South Carolina Upstate Spartans at Minnesota Golden Gophers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Garcia scores 14 points to lead Minnesota over SC Upstate 67-53
The Spartans' Trae Broadnex tied the game at 31-all with a bucket to open the second half but two free throws by Elijah Hawkins restored a lead that the Golden Gophers (3-1) would keep.
Trailing by 11, the Spartans (2-3) got within six points with 4 1/2 minutes left on a six-point run capped by Miguel Ayesa's 3-pointer. But Minnesota outscored SC Upstate 10-1 the rest of the way with Garcia scoring the final six points on a three-point play then a 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining.
Garcia was 6-of-12 shooting with six rebounds. Minnesota shot 40% and helped themselves at the free-throw line, hitting 16 of 19.
SC Upstate's Justin Bailey scored 14 points, Broadnex had 13 and Ahmir Langlais scored 12 along with eight rebounds. The Spartans shot 34%.
SC Upstate plays at Ball State and Minnesota is host to Arkansas-Pine Bluff in games Tuesday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 53 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 53 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Mike Mitchell Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 53 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Trae Broadnax missed Jumper. | 53 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Ahmir Langlais Offensive Rebound. | 53 - 67 |
Statistics
 UPST |
 MINN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-64 | FG | 23-58 |
| 34 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 7-22 | 3PT | 5-23 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 22 |
| 5-11 | FT | 16-19 |
| 45 | Free Throw % | 84 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fouls | 14 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 14 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 7,347 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 19-1 | - | 37-3 |
| Nebraska | 15-5 | 4 | 28-7 |
| Michigan State | 15-5 | 4 | 27-8 |
| Illinois | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
| Wisconsin | 14-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Purdue | 13-7 | 6 | 30-9 |
| UCLA | 13-7 | 6 | 24-12 |
| Ohio State | 12-8 | 7 | 21-13 |
| Iowa | 10-10 | 9 | 24-13 |
| Indiana | 9-11 | 10 | 18-14 |
| Minnesota | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
| USC | 7-13 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Washington | 7-13 | 12 | 16-17 |
| Rutgers | 6-14 | 13 | 14-20 |
| Northwestern | 5-15 | 14 | 15-19 |
| Oregon | 5-15 | 14 | 12-20 |
| Maryland | 4-16 | 15 | 12-21 |
| Penn State | 3-17 | 16 | 12-20 |