MINNESOTA GAME 10 GAME INFORMATION GOLDEN GOPHERS Date: Saturday, December 12, 2015 Time: 7:30 p.m. CT vs. 2015-16 Record: 5-4 MINNESOTA (5-4) Location: Sioux Falls, S.D. Big Ten Record: 0-0 Arena: Sanford Pentagon (3,250) AP Head Coach: OKLAHOMA STATE (5-3) TV: BTN – Cory Provus (Play-by-Play); Shon Morris (Analyst) - Richard Pitino (Providence, ‘05) Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities – Career Record: 66-46 (4th season) Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play); Spencer Tollackson (Analyst) Saturday, December 12 – 7:30 p.m. CT USA Record at Minnesota: 48-32 (3rd season) Satellite Radio: Sirius 93/XM 200 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Sanford Pentagon) Today - STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Joey King (15.8) SERIES INFORMATION Rebounds: Jordan Murphy (7.3) 2015-16 SCHEDULE Series: Minnesota leads, 3-2 Assists: Nate Mason (4.6) Date Opponent TV Time/Result Series (Neutral): First Meeting Blocks: Bakary Konaté (1.8) Nov. 1 Minnesota Crookston (Exhibition) BTN Plus W, 74-57 Current Streak: L-1 Steals: Nate Mason (1.0) Nov. 6 Southwest Minnesota State (Exhibition) BTN Plus W, 81-64 Richard Pitino vs. Oklahoma State: First Meeting OKLAHOMA STATE Nov. 13 UMKC BTN Plus W, 76-58 Minnesota vs. Big XII: 39-32* COWBOYS Nov. 15 LOUISIANA-MONROE BTN W, 67-56 Richard Pitino vs. Big XII: 0-1 (* - excludes vacated games) PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF (Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan) 2015-16 Record: 5-3 Nov. 19 Temple ESPNU L, 70-75 Big XII Record: 0-0 Nov. 20 Missouri State ESPNU W, 74-69 GAME DAY TID-BITS AP Head Coach: Travis Ford (Kentucky, ‘94) • The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team Nov. 22 Texas Tech ESPNU L, 68-81 - Career Record: 338-240 (19th season) crosses the border to face Oklahoma State on Saturday in Record at OSU: 148-94 (8th season) Sioux Falls, S.D. Nov. 27 OMAHA ESPN3 W, 93-90 USA • OSU is coming off back-to-back losses, including a STATISTICAL LEADERS Nov. 30 CLEMSON ESPN2 W, 89-83 Today home 64-63 defeat at the hands of Missouri State, who Points: Phil Forte (13.3) Dec. 5 SOUTH DAKOTA BTN Plus L, 81-85 (2OT) - Minnesota defeated 74-69 in Puerto Rico on Nov. 20. Rebounds: Jeff Newberry (6.3) Dec. 8 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ESPN3 L, 70-84 • Forward Jordan Murphy was recognized by the Big Ten Assists: Jawun Evans (4.3) Dec. 12 vs. Oklahoma State (at Sioux Falls, S.D.) BTN 7:30 p.m. Conference as its Freshman of the Week on Monday. He Blocks: Chris Olivier (2.1) Dec. 16 CHICAGO STATE ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Steals: Jeff Newberry (1.6) posted two double-doubles last week (24pts/10rbs vs. Dec. 23 MILWAUKEE ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Clemson, 19pts/17rbs vs. South Dakota). Dec. 30 at Ohio State BTN 6:00 p.m. • This is just the second time the Gophers will be playing Jan. 2 MICHIGAN STATE ESPN/2 2:00 p.m. a game in the Mount Rushmore State. Minnesota defeated the University of South Dakota Coyotes on Dec. 8, Jan. 5 at Penn State BTN 6:00 p.m. 1941, 56-35, in the program’s only other trip to the state. Jan. 9 NORTHWESTERN BTN 11:00 a.m./1:30 p.m. • Senior Joey King was named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 17 after his performances at home in Jan. 12 at Nebraska BTN 8:00 p.m. the opening weekend of the season. Jan. 16 INDIANA BTN 11:30 a.m. • King tied his career-high with six three-pointers and established a career-best with 22 points in 28 minutes Jan. 20 at Michigan BTN 7:30 p.m. against UMKC. King finished the game 7-of-10 from the field, including 6-of-9 from behind the three-point Jan. 23 ILLINOIS BTN TBD line. His previous career-high for points had been 21 points on two occasions, most recently versus Missouri Jan. 27 PURDUE BTN 8:00 p.m. State on Jan. 5, 2013, when he was a member of the Drake Bulldogs. King also had six treys during Minneso- Jan. 30 at Indiana BTN 1:15 p.m. ta’s 80-68 win versus Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament on March 11, 2015. Feb. 4 at Northwestern BTN 8:00 p.m. • The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team will welcome three new members starting in 2016, as Feb. 10 MICHIGAN BTN 8:00 p.m. guard Amir Coffey (Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins HS), forward Eric Curry (Little Rock, Ark./Southwest Christian Feb. 14 at Iowa BTN 6:30 p.m. Academy) and guard/forward Michael Hurt (Rochester, Minn./John