·ootDlN ~~~~~~HOOPS .niversity of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 . Fax: 612.625.0359 Feb. 23, 1998 Basketball Contact: Bill Crumley Home Phone: 612.425.5886 YINNlSOTA SCHlDUU/HlSUlTS Minnesota (12-13, 5-9)@ No. 11 Purdue (22-6, 10-4) Date Opponent Time/TV Nov. 6 YUGOSLAVIA-MORNAR (EX) w 90-48 Wednesday, Feb. 25- Mackey Arena (14,123) Nov. 10 VENEZUELA NATL. (EX) w 126-72 Start Time: 7 p.m. -West Lafayette, Ind. Nov. 14 BCACLASSIC UM vs. Villanova w 68-55 The Series: Purdue leads the series 81-67 Nov. 17 CHASE NIT UM vs. Utah State L 75-64 L 64-63 Television: ESPN Plus/Dick Bremer, play-by-play, Jim Dutcher, analyst Nov. 22 ALABAMA Dec. 1 CAMPBELL w 67-57 Radio: WCCO-AM 830/Ray Christensen, play-by-play. Dec. 3 EASTERN MICHIGAN w 65-58 Dec. 5 WESTERN CAROLINA w 63-46 Dec. 13 NEBRASKA L 70-66 Probable Minnesota Starters Ppg Rpg Apg Dec. 17 @ Cincinnati L 81-71 F - 6-7 Jr, Little Rock, Ark. - #20 QUINCY LEWIS 13.2 5.8 2.4 Dec. 20 FRESNO STATE W92-72 C - 6-11 Fr, Thief River Falls, Minn. - #51 KYLE SANDEN 5.2 2.4 0.6 Dec. 22 SACRAMENTO STATE w 100-56 G- 6-2 Jr, Savannah, Ga.- #10 KEVIN CLARK 10.6 4.1 2.4 Dec. 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC w 95-45 G- 6-3 Sr, Bronx, N.Y. - #33 ERIC HARRIS 12.7 2.5 3.8 Jan.2 PURDUE L 83-79 L66-59 6-6 Sr, Cottage Grove, Minn. - #5 SAM JACOBSON 18.5 5.3 1.4 Jan. 7 @ Northwestern a.O- Jan. 10 @Penn State L 75-68 .Head Coach: Clem Haskins, 12th season, 215-152 (17th overall, 316-225) Jan. 14 MICHIGAN STATE L 74-60 Associate Head Coach: Bobby Jones Jan. 18 IOWA L 82-69 @Michigan L65-57 Assistant Coaches: Charles Cunningham, Bill Brown Jan. 20 Jan. 24 OHIO STATE W76-53 Program Aide: Brent Haskins Jan. 27 WISCONSIN w 58-48 Jan. 31 @Indiana L 95-82 Next Up For the Golden Gophers: Feb.4 @ Illinois L68-56 Minnesota (12-13, 5-9) vs. Northwestern (10-14, 3-11) Feb. 7 MICHIGAN w 88-78 Feb. 12 @Iowa w 73-71 Saturday, Feb. 28- Williams Arena (14,625) Feb. 14 @ Michigan State w 82-77 Start Time: 1:30 p.m. - Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 18 PENN STATE w 82-77 Feb. 25 @Purdue 7p.m./MSC Feb. 28 NORTHWESTERN 1:30 p.m./WCCO Mar. 5-8 Big Ten Tournament CBSIESPN ClARK SHINfS (United Center, Chicago, Ill.) Junior guard Kevin Clark has made dramatic progress adapting to Big Ten play and is one of the team's top scoring threats. After averaging seven Din'IT-~~Jf KNOW? points per game in the first three games, Clark has rattled off 10 double-digit efforts in 11 games, including eight straight. He has raised his average to !'.! ~c· ll.u11< r, •m o,lc';~l-, ''· l'e·nn Stall' t1e·d ill ill lor 10.6 points per game, 12.3 in Big Ten play. During the -.e·e·"nd \Ill tile .til time -.tc-;JI, l"t \\Jtil 17' He 1s past eight games he has averaged 15.3 points per t1e·d \\ ltil lm\JI'>e·nd Orr I 1')')().'))) and v,"lwn game, including a career-high tying 21 points vs. Iowa. Lenard illJlJI-'!:'). i\kh111 Nc\\hcrnii(JS7-'10i An excellent all-around player, he tallied his first ll\llds tile· re·L·"' d \\I til 21 'i L·~u·L·e·r tile· Ih. II. UTI' IS career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds ;I\ e'I;J!-'111'' 2.0-1 'tL·~d-, pel !-'~llllC \\ lllL·Il 1.'> h >UrtlJ Ill vs. Michigan State (1/14/98). He is averaging 4.6 rebounds per game in Big Ten play. He and Quincy tile· l\1!-' Te·n. ;\n,·\n·llcnt pia\ Jnah'l ~'' ,,,·11. llan1' I I Lewis are the only two players who have led the team '' tlmd <lll the· .III·tllllL' ~hSI',( l1't \\ ith ;:-;' care·n I I in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals in a game. a'-'l'ts. Ine·ludiii!-' a IC~llll k~Idlll!-' '>-+a"'''' thiS :car I I Clark is also ranked fifth in three-point shooting in the I \dllch '' lOth ill tile· 1\1!-' TL·n. I Big Ten at 44 percent for conference games. '-------I G 0 l 0 N H 0 0 p s NOT[S &OTH[H STUFF-PAC[ 2 -----., Gophers Finish at Purdue and at Home vs. Northwestern: The University of Minnesota will finish off the 1998 Big Ten schedule by traveling to Purdue for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday, before returning home for the season fipale against Northwestern on Saturday afternoon at I :30 p.m. The Golden Gophers have won three of the last four games and five of the last eight heading into the final week of the season. Cardiac Comeback: Minnesota posted its biggest comeback of the year when the Golden Gophers trailed Penn State by 14 points (60-46) with 16 minutes left in the game and ,.