory over Minnesota.
Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers James Madison and Jacksonville State along with five-win Minnesota are bound for bowls because of a shortage of six-win teams.
Dawson Garcia scored 19 points and reserve Cam Christie scored 14 and Minnesota beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 86-67.
The Gopher women's soccer team meets up every week to clean up Dinkytown and address safety issues around campus.
Nick Honor scored 16 points and Sean East II's three-point play with 9.9 seconds remaining gave Missouri its first lead of the night and the Tigers held on — after rallying — to beat Minnesota 70-68.
Dawson Garcia scored 22 points and Minnesota throttled UTSA 102-77.
John Paddock relieved the injured Luke Altmyer and went 3 for 3 for 85 yards to lift Illinois from a huge hole and deliver the go-ahead 46-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Williams with 50 seconds left for a 27-26 victory over stunned Minnesota.
Running Back Jordan Nubin fills the gap for injured teammates, scoring first career TD for the Gophers
"There's nothing controversial about it. Nothing controversial. Offsides is offsides. False start's a false start. A hold is a hold. Invalid fair catch signal is an invalid fair catch signal," Fleck said.
Dragan Kesich made four field goals and Minnesota won at Iowa for the first time since 1999 to snap an eight-game losing streak in the series, holding the No. 24 Hawkeyes to 12 yards in the second half in a 12-10 victory Saturday.
It's been an up-and-down season for Gopher volleyball so far this year, though after a pair of untimely losses, they were able to come back and this weekend to pull out wins against Michigan and Northwestern.
