National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 77, Indiana 73
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Where: Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: # Mike Eades, # Michael Kitts, # Terry Oglesby
Attendance: 14625

Minnesota 77, No. 1 Indiana 73:
Trevor Mbakwe scored a season-high 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the host Golden Gophers delivered a scintillating upset of the Hoosiers in Big Ten play.

Andre Hollins added 16 points and Minnesota (19-9, 7-8 Big Ten) rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit to win for just the fourth time in 12 games. It is the first time the Golden Gophers have defeated a top-ranked squad since beating Illinois in 1989.

Jordan Hulls scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers and Victor Oladipo added 16 points for Indiana (24-4, 12-3), which had a four-game winning streak snapped. Hoosiers star Cody Zeller had only nine points on 2-of-9 shooting.

Zeller’s three-point play with 4:39 left gave the Hoosiers a 59-58 lead before Minnesota used a 10-2 run to take a seven-point advantage on Joe Coleman’s fast-break dunk with 2:31 remaining. Indiana pulled within 76-73 on a 3-pointer by Hulls with 4.2 seconds left before Hollins hit one of two free throws to make it a two-possession game with 3.5 seconds to go.

Indiana led 34-30 at halftime and increased the lead to eight on Oladipo’s layup with 15:43 to play. The Golden Gophers responded with a 15-4 surge to take a 51-48 lead on a 3-pointer by Hollins with 8:54 remaining.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Minnesota had a dominating 44-30 rebounding advantage and had 23 offensive boards. … The 77 points allowed were the most given up by Indiana since defeating the Golden Gophers 88-81 on Jan. 12. … Minnesota had huge edges in points in the paint (40-22) and second-chance points (21-8).
Top Game Performances
 
Indiana   Minnesota
Jordan Hulls 17 Scoring Trevor Mbakwe 21
Kevin Ferrell 5 Assists Austin Hollins 5
Cody Zeller 7 Rebounds Trevor Mbakwe 12
Kevin Ferrell 5 Free Throws Made Andre Hollins 6
Cody Zeller 3 Steals Joe Coleman 2
Will Sheehey 2 Blocks Rodney Williams 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Indiana 73 42.3 9-23 20-24 12 25 4 6 11
Minnesota 77 42.9 4-20 19-27 17 38 4 6 10