
North Texas Mean Green at Minnesota Golden Gophers
· NCAA Men's BasketballNorth Texas leads Minnesota most of the way, holds off Golden Gophers 54-51 to move to 3-0
Dawson Garcia scored six points during an 8-2 surge to pull Minnesota to 52-51 with 30 seconds left. Isaac Asuma blocked Brenen Lorient’s layup attempt on the ensuing possession, but Lu’Cye Patterson’s 3-point shot hit the back of the rim and the Mean Green's Johnathan Massie grabbed the rebound.
Following a North Texas timeout with 3 seconds to go, Lorient added a dunk and Patterson’s midcourt heave bounced off the backboard.
Lorient added nine points for the Mean Green.
Garcia shot 6 of 9 from the field, made all 10 of his free throws and finished with 24 points to lead Minnesota (2-1). He entered three points shy of 1,000 career points with the Golden Gophers, the first do so since Daniel Oturu in 2020. Garcia has 1,516 points overall.
Minnesota was 15-of-38 shooting (31%), committed 13 turnovers and missed seven (15 of 22) of its free-throw attempts. Patterson added nine points on 3-of-14 shooting.
Minnesota shot just 14% in the first half, missing 18 of 21 field goals and trailed 23-14 at the break. Brennan Rigsby hit a 3-pointer at the 15:41-mark and the Gophers didn't hit another field goal until Garcia's second-chance layup with 3:15 remaining in the half.
Rigsby's 3-pointer gave the Golden Gophers their only lead, 43-42, with 7:27 left in the game.
It was the first meeting between the teams.
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Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 54 - 51 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 54 - 51 |
2nd 0:00 | Minnesota Offensive Rebound. | 54 - 51 |
2nd 0:00 | Lu'Cye Patterson missed Three Point Jumper. | 54 - 51 |
2nd 0:01 | Brenen Lorient made Dunk. Assisted by Jasper Floyd. | 54 - 51 |
Statistics
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20-53 | FG | 15-48 |
37.7 | Field Goal % | 31.3 |
5-17 | 3PT | 6-23 |
29.4 | Three Point % | 26.1 |
9-16 | FT | 15-22 |
56.3 | Free Throw % | 68.2 |
37 | Rebounds | 39 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
24 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
9 | Assists | 9 |
7 | Steals | 1 |
2 | Blocks | 4 |
8 | Turnovers | 13 |
3 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
8 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
18 | Points Off Turnovers | 4 |
9 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
28 | Points in Paint | 16 |
20 | Fouls | 17 |
11 | Largest Lead | 1 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 7,743 | Capacity:
2024-25 American Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Memphis | 16-2 | - | 29-6 |
North Texas | 14-4 | 2 | 27-9 |
UAB | 13-5 | 3 | 24-13 |
Tulane | 12-6 | 4 | 19-15 |
East Carolina | 10-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
Florida Atlantic | 10-8 | 6 | 18-16 |
Temple | 9-9 | 7 | 17-15 |
Wichita State | 8-10 | 8 | 19-15 |
South Florida | 6-12 | 10 | 13-19 |
Tulsa | 6-12 | 10 | 13-20 |
UTSA | 6-12 | 10 | 12-19 |
Rice | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
Charlotte | 3-15 | 13 | 11-22 |
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 19-14 |
Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-17 |
Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |