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University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office+ www.gophersports.com phone: 612.625.4090 + fax: 612.625.0359 Mi~ .Schedult./R.esults l>L-tRJ:>L-t6 3-j,.) AT MINN6.SOTA (j,.g-3, j,.-::2_) (ti--f, Nov.7 TlCIVI<. CoVI..cept (ex) .... W_J~6 Nov. 1.1. ')'1-<gllSLc!vU!V~-.setects (ex)W.J:1.-.55 Wtd~darJ,JR~AYrJ "1.7" • -p.~. (Ct.....tt-al) r NOV. 1.7 IA.NC-c;ree~~~-sboro ....... W &':1.-6:1. wW.i.a~ Artli\.&1 ("1..of,6:25) • M~IM'\.tA-poli.s, M~IMI\,. NoV.~ c;eorgLet# .................. w 77-r+ NOV. ::24-::u; ett HCIWCILL 'PetcLfLc TilurV~-etJ Nov. ::24 vs. HCIWCILL 'PetcLfLc .... W 'i/6-'75 TV: Live on Midwest Sports Channel (MSC- ESPN-Local)- Dick Bremer (play-by NOV. ::25 vs. TCIA. ............................. w~ play); Bob Ford (analyst) Nov. ::2./b vs. c;eorgetow111-........... L 76-60 Nov. ::2._3 @ FlorLcjet Stette "# .. W 76-7'1- RADIO: Live on WCCO-AM (830) - Ray Christensen (play-by-play) Dec. 4 MorrLs '&row~"# ......... W 6+5:3 Dec. 7 @ Metrquette# ..... w 6:1.~ (ot) INTERNET: Live on www.gophersports.com - Ra\· Christensen (play-by-play) Dec._;J '&eti-lu~ CooR.V~<.CIVI-# .W.J3-TO Dec. 1.::2 LouLSLCIIMI nei-l# ....... W 6.J-53 Dec. ::2::2 DCirtVI<.OLA.tV\# .............. W &':1.-6::2. THE SERIES VS. PURDUE: Purdue leads the all-time series 76-65 • Minnesota Dec. ;2g NebretSR./;I# ......... WT+-7<> (ot) owns a 43-26 edge in 79 games at Minneapolis • a total of 12 games between 1993-94 Dec. 30 CeV~-teiMirtJ# ............... W .J3~ and 1998-99 have been removed from Minnesota records - Purdue was 9-3 in those jCIIII-.3 @ tllLV\,/)LS# .................. L flD-6-f games • the series dates back to Jan. 25, 1904, with Minnesota winning the first seven jC1111-.Ib WLSCOVI-SLVI-# ·············. w ~ and nine of the first 10 meetings jCIIII-. 1.3 @ OV\Lo Stett~ ........... LTS-7"::2. jCIV~-.1.7 'PLA.rcjue# ........................ ] p.VI<.. LAST SEASON VS. PURDUE: The Boilermakers won both games last season, JCIV~-.::20 IV~-cjLCIIMI4f' .............. .. 1.1.:1.7 CI.VI<.. defeating the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis (7 4-69 -Jan. 19) before a convincing jCIV~-.::24 IOWCI# .............................7p.VI<.. win at West Lafayette (97-61 -Feb. 19) • poor free-throw shooting (7-for-22 as a jCIV~-.::2.7 @ 'PLA.rcjue# .................... -T p.VI<.. team) was Minnesota's downfall in the five-point loss at home, while 28 turnovers on jCIV~-.31. @ IOWCI# ......................... ] p.VI<.. the road was key in the loss at Purdue • guard Terrance Simmons scored 13 points in reb. 3 OV\Lo Stette# ...................7p.V1<.. both games, while Dusty Rychart averaged 13.5 in the two games (19 points in the Feb."" @ Norti-lwester~~~-fo ..... lb:30 p.VI<.. home game) reb. 1.0 MLcVILget"" stette# .. ....... ] p.V~<.. reb. 1.4 'Pe"""" stette# ..................7 p.IM.. FIRST OF THREE IN A ROW AT HOME: Wednesday's game at home against reb. 1.7 @ MLCV1Lget"'"'* ......... 1.1.:1.7 CI.IM.. the Boilermakers is the first of three straight at Williams Arena for the Golden reb. ::21. @ WLSCOVI-SLVI-# ...............:r p.IM.. Gophers. Minnesota will host Indiana (Saturday, 11:17 a.m.) and Iowa Qan. 24, 7 Feb. ::2g @ 1111-c:jLCIIMI# ...................7 p.IM.. MCir'CVl3 tllLV~-oL54f' ................... 3:30 p.IM.. p.m.) before playing three of its next four games on the road. Metrci-1 g'-1.1. '&Lg n"" TiluriMIIM.eV~-t.. ...... TBA IA.l"--Ltecj C-e111-ter. CV1Lcetgo, Ill. THE COACHES: Golden Gopher Head Coach Dan Monson is in his second sea son in Gold Country with a career record of 77-36 (.681), including a 25-19 (.568) AU. ga>S<.t t~~ are ~"'t:Yal a~ su~ect to cfla"0e mark in his first two seasons at the University of Minnesota. Monson guided TVKt;y Gonzaga to the 1999 NCAA Elite Eight and spent a total of 11 seasons at the school #-M~clwest sports Cfla"""-tL (6.S'PN Local/Rtgi:oV~.t~L) as an assistant, associate head and head coach before coming to Minnesota. Purdue '(o-~S'PN::2. Head Coach Gene Keady is in his 21st season with the Boilermakers and 23rd season .jj;-Cfla"""-tl 5 (6.S'PN Rtgi:oV~.t~L) as a head coach at the Division I level. He has a coaching record of 440-191 (.697) at "-'Big l't"-1ACC Cflallt"-0! Purdue and 478-210 (.695) overall. Keady is in his 36th season of coaching including his prep and junior college seasons at Beloit High School (seven seasons), Hutchison ON TH1S J.)AT6... J.C. (eight seasons) and Western Kentucky (two seasons). JR~YJ11.f; W1. Guard Arriel McDonald scored 10 THE STARTERS (2000-01 Avg. Pts, Rebs., Assts. in parenthesis)- subject to change points in the final 2:02 to lead the Purdue Boilermakers ..... Pas. .......... Mi1111esota Go/de11 Gophers Golden Gophers to a 59-56 win over Kenneth Lowe, SO, GJr\', Ind. (12.5, 3.