Nebraska Cornhuskers at Minnesota Golden Gophers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Minnesota overcomes loss of leading scorer Garcia, rallies to beat Nebraska 76-65
Garcia, who had a career-high 36 points in the Gophers’ Big Ten-opening loss against Ohio State, turned an ankle a couple minutes into the game. He returned late in the half and started the second half, but was favoring his ankle and soon took a seat with Minnesota (6-3, 1-1) trailing by 11.
A few minutes later Minnesota went on a 18-2 run and took a three-point lead. Joshua Ola-Joseph hit a 3-pointer and added two more buckets including a dunk in a subsequent run and Minnesota led by nine with under nine minutes remaining. Nebraska (7-2, 0-1) got within four with five minutes left but no closer with Hawkins hitting a 3-pointer with 2 1/2 minutes to go for an eight-point edge.
Ola-Joseph scored 15 points, Braeden Carrington 13 and Mike Mitchell Jr. and Pharrel Payne had 12 apiece for Minnesota, which outscored Nebraska 52-26 in the second half.
Brice Williams scored 18 points but only one in the second half for the Cornhuskers. Jamarques Lawrence added 16 points and Juwan Gary 11. Leading scorer Keisei Tominaga scored on just four free throws.
Nebraska is home on Sunday for its conference home opener against Michigan State then plays three nonconference games before resuming Big Ten play in January.
Minnesota plays Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday, the first of four straight nonconference home games before resuming league play in January.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Cam Christie Defensive Rebound. | 65 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Jamarques Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper. | 65 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Minnesota Timeout | 65 - 76 |
Statistics
 NEB |
 MINN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-53 | FG | 25-53 |
| 45.3 | Field Goal % | 47.2 |
| 5-18 | 3PT | 8-25 |
| 27.8 | Three Point % | 32.0 |
| 12-15 | FT | 18-29 |
| 80.0 | Free Throw % | 62.1 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 19 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 21 | Points Off Turnovers | 24 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 21 | Fouls | 9 |
| 17 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 6,899 | Capacity:
2023-24 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 17-3 | - | 34-5 |
| Illinois | 14-6 | 3 | 29-9 |
| Nebraska | 12-8 | 5 | 23-11 |
| Northwestern | 12-8 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Wisconsin | 11-9 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-14 |
| Michigan State | 10-10 | 7 | 20-15 |
| Iowa | 10-10 | 7 | 19-15 |
| Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 22-14 |
| Minnesota | 9-11 | 8 | 19-15 |
| Penn State | 9-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
| Maryland | 7-13 | 10 | 16-17 |
| Rutgers | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| Michigan | 3-17 | 14 | 8-24 |