No. 19 Indiana basketball struggles with a more durable Minnesota squad in a 73-64 loss to open Massive Ten play.
Tayton Conerway scores 18 factors, Lamar Wilkerson 15, Sam Alexis 10 and Tucker DeVries 9. The Hoosiers make simply 12-of-20 free throws and 30% of their 3-pointers.
Langston Reynolds and Cade Tyson rating 17 factors every as all of the Minnesota starters attain double figures. The Golden Gophers outrebound IU 40-25.
IU (7-1) performs No. 5 Louisville on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Minnesota 69, IU 62, :46.4 left 2H: Minnesota goes 4-of-7 on free throws. Tayton Conerway scores 4 straight factors then assists on a Lamar Wilkerson 3 to chop IU’s deficit to 65-62.
Minnesota 65, IU 55, 3:54 left 2H: The Golden Gophers are as much as 52% from the sphere and 8-of-21 (38%) on 3-pointers. Minnesota blocks 2 consecutive IU pictures and has 7 for the sport.
Minnesota 53, IU 51, 7:47 left 2H: Lamar Wilkerson and Tucker DeVries hit 3-pointers. Timeout, Minnesota.
Minnesota 53, IU 45, 9:23 left 2H: The Golden Gophers are forcing the motion with a 13-2 run over 3 minutes. They’re 4-of-7 on 3-pointers this half. Timeout, IU.
Minnesota 46, IU 43, 10:49 left 2H: Minnesota makes consecutive 3-pointers to regain the lead. IU’s Sam Alexis is as much as 10 factors. Trent Sisley’s 3 places IU up 39-38 as a part of a 5-minute Minnesota drought from the sphere. The Hoosiers are within the bonus beginning on the 15:45 mark, however they’ve made simply 8-of-14 free throws to that time.
Minnesota 38, IU 35, 15:47 left 2H: Bobby Durkin’s 3 provides Minnesota a 36-34 lead, its first since halfway by means of the primary half.
Minnesota massive man foul bother: Grayson Grove with 4, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson with 3 within the first minute of the half.
Indiana 33, Minnesota 33: Tayton Conerway has 10 factors and three steals. Tucker DeVries has 6 factors and three assists. IU goes 2:45 with out scoring late within the half.
Langston Reynolds and Cade Tyson have 9 factors every for Minnesota, which is 4-of-9 on free throws.
Indiana 29, Minnesota 22, 3:39 left 1H: The Golden Gophers have a 3-minute drought, however IU cannot create lots of separation. Trent Sisley commits 3 fouls in 2 minutes.
Indiana 22, Minnesota 19, 7:45 left 1H: The protection is getting extra bodily on each ends. Tayton Conerway is as much as 10 factors.
Minnesota 17, IU 14, 10:33 left 1H: Minnesota goes on an 8-0 run as IU goes scoreless for 3+ minutes. The Hoosiers are 6-of-10 capturing general after making their first 5 pictures.
IU 12, Minnesota 9, 14:57 left 1H: IU makes its first 5 pictures from the sphere: Dunks by Tayton Conerway and Reed Bailey, inside pictures by Lamar Wilkerson and Sam Alexis, and a Conerway 3-pointer.
The Indiana-Minnesota recreation is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at Williams Enviornment in Minneapolis.
TV: BTN
Indiana: Aleksa Ristic is questionable. Jason Drake, Josh Harris, Drew Snively are out. Jordon Rayfor is out for the season.
Minnesota: Maximus Gizzi is questionable. Probability Stephens B.J. Omot, Robert Vaihola are out. Chansey Willis is out for the season.
Zach Osterman, IndyStar: Indiana 76-65
“On this season’s first battle of Massive Ten coaches previously of Drake, Darian DeVries is in a lot better form. Niko Medved’s rent at Minnesota was rightly greeted with reward, however the highway to constant competitiveness in Minneapolis remains to be fairly lengthy. The Gophers don’t have a lot of a 3-point menace to talk of, and whereas they get to the free throw line quite a bit, they wrestle there. Defensively, they’re a piece in progress. Indiana doesn’t all the time play effectively at The Barn, however it’s additionally been some time because the Hoosiers misplaced there.”
Michael Niziolek, Herald-Times: Indiana 80-63
“The backstory to this matchup with IU coach Darian DeVries going through Nico Medved is likely to be extra attention-grabbing than the sport finally ends up being. Medved landed the Drake job in 2017 over DeVries, solely to go away the varsity a yr later. The success DeVries had as Medved’s alternative in the end helped him land the IU job earlier this yr. They landed within the Massive Ten on the similar time, however DeVries assembled a extra gifted roster that’s displayed some spectacular chemistry throughout their 7-0 begin. The Gophers look far more like a piece in progress, having misplaced three straight coming into Wednesday’s recreation. This needs to be a straightforward double-digit win for the Hoosiers.”
As of Dec. 1
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