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SERIES INFORMATION GAME 177th Meeting (80-96 all-time record) MINNESOTA (11-5, 4-5 B1G) at At Purdue: 25-63 // Current Streak: L-1 Richard Pitino vs. Purdue: 5-6 PURDUE (11-6, 6-4 B1G) Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 778-858* Head Coach: Saturday, January 30 Pitino vs. Big Ten regular season games: 52-87 Richard Pitino (Providence, 2005) 6:37 p.m. CT Pitino vs. Big Ten (includes postseason games): 58-94 Career Record: 156-127 (9th) * - excludes vacated games 17 West Lafayette, Ind. (Mackey Arena) Record at Minnesota: 138-113 (8th) 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS STARTING FIVE Points: Marcus Carr (20.9) BROADCAST INFORMATION 1. Minnesota heads to Purdue for its fifth road game of the season Rebounds: Liam Robbins (6.9) and first against a non-ranked opponent (Purdue is receiving votes Assists: Marcus Carr (5.2) TV: BTN – Dave Revsine (Play-by-Play); Len Elmore (Analyst) in both the AP and Coaches polls). Minnesota previously played road Blocks: Liam Robbins (2.6) Tip Time: 6:37 p.m. CT games at No. 13 Illinois, No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 10 Michigan and No. Steals: Marcus Carr (1.1) Radio: Learfield IMG College/KTLK 5 Iowa. The four-game road streak against ranked foes was the Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play), Spencer Tollackson (Analyst), Dan Rowbotham longest for the Gophers since the 1992-93 season when they played (Engineer) at No. 2 Indiana, No. 25 Michigan State, No. 18 Purdue and No. 5 Michigan. The Gophers ended that streak with a win at unranked Northwestern. 2020-21 SCHEDULE Head Coach: DATE OPPONENT MN RK/OPP TV TIME/RESULT 2. Saturday’s game will be Minnesota’s fourth game in a 21 days. The Gophers played at Iowa on Jan. 10 before hosting Michigan on Matt Painter (Purdue, 1994) 11/25 GREEN BAY BTN + W, 99-69 373-185 (17th) Jan. 16 and Maryland on Jan. 23. Minnesota’s game at Nebraska on Career Record: 11/28 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 88-73 Record at Purdue: 348-180 (16th) Jan. 20 was postponed. This is a change to the start of the season 11/30 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BTN W, 67-64 2020-21 STATISTICAL LEADERS 12/4 NORTH DAKOTA BTN W, 76-67 when Minnesota had stretches of six games in 16 days and six Points: Trevion Williams (15.3) 12/8 BOSTON COLLEGE + ESPNU W, 85-80 (OT) games in 18 days. Minnesota next plays at Rutgers on Feb. 4. The Rebounds: Trevion Williams (9.6) 12/10 KANSAS CITY FS1 W, 90-61 last time Minnesota played only six games in January was 1972-73 Assists: Eric Hunter (3.2) 12/15 at Illinois * -/13 ESPN2 L, 65-92 when Bill Musselman’s Gophers went 4-2 in the month with wins Blocks: Zach Edey (1.05) 12/20 SAINT LOUIS -/RV FS1 W, 90-82 against Wisconsin (2x), Marquette and Michigan State. The two Steals: Eric Hunter (1.07) 12/25 IOWA * -/4 BTN W, 102-95 (OT) defeats came on the road at Iowa and Indiana. Minnesota played 12/28 MICHIGAN STATE * 21/17 BTN W, 81-56 10 January games in 2003-04. 12/31 at Wisconsin * 21/6 BTN L, 59-71 3. The Gophers are ranked No. 21 in the most recent AP Poll, which was released on Monday. Minnesota has 1/3 OHIO STATE * 21/25 BTN W, 77-60 now been ranked for five straight weeks, which is tied for the 11th longest streak in school history. Minnesota 1/6 at Michigan * 16/10 BTN L, 57-82 entered the AP Top 25 for the first time since Dec. 4, 2017, when it was ranked No. 21 on Dec. 28, 2020. 1/10 at Iowa * 16/5 BTN L, 71-86 Minnesota has appeared 11 times in the AP Top 25 under head coach Richard Pitino, with five coming this 1/16 MICHIGAN * 23/7 ESPN2 W, 75-57 season. 1/20 at Nebraska * Postponed 4. This will be the 177th all-time meeting between Minnesota and Purdue. The Boilermakers lead the all-time 1/23 MARYLAND * 17/- BTN L, 49-63 series 96-80, but the Gophers have won two of the last three meetings. Minnesota’s last trip to Mackey Arena, 1/30 at Purdue * 21/RV BTN 6:30 p.m. 2/4 at Rutgers * FS1 8 p.m. where it is 25-63 all-time, was an 83-78 loss in double overtime on Jan. 2, 2020. In that game, Marcus Carr 2/8 NEBRASKA * BTN TBA had 27 points, seven rebounds, four assists, one steal and a block in 48 minutes of play. 2/11 PURDUE * FS1 6:00 p.m. 5. Minnesota has played eight ranked opponents this season (first eight games in Big Ten play) and was 4-4 in 2/14 at Maryland * BTN TBA those games. The Gophers played only eight ranked opponents last season after facing 11 (a high in the Pinto 2/17 at Indiana * BTN TBA era) in 2018-19. Minnesota faced six ranked opponents in 2017-18, five in 2016-17, six in 2015-16, six in 2014-15, 2/20 ILLINOIS * FS1 TBA and nine in 2013-14 (Pitino’s first season at Minnesota). 