National Basketball Association
Minnesota 54, Northwestern 48
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 16, 2014
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials:
# Bo Boroski, # Terry Oglesby, # Terry Wymer
Attendance:
6719
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Minnesota 54, Northwestern 48: DeAndre Mathieu scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting to lift the Gophers in Big Ten play and snap a five-game skid on the road.
Maurice Walker finished with eight points and six rebounds off the bench and Joey King had seven points for Minnesota (17-9, 6-7), which ended a five-game losing streak at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Austin Hollins added six points and six boards while Andre Hollins chipped in eight points.
JerShon Cobb had a game-high 23 points and five threes for Northwestern (12-14, 5-8), which has lost its last three games. Alex Olah had 10 points and four rebounds, and Tre Demps scored nine points off the bench.
Minnesota trailed 28-25 at the break after committing 10 turnovers in the first half but three quick scores from Mathieu and Andre Hollins gave the Gophers a 32-31 lead around the 17:44 mark of the second half. The lead changed four times over the next 10 minutes and Cobb kept the Wildcats close with three triples during the stretch.
A three from Austin Hollins at the 3:09 mark gave the Gophers a five-point lead and Mathieu hit two free throws with 14 seconds remaining to make it 52-46. A layup by Demps cut the lead to four but Andre Hollins sank two more free throws to put the game away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Minnesota has averaged 13.5 turnovers over the last four games. ... Cobb has made five or more threes in back-to-back games and scored more than 20 points four times this season. ... Drew Crawford, the active leading-scorer in the Big Ten (1,809 points), went 1-for-15 for two points, but did have 11 rebounds for Northwestern.
Top Game Performances
Minnesota |
|
Northwestern |
Deandre Mathieu 18 |
Scoring |
JerShon Cobb 23 |
Andre Hollins 3 |
Assists |
Tre Demps 3 |
Austin Hollins 6 |
Rebounds |
Drew Crawford 11 |
Deandre Mathieu 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Alex Olah 4 |
Elliott Eliason 1 |
Steals |
Sanjay Lumpkin 3 |
Maurice Walker 3 |
Blocks |
Nikola Cerina 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Minnesota
|
54 |
46.3 |
6-13 |
10-18 |
7 |
31 |
6 |
3 |
17 |
Northwestern
|
48 |
30.2 |
6-19 |
10-14 |
9 |
25 |
4 |
9 |
8 |