WHO: Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-15, 1-11 Big Ten)
WHEN: 12:00 PM CT
WHERE: Williams Arena (Minneapolis, MN)
TV: FS1 (Brandon Gaudin and Devin Harris)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen) | XM 380 or SXM 970
MOBILE: www.foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: www.foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaHoops | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Iowa -11
KENPOM: Iowa -10 (83% chance of winning)
G Tony Perkins (11.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.4 bpg, 41.4 FG%, 31.1 3FG%)
G Ahron Ulis (6.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.1 bpg, 40.0 FG%, 32.0 3FG%)
F Connor McCaffery (7.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.0 bpg, 41.3 FG%, 36.0 3FG%)
F Kris Murray (20.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.8 apg, 0.8 spg, 1.2 bpg, 50.8 FG%, 34.6 3FG%)
F Filip Rebraca (14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 0.6 spg, 1.3 bpg, 57.2 FG%, 33.3 3FG%)
Minnesota
G Ta'Lon Cooper (10.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.6 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.9 bpg, 41.1 FG%, 39.5 3FG%)
G Taurus Samuels (2.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.1 bpg, 27.0 FG%, 28.3 3FG%)
F Jamison Battle (12.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.2 bpg, 36.8 FG%, 29.9 3FG%)
F Joshua Ola-Joseph (7.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.3 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.4 bpg, 51.1 FG%, 23.1 3FG%)
F Pharrel Payne (7.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.5 spg, 1.1 bpg, 66.7% FG, 0.0%)
That postponed Illinois game paused the tailspin the Gophers had found themselves in over the past several weeks -- Minnesota has lost seven in a row and nine of 10 ahead of Sunday's game. The Gophers' lone win in 2023 -- and only Big Ten victory -- came over an also-freefalling Ohio State program a month ago.
The losses have been getting uglier for Minnesota as well; the Gophers lost by three at Wisconsin and by two to Nebraska in early January, but on their current 7-game losing skid, the Gophers' average margin of defeat has been nearly 20 points. The last two losses were entirely non-competitive: two consecutive 35-point drubbings, at Rutgers and at home to Maryland.
Those games, as well as a 20-point loss to Northwestern and a narrow loss to Indiana, coincided with the absence of big man Dawson Garcia, a 6'11", 230-lb North Carolina transfer who has been the Gophers' best player this season. Garcia leads the Gophers in scoring (14.9 ppg) and rebounds (6.3 rpg) but has missed the last four games with a bone bruise on his ankle; he's listed as a "game-time decision" for Sunday's game against Iowa.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/preview-iowa-mbb-at-minnesota
WHEN: 12:00 PM CT
WHERE: Williams Arena (Minneapolis, MN)
TV: FS1 (Brandon Gaudin and Devin Harris)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen) | XM 380 or SXM 970
MOBILE: www.foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: www.foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaHoops | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Iowa -11
KENPOM: Iowa -10 (83% chance of winning)
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE
IowaG Tony Perkins (11.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.4 bpg, 41.4 FG%, 31.1 3FG%)
G Ahron Ulis (6.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.1 bpg, 40.0 FG%, 32.0 3FG%)
F Connor McCaffery (7.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.0 bpg, 41.3 FG%, 36.0 3FG%)
F Kris Murray (20.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.8 apg, 0.8 spg, 1.2 bpg, 50.8 FG%, 34.6 3FG%)
F Filip Rebraca (14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 0.6 spg, 1.3 bpg, 57.2 FG%, 33.3 3FG%)
Minnesota
G Ta'Lon Cooper (10.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.6 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.9 bpg, 41.1 FG%, 39.5 3FG%)
G Taurus Samuels (2.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.4 spg, 0.1 bpg, 27.0 FG%, 28.3 3FG%)
F Jamison Battle (12.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.2 bpg, 36.8 FG%, 29.9 3FG%)
F Joshua Ola-Joseph (7.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.3 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.4 bpg, 51.1 FG%, 23.1 3FG%)
F Pharrel Payne (7.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.5 spg, 1.1 bpg, 66.7% FG, 0.0%)
PREVIEW
Minnesota enters this game off an eight-day break; the Gophers' scheduled game against Illinois earlier in the week was postponed due to a combination of positive COVID tests and injuries within the Gopher program. But per head coach Ben Johnson, the Gophers are healthy enough to play against Iowa:That postponed Illinois game paused the tailspin the Gophers had found themselves in over the past several weeks -- Minnesota has lost seven in a row and nine of 10 ahead of Sunday's game. The Gophers' lone win in 2023 -- and only Big Ten victory -- came over an also-freefalling Ohio State program a month ago.
The losses have been getting uglier for Minnesota as well; the Gophers lost by three at Wisconsin and by two to Nebraska in early January, but on their current 7-game losing skid, the Gophers' average margin of defeat has been nearly 20 points. The last two losses were entirely non-competitive: two consecutive 35-point drubbings, at Rutgers and at home to Maryland.
Those games, as well as a 20-point loss to Northwestern and a narrow loss to Indiana, coincided with the absence of big man Dawson Garcia, a 6'11", 230-lb North Carolina transfer who has been the Gophers' best player this season. Garcia leads the Gophers in scoring (14.9 ppg) and rebounds (6.3 rpg) but has missed the last four games with a bone bruise on his ankle; he's listed as a "game-time decision" for Sunday's game against Iowa.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/preview-iowa-mbb-at-minnesota
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