2/27 NORTHWESTERN * BTN TBA 3/3 at Penn State * BTN TBA 3/6 RUTGERS * FS1 TBA MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION (2020-21 STATS) PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE + - ACC/Big Ten Challenge *- conference game C 0 Liam Robbins 13.3 6.9 0.8 25.2 .469 2.6 blocks per game all times Central • schedule subject to change G 5 Marcus Carr 20.9 4.1 5.2 35.8 .424 Seven 20-plus games G 11 Both Gach 9.6 5.1 2.6 28.0 .424 13 pts vs Iowa G 22 Gabe Kalscheur 9.3 2.7 1.8 30.5 .308 13 pts vs. Ohio State F 23 Brandon Johnson 8.0 6.3 0.5 23.1 .476 12 points in OT vs Iowa RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% NOTE G 1 Tre’ Williams 3.1 1.7 0.9 11.1 .386 — MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS F 2 Martice Mitchell 1.5 0.2 — 3.1 .500 — PAUL ROVNAK G 4 Jamal Mashburn, Jr. 5.1 1.1 1.5 15.9 .338 10 pts vs Ohio State [email protected] • 651-592-5741 [c] G 13 Hunt Conroy 0.0 0.3 — 1.4 .000 — F 24 Eric Curry 3.6 2.1 0.8 12.7 .478 sat out last year to injury Bierman Athletic Center, Room 225 C 32 Sam Freeman 1.3 1.0 — 4.1 .600 — Minneapolis, MN 55455 F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 2.4 3.7 0.6 15.2 .277 first double-double vs SLU MINNESOTA BASKETBALL BOUNCING BACK • Minnesota’s 11-0 start this season at Williams Are- MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Minnesota scored a season-low 49 points in its na was its best since 2016-17 when it was also 11-0 Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) most recent game, a 63-49 loss to Maryland. It was at home. Michigan State handed Minnesota its first for Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports. the tenth time - in 251 games - under Coach Pitino home loss that season in the twelfth game at Wil- com/media. All credentials for the 2020-21 season will be issued on a that the Gophers scored less than 50 points in a liams Arena, defeating the Gophers 75-74 in over- single-game format. No season-long passes will be granted. Requests game. The last instance was a 76-49 loss to No. 3 time. Minnesota would finish the 2016-17 campaign for credentials should be made as early as possible due to limited pres Michigan in the semifinals of the 2019 Big Ten Tour- with a 17-3 mark at home. This year, the Gophers are seating at Williams Arena. Please contact the Athletic Communications scheduled to play only 17 homes games. nament. The last time it happened in the regular sea- office for more information regarding credentials. Credentials can be son was a 67-49 loss to No. 22 Ohio State in 2018 at picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the Williams Madison Square Garden. Under Pitino, the Gophers • Minnesota won its first four Big Ten home games Arena media will call gate at the Oak Street Entrance. are 5-4 in games following a less than 50-point per- this year, as it beat No. 4 Iowa, No. 17 Michigan formance and average 70.55 points in those games. State, No. 25 Ohio State and No. 7 Michigan. The 4-0 conference start at home tied the team’s best mark PHOTO AND FILM CREDENTIALS Only approved photographers will be permitted into Tier 3 photography RANKED CONVERSATION under Coach Pitino, which it also accomplished last • Minnesota beat St. Louis when it was unranked, season (beat No. 3 Ohio State, Northwestern, No. 19 areas, which start in Row 5 and are in sections 112-114 and 118-120. but receiving votes, meaning that Minnesota faced Michigan and Penn State). Please adhere to the physical distancing in those sections. a ranked team or a receiving votes team in nine- straight games (Gophers went 5-4). That streak start- • Dating back to last season, Minnesota had won 12 MEDIA PASS GATE ed on Dec. 15, 2020 at No. 13 Illinois and ran through straight home games before falling to Maryland on The media pass gate is located at Oak Street Entrance.