GOPHERSPORTS.com • Twitter & Instagram: @GopherMBB • Facebook.com/GopherMensBasketball GAME MINNESOTA (10-8, 4-4) at OHIO STATE (12-6, 2-5) Thursday, January 23 – 5:30 p.m. CT 19 Columbus, Ohio – Value City Arena (18,809) 2019-20 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Rank TV Time/Result TV: FS1 – Tim Brando (Play-by-Play); Jim Jackson (Analyst) Tip Time: 6:31 p.m. ET/5:31 p.m. CT 10/28/19 Southwest Minn. State (Exh.) BTN+ W, 73-48 MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 11/5/19 Cleveland State BTN+ W, 85-50 Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM – Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Head Coach: Spencer Tollackson (Analyst) Satellite Radio: SiriusXM 380 Richard Pitino (Providence, ‘05) Sanford Pentagon – Sioux Falls, S.D. Career Record: 139-114 (8th season) 11/9/19 vs. Oklahoma BTN L, 62-71 Record at Minnesota: 121-100 (7th season) 11/12/19 at Butler1 FS1 L, 56-64 SERIES INFORMATION STATISTICAL LEADERS Series: 141st Meeting (52-88)* Points: Daniel Oturu (20.2) 11/15/19 at Utah PAC 12 L, 69-73 Series (Away): 70th Meeting (16-53)* 11/21/19 Central Michigan BTN+ W, 82-57 Rebounds: Daniel Oturu (11.9) Current Streak: W-1 Assists: Marcus Carr (7.2) 11/24/19 North Dakota BTN W, 79-56 Richard Pitino vs. Ohio State: 3-7 Blocks: Daniel Oturu (2.8) 11/29/19 DePaul FS1 L, 68-73 Minnesota vs. Big Ten: 765-838* Steals: Gabe Kalscheur (1.3) 12/2/19 Clemson2 ESPN2 W, 78-60 Richard Pitino vs. Big Ten: 48-77 12/9/19 at Iowa* BTN L, 52-72 * - excludes vacated games 12/15/19 Ohio State* -/3 BTN W, 84-71 STARTING FIVE BOK Center – Tulsa, Okla. • The Minnesota men’s basketball team continues its road swing on OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 12/21/19 vs. Oklahoma State ESPN2 W, 86-66 Thursday, traveling to Ohio State for the first repeat opponent of the 2019- Head Coach: 20 conference season. The Gophers knocked off then-No. 3 OSU, 84-71, in Chris Holtmann (Taylor, ‘94) 12/28/19 FIU BTN W, 89-62 Minneapolis on Dec. 15. Career Record: 171-115 (9th season) 1/2/20 at Purdue* BTN L, 78-83 (2OT) • Marcus Carr completed a historic feat on Jan. 12 against Michigan, Record at OSU: 57-30 (3rd season) 1/5/20 Northwestern* BTN W, 77-68 becoming the first Gopher player with 20+ points and 12+ assists while 1/9/20 at Michigan State* -/8 ESPN2 L, 58-74 finishing with zero turnovers. His 21-point, 12-point outing was the STATISTICAL LEADERS 1/12/20 Michigan* -/19 BTN W, 75-67 sophomore’s first career double-double and tied his career high in assists. Points: Kaleb Wesson (14.7) 1/15/20 Penn State* BTN W, 75-69 • Sophomore center Daniel Oturu, who earned his second Big Ten Player of Rebounds: Kaleb Wesson (9.3) 1/19/20 at Rutgers* BTN L, 56-64 the Week award on Jan. 13, continues to put up eye-popping numbers as Assists: CJ Walker (3.1) 1/23/20 at Ohio State* FS1 5:30 p.m. the season rolls on. The Woodbury native now has 11 double-doubles on Blocks: Kaleb Wesson (1.2) Steals: CJ Walker (1.4) 1/26/20 Michigan State* -/9 FOX 2 p.m. the season after contributing 26 points and 14 rebounds in the win over 1/30/20 at Illinois* FS1 6:30 p.m. Penn State. Against Michigan, Oturu scored a new career high of 30 points 2/5/20 Wisconsin* BTN 8 p.m. while adding seven rebounds and a steal. • Minnesota has been tested early and often, playing one of the nation’s toughest schedules in both conference and 2/8/20 at Penn State* BTN 3 p.m. non-conference play. Through the games of Jan. 21, the Gophers’ schedule ranks as the fourth toughest in NCAA 2/16/20 Iowa* FS1 12 p.m. Division I according to KenPom.com. 2/19/20 Indiana* BTN 8 p.m. • The Gophers rank highly among the nation’s college basketball teams in several categories. As of Jan. 22, 2/23/20 at Northwestern* BTN 2 p.m. Minnesota