Marshall HS) signed their National Letters Feb. 18 MARYLAND BTN 7:00 p.m. of Intent on Nov. 11. The trio represents the highest-rated signing class in Pitino’s tenure, as the group is Feb. 23 RUTGERS BTN 6:00 p.m. ranked 17th nationally by 247Sports and 20th in the nation by Scout.com. Both publications have listed the Feb. 28 at Illinois TBD TBD Gophers recruiting class as the third-highest ranked in the Big Ten. Mar. 2 WISCONSIN BTN 8:00 p.m. Mar. 5 at Rutgers BTN 12:00 p.m. Mar. 9-13 Big Ten Tournament (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis) MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER all times central • schedule subject to change G 2 Nate Mason 13.3 2.4 4.6 33.0 .374 1.0 spg G 11 Carlos Morris 10.1 4.7 1.8 28.0 .39 0.7 spg F 24 Joey King 15.8 3.9 1.8 31.6 .531 0.7 spg F 23 Charles Buggs 9.1 4.7 1.0 27.1 .537 0.7 bpg/spg MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS C 21 Bakary Konaté 5.4 4.1 0.3 19.8 .529 1.8 bpg 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building, Minneapolis, MN 55447 RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER DAN REISIG, Associate Director, Athletic Communications G 1 Dupree McBrayer 3.3 1.7 1.7 16.1 .147 0.7 spg Work: 612-625-4389 • Cell: 612-419-6142 • Email: [email protected] F 3 Jordan Murphy 10.0 7.3 0.8 21.1 .537 1.1 bpg GOPHERSPORTS.com G 4 Kevin Dorsey 8.1 3.1 1.8 20.6 .350 0.9 spg G 10 Darin Haugh — — — — — — @GopherMBB /GopherMensBasketball G 15 Stephon Sharp 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — G 25 Mike Lukashewich — — — — — — G 32 Ahmad Gilbert 1.0 0.2 0.4 5.4 .286 1 blk vs SDSU F 41 Gaston Diedhiou 0.8 1.0 0.0 6.0 .250 0.2 spg SERIES NOTES throws made and attempted, going 9-of-10 at the line, MEDIA CREDENTIALS • The Gophers and Cowboys are meeting for the first while Kevin Dorsey (4-4), Carlos Morris (2-2), Charles Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) for time in 29 years, dating back to a 77-66 OSU victory in Buggs (2-2), Jordan Murphy (2-2) and Nate Mason Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports.com/media. Stillwater on Dec. 15, 1986. (1-1) all had perfect days at the line. Requests for credentials should be made as early as possible due to severe • The two teams have met a total of five times, with seat limitations in the press areas at Williams Arena. Please contact the Minnesota leading the series 3-2. SEASON OPENERS Athletic Communications office for more information regarding the on-line • Each previous meeting came at campus sites, with • The Gophers historically have found success in credentialing system. Delivery of credentials will be handled according to the host school successfully defending its home court. their first game of the season, with a 91-23 record in individual situations, but in most cases will not be mailed. Credentials can season openers dating back to the program’s inception be picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the Williams STAYING NEUTRAL in 1896. Arena media will call gate at the west end of the south lobby of the building. • Saturday’s game will be the fourth neutral-site con- • Before last season’s Nov. 14 trip to Puerto Rico, the test of the season for the Gophers, after three games Gophers had opened the season in the Twin Cities MEDIA CREDENTIAL CRITERIA in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in November. every season since 1995 when they traveled to Hawaii Due to severe space limitations for media seating in Williams Arena, • It is also the second straight year Minnesota is to face Valparaiso (later vacated). media requesting credentials for Golden Gopher basketball will have to playing a single-game, neutral-site event. Last season • Minnesota has won 17 of its last 18 season-opening meet certain criteria to gain access to press seating. The criteria will also the Gophers opened the season against Louisville in games (excluding vacated years), including Friday determine where media will be located during games either in press row the ESPN Armed Forces Classic in Aguadilla, Puerto night’s 76-58 win over UMKC. courtside or in the upper press row (Row 1 of balcony on north side). Order Rico, a 68-61 Cardinals victory. of priority: • Prior to last season, the Gophers had not played a FRESHMEN FIVE (NOT 15) MEDIA POLICIES MINNESOTA • The originating television entity of the game will be seated courtside at single-game neutral site event since 2008, also versus • The Gophers welcome five newcomers to the active center court.