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SERIES INFORMATION GAME 144th Meeting (54-89 all-time record) MINNESOTA (14-14 6-14 B1G) vs Home: 37-32 // Road: 17-54 // Neutral: 0-3 // Streak: W-3 Richard Pitino vs. Ohio State: 5-7 OHIO STATE (18-8, 12-8 B1G) Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 780-867* Head Coach: Thursday, March 11 Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 54-96 Richard Pitino (Providence, 2005) 1:00 p.m. CT Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 61-103 Career Record: 159-135 (9th) 29 * - excludes vacated games Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium) Record at Minnesota: 141-121 (8th) 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS STARTING FIVE Points: Marcus Carr (19.3) 1. Minnesota will play No. 5 seed Ohio State in the second round of Rebounds: Liam Robbins (6.6) BROADCAST INFORMATION the Big Ten Tournament. Minnesota, which is seeded No. 13, beat Assists: Marcus Carr (4.8) TV: BTN – Kevin Kugler (PXP); Stephen Bardo (Analyst); Andy Katz (Reporter) No. 12-seed Northwestern 51-26 in the first round to move on and Blocks: Liam Robbins (2.6) Tip Time: 1:00 p.m. CT face the Buckeyes. The win was Minnesota’s first in the conference Steals: Marcus Carr (1.2) Radio: Learfield IMG College/KTLK tournament as the No. 13 seed (was previously 0-1, losing to Illinois Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play), Spencer Tollackson (Analyst), in 2016). The Gophers and Buckeyes met once this season, with Dan Rowbotham (Engineer) Minnesota winning the home game 77-60. Liam Robbins, who has missed the last five games with an injury, scored 27 points and snagged 14 rebounds in the win. Robbins led five players in double Chris Holtmann (Taylor, ‘94) 2020-21 SCHEDULE figures, as Marcus Carr (15 points), Gabe Kalscheur (13 points), Both Head Coach: Career Record: 198-127 (10th Season) DATE OPPONENT MN RK/OPP TV TIME/RESULT Gach (10 points) and Jamal Mashburn Jr. (10 points) all filled up the Record at Ohio State: 84-42 (4th) 11/25 GREEN BAY BTN + W, 99-69 box score. Minnesota has won three straight against Ohio State. 11/28 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 88-73 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2. This will be the third meeting between Minnesota and Ohio State Points: E.J. Liddell (16.0) 11/30 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 67-64 in the Big Ten Tournament. The Gophers are 0-2 in the conference Rebounds: E.J. Liddell (6.5) 12/4 NORTH DAKOTA BTN W, 76-67 tournament, falling 90-61 to the No. 1 seed Buckeyes in 2010 and Assists: CJ Walker (4.1) 12/8 BOSTON COLLEGE + ESPNU W, 85-80 (OT) 79-73 to the No. 6 seed Buckeyes in 2015. The winner of Thursday’s Blocks: E.J. Liddell (1.0) 12/10 KANSAS CITY FS1 W, 90-61 Steals: Justice Sueing (1.0) 12/15 at Illinois * -/13 ESPN2 L, 65-92 game will face No. 4 seed Purdue on Friday. 12/20 SAINT LOUIS -/RV FS1 W, 90-82 3. The Gophers earned their 100th win all-time against Northwestern 12/25 IOWA * -/4 BTN W, 102-95 (OT) yesterday when they beat the Wildcats 51-46. The 46 points against 12/28 MICHIGAN STATE * 21/17 BTN W, 81-56 are the second fewest that Minnesota has allowed in a Big Ten Tournament game and the fewest since 12/31 at Wisconsin * 21/6 BTN L, 59-71 Minnesota beat Purdue 69-42 in 2010. The 97 combined points by Minnesota and Northwestern were the 1/3 OHIO STATE * 21/25 BTN W, 77-60 fewest amount in a Gopher game since the 2008-09 season when it happened twice. Minnesota beat Illinois 1/6 at Michigan * 16/10 BTN L, 57-82 59-36 for 95 total points and lost to the Illini 52-41 for 93 total points that same season. 