![]() DePaul promptly clogged the lane with an aggressive no-middle strategy and was content to give up wide-open shots to certain Gophers. Sub-optimal!Ī fair question from the first half was why were the Gophers so putrid at shooting? One reason is that the most common lineup of the half had Minnesota playing functionally four-on-five on the offensive end. The Blue Demons also had as many offensive rebounds as Minnesota had defensive rebounds in the first half. DePaul regularly pulled away Minnesota’s rim protection on defense and then exploited a significant mismatch at the small forward position to come away with eight easy points. 3-30! In a real game! Dawson Garcia had two shots that were air-balled with such intensity that I was worried he broke his hand and did not tell anyone. Every other member of the Gophers combined to shoot 3-30 in the first half. Pharrel Payne was fantastic, going 5-5 from the field and adding two rebounds and an assist (three turnovers are not great, but you take what you get). If the Blue Demons could make threes, they would have easily doubled that number. Minnesota entered the locker room down 12 points. Not literally like the villain in Casino Royale, but a figurative wave like the elevator scene in the Shining. The first half of basketball made my eyes bleed. Dawson Garcia led all scorers with 19 points. Minnesota lost 69-53 to DePaul at Williams Arena.
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