is 24th in blocked shots per game (B1G: 3rd), and 38th in assists per game (B1G: 4th). Daniel Oturu is 2/26/20 Maryland* BTN 8 p.m. sixth in rebounds per game (B1G: 1st), 18th in the country in blocks (B1G: 2nd), and 22nd in field goal percentage 3/1/20 at Wisconsin* BTN 5:30 p.m. (B1G: 2nd). Oturu’s 11 double-doubles rank sixth in the country and first in the Big Ten. Marcus Carr is 10th in the 3/4/20 at Indiana* BTN 6 p.m. country in assists per game (B1G: 2nd) and leads the Big Ten in minutes per game (NCAA: 21st). Oturu is also the 3/8/20 Nebraska* BTN 12 p.m. Big Ten’s second leading scorer, trailing Iowa’s Luka Garza (22.9 ppg). Gabe Kalscheur leads the Big Ten in total 3-pointers made and treys per game. Bankers Life Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Ind. 3/11/19- Big Ten Tournament BTN/CBS TBD MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION (STARTERS BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 3/15/19 PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER G 0 Payton Willis 9.6 3.3 2.2 29.3 .386 0.7 spg 1 - Gavitt Tipoff Games 2 - ACC/Big Ten Challenge *- conference game G 5 Marcus Carr 16.1 5.2 7.2 36.8 .377 0.9 spg all times central • schedule subject to change G 22 Gabe Kalscheur 11.8 2.8 1.3 33.6 .385 1.3 spg F 30 Alihan Demir 7.8 4.9 1.5 26.9 .418 0.7 spg C 25 Daniel Oturu 20.2 11.9 1.2 33.7 .606 2.8 bpg MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER Dan Reisig, Associate Director G 1 Tre’ Williams 3.5 2.4 1.1 17.6 .278 0.5 spg [email protected] G 3 Bryan Greenlee 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.9 .250 0.2 spg 612.625.4389 [o] • 612.419.6142 [c] G 10 Brady Rudrud 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 .000 — G 13 Hunt Conroy — — — — — — Bierman Athletic Center, Room 225 F 21 Jarvis Omersa 2.5 3.2 0.7 13.7 .487 0.8 bpg Minneapolis, MN 55455 C 32 Sam Freeman 1.0 2.0 0.0 4.0 .000 0.3 spg F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 1.8 0.9 0.4 6.7 .417 0.2 bpg F 42 Michael Hurt 1.8 1.2 0.6 11.2 .524 0.2 bpg GOPHERS VS. OHIO STATE FACTS GOPHERS VS. OHIO STATE (ALL-TIME) Overall: 52-88 LAST GOPHER WIN Dec. 15, 2019 (Minnesota 84, OSU 71) Home: 36-32 • Away: 16-53 • Neutral: 0-3 LAST OSU WIN Dec. 2, 2018 (OSU 79, Minnesota 59) 1904 1/27 A W 31-18 1978 2/23 A L 87-94 (OT) 1905 2/20 A W 27-25 1979 1/18 A L 80-83 COACHES 1917 2/3 H W 25-24 1979 2/15 H L 68-74 1917 2/12 A W 19-10 1980 1/17 A L 70-75 (OT) RICHARD PITINO VS. OSU 3-7 1924 1/28 A L 29-33 1980 2/14 H W 74-70 CHRIS HOLTMANN VS. MINNESOTA 2-1 1924 3/1 H W 41-38 1981 1/22 H L 63-76 1925 2/2 H L 20-32 1981 2/19 A W 82-76 STREAKS 1925 2/14 A L 20-26 1982 1/7 A L 47-49 1927 1/22 A L 20-32 1982 3/6 H W 87-75 CURRENT STREAK Minnesota, W-1 1927 1/29 H L 31-33 1983 2/2 A W 89-80 (2OT) 1983 2/12 H L 69-74 WINS OVERALL 6 (Feb. 8, 1975-Jan. 14, 1978) 1928 2/4 H L 40-42 (2OT) 1928 2/25 A L 37-46 1984 2/4 H W 83-61 LOSSES OVERALL 11 (Jan. 18, 1958-Jan. 11, 1964) 1930 1/25 A L 19-30 1984 2/9 A L 62-73 HOME WINS 6 (Jan. 8, 1951-March 4, 1957) 1930 2/1/30 H W 29-26 1985 1/31 A L 62-76 HOME LOSSES 5 (March 1, 1958-March 4, 1963) 1931 2/21 A W 22-21 1985 3/2 H L 77-78 AWAY WINS 3 (Jan. 27, 1904-Feb. 12, 1917) 1931 3/9 H W 31-24 1986 1/30 H W 70-65 AWAY LOSSES 12 (Jan. 21, 1952-March 5, 1966) 1933 1/14 A L 28-43 1986 3/2 A L 55-68 1933 2/4 H L 23-24 1987 1/21 H L 78-93 MISC. 1934 1/20 H L 24-28 1987 2/21 A L 73-88 1934 2/3 A W 41-39 1988 1/23 H L 76-85 1936 2/1 A W 42-21 1988 3/2 A L 74-77 MOST GOPHERS’ POINTS - WIN 97 (Minnesota 97, OSU 77 - Jan. 23, 1965) 1936 2/8 H L 28-44 1989 2/1 H W 76-73 FEWEST GOPHERS’ POINTS - WIN 19 (Minnesota 19, OSU 10 - Feb. 12, 1917) 1937 1/16 A L 22-23 1989 3/11 A W 78-70 MOST GOPHERS’ POINTS - LOSS 98 (OSU 102, Minnesota 98 - Feb.