---------1 rallied to win 82-77. Minnesota did it with pressure defense forcing Penn State into 14 I I second-half turnovers. Eric Harris (Bronx, N.Y.) led the way with four second-half steals I I and IS second-half points. Sam Jacobson (Cottage Grove, Minn.) had 14 second-half I I points and Kevin Clark (Savannah, Ga.) added 12 in the second stanza. r--.J I I I Big "E" From Three: Senior co-captain Eric Harris (Bronx, N.Y.) has been hitting some big three-pointers of late. He led a 14-bomb attack of Michigan (217) that stunned the On The Win Over Penn State 19th-ranked Wolverines 88-78. Minnesota hit 14-of-20 three-pointers breaking a school '"The first half we played terrible. We record and tying a then-Big Ten conference record. Harris led the onslaught of threes with were not doing anything right. We made a 5-for-6 night. He leads the team with 36 long bombs. He is hitting 42 percent of his some adjustments at half and we played three-pointers overall and 44 percent in conference games which puts him sixth in the Big excellent defense in the second half. Ten. He has hit 16 of 28 three-pointers (.571) in the last six games. When we play our style of defense, we can give teams fits. " Ball Hawk: Point guard Harris was the unsung hero of the 1996-97 team and is the team leader of the Golden Gophers this season. Harris runs the offense and keys the defensive pressure for the Golden Gophers. He is a tremendous defender who faces some of the best On Eric Harris players in the nation every week at point guard. A big-time ball-hawk, Harris finished "'E' has been playing so well. He second in the Big Ten in steals a year ago, averaging 2.1 per game and has 51 this year struggled a little against Michigan State, (2.0 spg). His 173 career steals ties him for second on the all-time list. Named one of the but responded with a huge second half top five on-the-ball defenders in the nation by Sports Illustrated last year, he was a against Penn State. He has really been preseason favorite for Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. An excellent playmaker as shooting the ball well the past couple of well, he leads the team with 94 assists (3.8 apg) and is third in overall scoring at 12.7 weeks and that helps take the pressure off points per game. Harris has an excellent 383-193 career assist-to-turnover ratio. His 383 Sam and Quincy. He is the pilot of our career assists put him third on the all-time list, after passing Marc Wilson (375/1982-86). ship and our leader. We need scoring One of the top free-throw shooters in the Big Ten, he is ranked ninth at 78 percent. from him, we need defense from him, but most importantly we need his leadership on the court and his ability to get "Slammin' Sam": Senior All-America candidate Sam Jacobson (Cottage Grove, Minn.) everyone involved in the offense. " leads the Golden Gophers in scoring at 18.5 points per game and is second in the Big Ten at 20.6 points per game in conference play. Jacobson has scored 20-plus points in II of the last 14 games. He has a chance to become the first Minnesota player to lead the Big Ten in On Sam Jacobson scoring since Randy Breuer did in 1983 with a 20.9 points-per-game average. He has "Sam is one of the elite players in the scored 20 or more points 12 times this season, has been in double figures 19 times and has country and the key to our offense. He led the team in scoring 14 times. He has scored in double figures in 70 of the last 89 has fought through the injuries and games and has scored 20 or more points 20 times in his career. He is hitting 42 percent of double teams and is leading the his shots (154-366) this season. Jacobson is averaging 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 conference scoring for Big Ten games.