Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Minnesota Golden Gophers

14-8 (5-5), 6th Big Ten

 Last Game
Feb 6 at Penn St., W 66-64
Minn: Ralph Sampson III 4-6, 13 Pts
PSU: Talor Battle 7-19, 20 Pts
 
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Michigan Wolverines Feb 11 Michigan, 7:00 pm EST
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Last Meeting: Mar 7, 2009, L 64-67
 Team News  

Westbrook drains buzzer beater!

Westbrook drains buzzer beater!
Associated Press (Rivals.com), Feb 6, 2010
Lawrence Westbrook's long jumper as time expired capped a frantic final minute to lead Minnesota past Penn... ...More
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Minnesota Team Report

Minnesota Team Report Feb 8, 2010

Simply leading the team in scoring wasn't enough. The Gophers needed more out of senior Lawrence Westbrook.

With one shot during perhaps the most critical point of the season, he delivered.

Westbrook's basket at the buzzer on Feb. 6 to give the Gophers a 66-64 win over Penn State capped another turbulent week for the program. Heralded freshman Royce White was released from his scholarship without ever playing a game, point guard Al Nolen's appeal for reinstatement was denied and now Minnesota was seconds away from overtime against the only team in the Big Ten without a conference victory.

That's when Westbrook hit his biggest shot of the season one game after he was benched in a blowout loss to Ohio State. ...More

 
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 Scores & Schedule
Date Opponent Result Tickets Audio/Video Video Highlights
 Fri, Nov 13 Tennessee Tech W 87-50 ---- 
 Mon, Nov 16 Stephen F. Austin W 82-42 ---- 
 Thu, Nov 19 Utah Valley W 76-51 ---- 
 Thu, Nov 26 at (12) Butler W 82-73 ---- 
 Fri, Nov 27 Portland L 56-61 ---- 
 Sun, Nov 29 Texas A&M L 65-66 ---- 
 Wed, Dec 2 at Miami (FL) L 58-63 ---- 
 Sat, Dec 5 Brown W 91-55 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 8 Morgan St. W 94-64 ---- 
 Sat, Dec 12 St. Joseph's W 97-74 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 15 Northern Illinois W 89-48 ---- 
 Wed, Dec 23 South Dakota St. W 92-62 ---- 
 Tue, Dec 29 Penn St. W 75-70 ---- 
 Sat, Jan 2 at Iowa W 86-74 ---- 
 Tue, Jan 5 at (4) Purdue L 60-79 ---- 
 Sat, Jan 9 Ohio St. W 73-62 ---- 
 Wed, Jan 13 at (7) Michigan St. L 53-60 ---- 
 Sun, Jan 17 at Indiana L 78-81 ---- 
 Sat, Jan 23 (6) Michigan St. L 64-65 ---- 
 Tue, Jan 26 Northwestern W 65-61 ---- 
 Sun, Jan 31 at (20) Ohio St. L 63-85 ---- 
 Sat, Feb 6 at Penn St. W 66-64 ---- 
 
Date Opponent Time Tickets Audio/Video Video Highlights
 Thu, Feb 11 Michigan 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sun, Feb 14 at Northwestern 5:00 pm ---- 
 Thu, Feb 18 (11) Wisconsin 9:00 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 20 Indiana 8:00 pm ---- 
 Wed, Feb 24 (6) Purdue 8:30 pm ---- 
 Sat, Feb 27 at Illinois 4:00 pm ---- 
 Tue, Mar 2 at Michigan 7:00 pm ---- 
 Sun, Mar 7 Iowa 6:00 pm ---- 
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 Big Ten Conference Standings
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 Michigan St. (10) 9-3  19-6 
 Illinois 9-3  17-8 
 Purdue (6) 8-3  20-3 
 Ohio St. (13) 8-3  18-6 
 Wisconsin (11) 8-4  18-6 
 Minnesota 5-5  14-8 
 Northwestern 5-6  16-7 
 Michigan 4-7  11-12 
 Indiana 3-7  9-13 
 Iowa 2-9  8-16 
 Penn St. 0-11  8-15 
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 Individual Leaders
 PPGLawrence Westbrook13.3 
 REBRalph Sampson III6.2 
 ASTAl Nolen4.6 
 FG%Rodney Williams57.9 
 FT%Justin Cobbs80.0 
 3PT%Blake Hoffarber50.0 
 BLKRalph Sampson III2.1 
 STLAl Nolen2.4