GOPHERSPORTS.com • Twitter & Instagram: @GopherMBB • Facebook.com/GopherMensBasketball GAME MINNESOTA (3-4) vs. CLEMSON (5-2) Monday, December 2 – 8 p.m. CT 8 Minneapolis, Minn. – Williams Arena (14,625) 2019-20 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Rank TV Time/Result TV: ESPN2 – Mike Couzens (Play-by-Play); Fran Fraschilla (Analyst) Radio: Learfield/KFAN 100.3 FM – Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer 10/28/19 Southwest Minn. State (Exh.) BTN+ W, 73-48 MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 11/5/19 Cleveland State BTN+ W, 85-50 Tollackson (Analyst) Satellite Radio: XM 372/SiriusXM 372 Head Coach: Richard Pitino (Providence, ‘05) Sanford Pentagon – Sioux Falls, S.D. Career Record: 133-110 (8th season) 11/9/19 vs. Oklahoma BTN L, 62-71 Record at Minnesota: 115-96 (7th season) SERIES INFORMATION Series: Fourth Meeting (2-1)*; last - UM 89, CU 83; 11/30/15 11/12/19 at Butler1 FS1 L, 56-64 STATISTICAL LEADERS Series (Home): Fourth Meeting (2-1)* Points: Daniel Oturu (17.0) 11/15/19 at Utah PAC 12 L, 69-73 Current Streak: W-1 11/21/19 Central Michigan BTN+ W, 82-57 Rebounds: Daniel Oturu (11.8) Richard Pitino vs. Clemson: 1-0 Assists: Marcus Carr (6.3) 11/24/19 North Dakota BTN W, 79-56 Minnesota vs. ACC: 35-42* Blocks: Daniel Oturu (3.3) 11/29/19 DePaul FS1 L, 68-73 Richard Pitino vs. ACC: 5-5 Steals: Gabe Kalscheur (1.3) 12/2/19 Clemson2 ESPN2 8 p.m. * - excludes vacated games 12/9/19 at Iowa* BTN 7 p.m. 12/15/19 Ohio State* BTN 5:30 p.m. STARTING FIVE • The Gophers take part in the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge presented BOK Center – Tulsa, Okla. by Continental Tire, hosting Clemson for their third meeting in the event CLEMSON TIGERS 12/21/19 vs. Oklahoma State ESPN2 4:30 p.m. and the second time in the last five years. Head Coach: • Monday’s game concludes Minnesota’s longest homestand of the Brad Brownell (DePauw, ‘91) 12/28/19 FIU BTN 1/3 p.m. season. Following the stretch which concludes with the Big Ten/ACC Career Record: 341-214 (18th season) 1/2/20 at Purdue* BTN 6 p.m. Challenge game against Clemson on Dec. 2, Minnesota will have back-to- Record at Clemson: 174-129 (10th season) 1/5/20 Northwestern* BTN 6:30 p.m. back home games just twice more during the regular season. The Gophers 1/9/20 at Michigan State* ESPN/2 8 p.m. have just one more nonconference home game remaining after Monday, STATISTICAL LEADERS 1/12/20 Michigan* BTN 12 p.m. coming on Dec. 28 against FIU. Points: Tevin Mack (15.4) 1/15/20 Penn State* BTN 8 p.m. • Already twice this year, the Gophers have taken aim at the record Rebounds: Aamir Simms (8.9) 1/19/20 at Rutgers* BTN 12 p.m. books with hot shooting from beyond the 3-point arc. Against Central Assists: Al-Amir Dawes (3.4) 1/23/20 at Ohio State* FS1 5:30 p.m. Michigan, Minnesota drained 14 treys, which ties for the second-most in Blocks: Aamir Simms (0.7) Steals: Tevin Mack (1.6) 1/26/20 Michigan State* FOX 2 p.m. school history (last: 12/13/02 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson). Minnesota sank 13 1/30/20 at Illinois* FS1 6:30 p.m. 3-pointers in the season opener vs. Cleveland State. 2/5/20 Wisconsin* BTN 8 p.m. • Sophomore Jarvis Omersa had his best game of his career to date on Sunday against the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota. The Orono, Minn., native recorded career-highs with 11 points, 2/8/20 at Penn State* BTN 3 p.m. a game-high nine rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes. Omersa made 5-of-9 field goals and also came up with 2/16/20 Iowa* FS1 12 p.m. a pair of steals in the Gophers’ victory. 