\ 1.6) . .GIF. !--.IJCh.lel BJuer, SO, HJ;tings, Minn. (11.3, 4.8, 1.6) Rodnev Smith, JR, IndiJnJpoli>. Ind. (l6.C, 4.9, 0.8) F. John-Blm BickerstJi!, SR. Denver, Colo. (11.4, 6.4, .1.8) ' Purdue at Williams Arena. McDonald, John Allison, JR, New PJ)estine, Ind. (10.8, 5.5, 1.1) .CIF. Dum· R,·cfun, JR. GrJnd Rlpids. Mmn. (14.9, 7.3, 1.5) who had scored just two points to that !--.!JvnJrd Lewis, JR. Terre HJute, Ind. (9.8, 3.7, 1.2) G .. TcrrJncc Smunom. SR. r!Jughton, LJ. (12.7, 2.8, 3.9) point of the game, hit two jump shots Cu-son CunninghJm, SR. Ogden Dunes, Ind. (7.1, 1.9, 5.1)G. ShJnc Schill•ng. SO, MmnctonkJ, Minn. (8 9, 2.8, 1.5) and went 6-for-6 from the free throw STATISTICAL COMPARISONS line to lead Minnesota to its second Big Team Pts Opp. Margin Reb. Margin FG% Opp. FG% 3 Pt% FT% Ten win of the season. Forward Dana Purdue 79.5 64.9 +14.6 33.5 ·2.1 .481 .·+00 .345 .720 Jackson scored 10 points and pulled Minnesota 75.8 67.9 +7.9 36.5 +0.-1 .451 .408 .377 .702 down seven rebounds. ,------- MINNESOTA'S LAST GAME: The SEE Y A NEXT WEEKEND: Minnesota points a Golden Gopher had scored in a Golden Gophers lost to Ohio State on and Purdue will become very familiar half this season - junior forward Dum· Saturday, 75-72, in Columbus, Ohio. with each other during the next few Rychart scored 23 second-half points in Senior guard Terrance Simmons scored weeks. The Golden Gophers will travel Minnesota's win over Hawaii Pacific. 21 of his season-high 27 points in to West Lafayette, Ind. to battle the Minnesota's second-half comeback Boilermakers a mere 10 days after their CLOSE SETBACK: Minnesota almost attempt. The Golden Gophers trailed by meeting at Williams Arena Gan. 27). was able to stage its sixth win this season as much as 23 points with 15:15 remain when trailing with 5:00 remaining on ing and by 10 points with with 2:00 left. A TALE OF TWO HALVES: After a Saturday at Ohio State. The Golden slow stan Saturday, trailing 39-22 at half Gophers are now 5-1 this season in games PURDUE'S LAST GAME: The time, Minnesota mounted a second-half decided between 1-5 points. The Golden Boilermakers were defeated by Iowa, 83- charge with SO points - cutting a 23-point Gophers have won five games this season 73, on Saturday afternoon in West Buckeve lead with 15:15 remaining to (Georgia, TCU, Florida State, Marquette Lafayette, Ind. just one point (73-72) with 35 seconds and Nebraska) when trailing with 6:00 to left. The Golden Gophers forced 15 play. CURRENT PLAYERS VS. PURDUE Buckeye turnovers in the second half and Player (gms) Pts/Avg Reb/Avg held OSU without a field goal for the FIRST TIMERS: Minnesota became the Bickerstafl(1) 4/4.0 11111.0 final 5:00 of the game in nearly pulling first Big Ten team to reach 13 victories Burleson (2) 1718.5 512.5 off one of the greatest comebacks in overall with its win over Wisconsin on Rychart (4) 34/8.5 19/4.8 school historv. Jan. 6. The Golden Gophers were also Schilling (2) 1517.5 412.0 the first conference team to reach the 10, Simmons (4) 2616.5 1012.5 EASY MATH: All 21 of Minnesota's 11 and 12 win plateau. Michigan State Wildenborg (2) 4/2.0 311.5 free-throw attempts in the Ohio State became the first conference team to 13 Total 100/16.7 52/8.7 game Saturda:· came in the second half. wins with its overtime victory over The Buckeyes mempted 16 first-half free Wisconsin on Saturday. Notes: Bickerstaff missed last season's game thrmYs while the Golden Gophers did at Purdue due to injury (broken leg) • not hit the free-throw line until the 16:23 HIT EM WHEN THEY MATTER: Bickerstaff's season-high for rebounds last mark of the second half. Minnesota has made 10-of-12 (.833) free year (11) came in the game vs. Purdue at throws in "crunch time" during the last Williams A rena last season • Rychart was BIG HALF: Senior guard Terrance two games. During other portions of the Jlfor-18 (.611) from the field in the two Simmons scored 21 second-half points in last two games, the Golden Gophers have games agaznst the Boilermakers last season Minnesota's comeback attempt Saturday made just 15-of-29 (.517) from the line.