Minnesota Golden Gophers at Northwestern Wildcats
· NCAA Men's BasketballBarnhizer, Buie spark Northwestern to 90-66 romp over Minnesota
Barnhizer made half of his 14 shots with three 3-pointers and all six of his free throws for the Wildcats (21-10, 12-8). He added six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Buie did his damage on 9-for-14 shooting with three 3-pointers, adding six assists. Ryan Langborg also sank three from beyond the arc, scoring 17 with six assists. Nick Martinelli scored 14 on 6-for-9 shooting.
Northwestern, which clinched at least a tie for third place with the win, finished with 23 assists and just one turnover.
Dawson Garcia scored 30 points on 13-for-19 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Golden Gophers (18-13, 9-11). Elijah Hawkins notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists.
Barnhizer had 14 points, Langborg scored 10 and Northwestern shot 70% in building a 53-41 advantage at halftime. The Wildcats made 21 of 30 shots, including 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Garcia had 16 points at the break and Hawkins scored 11 for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers shot 53.3% overall and made 6 of 10 from distance.
Braeden Carrington hit a 3-pointer to get Minnesota within 72-61 with 6:53 remaining but that was as close as the Gophers would get. Barnhizer answered with a 3-pointer, Buie scored in the paint and Langborg had two baskets in an 11-2 run that pushed the Wildcats' lead to 83-63 with 3:26 to go.
Minnesota is currently ninth in the 14-team conference which concludes the regular season on Sunday.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 66 - 90 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 66 - 90 |
2nd 0:21 | Justin Mullins Steal. | 66 - 90 |
2nd 0:21 | Elijah Hawkins Turnover. | 66 - 90 |
2nd 0:32 | Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. | 66 - 90 |
Statistics
MINN | NU | |
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26-53 | FG | 34-58 |
49.1 | Field Goal % | 58.6 |
7-16 | 3PT | 10-18 |
43.8 | Three Point % | 55.6 |
7-9 | FT | 12-15 |
77.8 | Free Throw % | 80.0 |
27 | Rebounds | 27 |
6 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
21 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
17 | Assists | 23 |
1 | Steals | 6 |
6 | Blocks | 2 |
10 | Turnovers | 1 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 1 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
1 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
17 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
34 | Points in Paint | 44 |
13 | Fouls | 9 |
0 | Largest Lead | 24 |
Game Information
Location: Evanston, IL
Attendance: 7,039 | 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 |