2/19/20 Indiana* BTN 8 p.m. • The Gophers already rank highly among the nation’s college basketball teams in several categories. As of Dec. 1, 2/23/20 at Northwestern* BTN 2 p.m. Minnesota is 25th in 3-pointers made per game (B1G: 2nd), and 25th in blocked shots per game (B1G: 3rd). Daniel 2/26/20 Maryland* BTN 8 p.m. Oturu is 13th in double doubles (B1G: 2nd) and ninth in the country in blocks (B1G: 2nd) while eighth in rebounds 3/1/20 at Wisconsin* BTN 5:30 p.m. per game (B1G: 2nd) and 45th in field goal percentage (B1G: 2nd). Marcus Carr is 23rd in the country in assists per 3/4/20 at Indiana* BTN 6 p.m. game (B1G: 2nd). Payton Willis leads the Big Ten and ranks 36th in the nation in 3-pointers made per game. 3/8/20 Nebraska* BTN 12 p.m. (STARTERS BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) Bankers Life Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Ind. MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION 3/11/19- Big Ten Tournament BTN/CBS TBD PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER 3/15/19 G 0 Payton Willis 12.9 3.1 2.1 32.1 .427 1.1 spg G 5 Marcus Carr 13.0 5.9 6.3 34.4 .356 1.0 spg G 22 Gabe Kalscheur 11.7 2.1 2.0 32.1 .372 1.3 spg 1 - Gavitt Tipoff Games 2 - ACC/Big Ten Challenge *- conference game F 30 Alihan Demir 7.7 3.7 1.0 24.1 .404 0.7 spg all times central • schedule subject to change C 25 Daniel Oturu 17.0 11.9 1.3 31.4 .597 3.3 bpg RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 1 Tre’ Williams 3.3 1.9 1.1 13.7 .292 0.6 spg Dan Reisig, Associate Director G 3 Bryan Greenlee 0.0 0.7 0.2 2.8 .000 0.1 spg G 10 Brady Rudrud — — — — — — [email protected] G 13 Hunt Conroy — — — — — — 612.625.4389 [o] • 612.419.6142 [c] F 21 Jarvis Omersa 3.6 3.3 0.9 12.3 .600 0.6 bpg Bierman Athletic Center, Room 225 C 32 Sam Freeman 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.0 .000 0.5 spg F 35 Isaiah Ihnen 2.0 1.7 1.3 13.3 .286 0.3 bpg/spg Minneapolis, MN 55455 F 42 Michael Hurt 1.6 1.6 0.9 10.7 .500 0.4 bpg SCOUTING THE TIGERS least productive teams behind the arc) sank double-digit treys Christian Academy) suffered a season-ending knee injury in • Clemson is 5-2 on the season, including a 0-1 mark in just four times including a season-high of 12 in a win over practice in early October. conference play after dropping their ACC opener to Virginia Tech, Indiana on Feb. 16. • “We are obviously disappointed in Eric’s recent setback,” Pitino 67-60. A loss to Colorado in Las Vegas last Tuesday ended a said at the time. “He has worked so hard and stayed positive five-game winning streak. FIFTH-ANNUAL COACHES VS. CANCER TIPOFF DINNER throughout this whole process. He is still a valuable member • Monday’s game is Clemson’s first true road test of the year, • Before the season tipped off, the Gophers and head coach and leader on this team. I can’t wait to get him back, better opening with five home games before a pair in Sin City. Richard Pitino continued their annual tradition of raising money than ever next year.” • Tevin Mack has scored in double figures every game this for the fight against Cancer. • Curry will underwent successful surgery in late October to season and leads the team averaging 15.4 points per contest, • On Sunday night at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, more repair the torn ACL and will miss the 2019-20 season. one of four double-digit scorers for the Tigers. than $117,000 was grossed in the fifth annual Coaches vs. Cancer Tipoff Dinner. SUPPORT STAFF CHANGES GOPHERS VS. THE ACC • All proceeds from the event benefit the Richard M. Schulze • Head coach Richard Pitino announced in early November the • The Gophers have amassed a record of 35-42 against the Family American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Minneapolis, addition of Patrick Reilingh to the newly created position of current membership of the Atlantic Coast Conference, excluding which provides accomodations and support to families and recruiting coordinator, along with the promotion of Josh Adel to vacated games. patients during their time fighting the disease. video coordinator. • Series records vs. ACC teams are as follows: 0-1 vs. Boston • To read more about the event, visit z.umn.edu/mbb110419a. • Reilingh, a 2014 graduate of Louisville, joins the Gophers after College; 2-1 vs. Clemson, 1-2 vs. Duke, 6-5 vs. Florida State, spending time at his alma mater and most recently one season 2-1 vs. Georgia Tech, 4-2 vs. Louisville, 1-2 vs. Miami, 2-2 vs. DRESS REHEARSALS as the video coordinator at La Salle. UNC, 0-2 vs. N.C. State, 8-14 vs. Notre Dame, 1-2 vs. Pittsburgh, • The Gophers played a pair of preseason games as they readied • Adel has served in a variety of roles since joining Pitino’s 1-1 vs. Syracuse, 2-4 vs. Virginia, 1-0 vs. Virginia Tech, 4-3 vs. for the 2019-20 season. original staff at Minnesota in 2013. Wake Forest.