1/10 at Iowa * 16/5 BTN L, 71-86 4. Minnesota has used six different starting lineups this year and nine different players have started. Many of 1/16 MICHIGAN * 23/7 ESPN2 W, 75-57 these changes were because of injuries, as Liam Robbins (second leading scorer, leading rebounder and shot 1/20 at Nebraska * Postponed blocker has missed the last five games), Gabe Kalscheur (third leading scorer and best defensive player has 1/23 MARYLAND * 17/- BTN L, 49-63 missed the last seven games) and Brandon Johnson (fourth leading scorer, has missed one game and played 1/30 at Purdue * 21/RV BTN L, 62-81 only 8:57 at Penn State) have all missed time this season. The only Gopher to start all 28 games is Marcus Carr. 2/4 at Rutgers * RV/RV FS1 L, 72-76 5. Marcus Carr scored a career-high 41 points at Nebraska to become the fifth Gopher to score at least 40 2/8 NEBRASKA * RV/- BTN W, 79-61 points in a game (second since 1972). His 41 points is tied for third all-time with Andre Hollins, who had 41 2/11 PURDUE * RV/24 ESPN2 W, 71-68 points versus Memphis (11/23/12). The school record of 42 points is held by Eric Magdanz at Michigan (3/5/62) 2/14 at Maryland * RV/- FS1 L, 59-72 and Oliver Shannon versus Wisconsin (3/6/71). Carr (20 points in the first half, 21 in the second) is the second 2/17 at Indiana * BTN L, 72-82 Gopher ever to score at least 40 on the road (Magdanz). Carr made 11 FGs, six 3s (took school record 15) and 2/20 ILLINOIS * -/5 FOX L, 63-94 was 13-of-16 at the line. Carr has scored in double-figures 49 times in his career, including 25 games this 2/25 NORTHWESTERN * BTN L, 59-67 season. Carr has 11 games with 20-plus points this year, four with 30 or more and one 40-point game. 2/27 at Nebraska * BTN L, 74-78 3/3 at Penn State * BTN L, 65-84 MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION (2020-21 STATS) 3/6 RUTGERS * FOX L, 70-77 (OT) MOST RECENT STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE 3/10 vs. Northwestern (BTT) BTN W, 51-46 G 1 Tre’ Williams 5.6 2.3 1.0 18.2 .406 Started last 12 games 3/11 vs. Ohio State (BTT) -/9 BTN 1:00 p.m. G 4 Jamal Mashburn, Jr. 7.8 1.8 1.8 21.7 .348 Started last 7 games ACC/Big Ten Challenge // * conference game // all times Central G 5 Marcus Carr 19.3 3.9 4.8 35.7 .390 Eleven 20-plus games F 23 Brandon Johnson 8.9 6.2 0.7 25.9 .460 19 points vs. Rutgers F 24 Eric Curry 3.8 3.1 0.7 16.0 .452 Started last 5 games RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE C 0 Liam Robbins (injured) 11.7 6.6 1.0 24.6 .441 Three double-doubles F 2 Martice Mitchell 1.3 0.3 — 3.2 .500 — G 11 Both Gach 6.7 3.7 1.9 22.7 .391 13 pts vs Iowa G 13 Hunt Conroy 0.0 0.3 — 1.4 .000 — G 22 Gabe Kalscheur (injured) 9.2 2.9 1.7 30.8 .316 16 pts 8 rbs vs Purdue C 32 Sam Freeman 1.0 1.2 0.1 6.4 .500 Played in 17 games F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 2.8 3.5 0.4 13.8 .316 Two double-doubles MINNESOTA BASKETBALL GOPHERS & SOCIAL JUSTICE CLUB 500 MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Minnesota wears a ‘Love Us’ BLM patch on its uni- • Marcus Carr has scored 539 points this year in Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) forms and will wear a ‘Unity’ warm up shirt. In addi- 28 games, which already bests his 478 points last for Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports. tion, Lift Every Voice and Sing is played prior to the season in 31 games. It’s the fifth straight season com/media. All credentials for the 2020-21 season will be issued on a National Anthem at home games. that Minnesota has had a 500-point scorer (2019- single-game format. No season-long passes will be granted. Requests 20 Daniel Oturu, 623; 2018-19 Amir Coffey, 599 and for credentials should be made as early as possible due to limited pres KALSCHEUR OUT Jordan Murphy, 520; 2017-18 Murphy, 538 and Nate seating at Williams Arena. Please contact the Athletic Communications • Gabe Kalscheur broke a finger in his right hand Mason, 517; 2016-17 Mason, 518). office for more information regarding credentials. Credentials can be (shooting hand) when the team was practicing at picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the Williams Maryland on Feb. 16. Kalscheur, who started the first 1K Arena media will call gate at the Oak Street Entrance. 88 games of his career, has missed the last seven • Marcus Carr scored 22 points at Penn State, which games and is out indefinitely. The junior is Minne- gave him exactly 1,000 for his Gopher career. Carr PHOTO AND FILM CREDENTIALS sota’s best defender and team’s third leading scorer now has 539 points this season after totaling 478 Only approved photographers will be permitted into Tier 3 photography (9.2 points per game). He ranks sixth in school histo- last year meaning he has 1,017 as a Gopher. He spent ry in made threes (180) and attempted threes (521).