S E T GAME 4 O N E M A G MINNESOTA (3-0) 4 1 - 3 vs. 1 0 2 (1-2) A COASTAL CAROLINA T O Tuesday, November 19 S E Minneapolis, Minn. (Williams Arena) N N I M GAME INFORMATION MINNESOTA MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 GOLDEN GOPHERS 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building, Minneapolis, MN 55447 Time: 7:00 p.m. CT 2013-14 Record: 3-0 Location: Minneapolis, Minn. MATT SLIETER , Associate Director, Athletic Communications Big Ten Record: 0-0 Arena: Williams Arena (14,625) AP Work: 612-625-4389 • Cell: 612-236-8841 • Email: [email protected] Head Coach: Richard Pitino (Providence, ‘05) Internet: BTDN NR GOPHERSPORTS.com Career Record: 21-14 (2nd season) Matt Nelson (Play-by-Play) ESPN Record at Minnesota: 3-0 (1st season) Matt Bishop (Analyst) Follow Gopher Basketball on Twitter: twitter.com/GopherBBall NR Radio: Learfield/1500 ESPN Twin Cities STATISTICAL LEADERS Mike Grimm (Play-by-Play) Points: Andre Hollins (22.7) Follow Gopher Basketball on Facebook: facebook.com/GoldenGopherBasketball Spencer Tollackson (Analyst) Rebounds: Elliott Eliason (11.3) Assists: DeAndre Mathieu (5.7) SERIES INFORMATION Blocks: Elliott Eliason (3.3) 2013-14 SCHEDULE Series: 2nd meeting (1-0) Steals: DeAndre Mathieu (2.0) Date Opponent TV Time/Result Series (Home): 2nd meeting (1-0) Nov. 1 CARDINAL STRITCH (exh.) BTDN W, 79-57 Current Streak: W-1 COASTAL CAROLINA Nov. 4 CONCORDIA, ST. PAUL (exh.) BTDN W, 101-67 Last Meeting: Dec. 3, 2005 - W, 75-57 CHANTICLEERS Nov. 8 LEHIGH ESPN3 W, 81-62 Richard Pitino vs. C. Carolina: 2nd meeting (1-0) Minnesota vs. Big South: 4-1 AP Nov. 12 MONTANA BTDN W, 84-58 2013-14 Record: 1-2 (1-0 vs. Coastal Carolina, 0-1 vs. Gardner Webb, 1-0 NR Big South Record: 0-0 Nov. 16 at Richmond N/A W, 74-59 vs. High Point, 2-0 vs. UNC Ashville) Head Coach: Cliff Ellis (Florida State, ‘68) ESPN Nov. 19 COASTAL CAROLINA BTDN 7:00 p.m. Career Record: 648-414 (32nd season) Richard Pitino vs. Big South: 1-0 NR Nov. 21 WOFFORD BTN 6:00 p.m. Record at C. Carolina: 114-77 (7th season) GAME DAY TID-BITS EA SPORTS MAUI INVITATIONAL (Maui, Hawaii) • The Gophers are 4-1 all-time against teams cur - STATISTICAL LEADERS Nov. 25 vs. Syracuse ESPN2 4:30 p.m. rently in the Big South Conference, including 1-0 Points: Elijah Wilson (15.0) against Coastal Carolina. Minnesota defeated the Rebounds: El Hadji Ndieguene (7.3) Nov. 26 vs. Arkansas/California TBA TBA Chanticleers, 75-57, on Dec. 3, 2005 at Williams Assists: Eric Smith (2.3) Nov. 27 vs. TBA TBA TBA Arena. Blocks: Two Players (2.3) • Dan Coleman led the team with 14 points that Steals: Two Players (1.7) Dec. 3 FLORIDA STATE (Big Ten/ACC Challenge) ESPNU 8:30 p.m. night while current Gopher Radio Network analyst Dec. 7 NEW ORLEANS ESPN3 2:00 p.m. Spencer Tollackson chipped in with 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Dec. 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE BTN 7:00 p.m. • Richard Pitino is 1-0 all-time against Coastal Carolina. His FIU squad defeated the Chanticleers by 10, 87-77, Dec. 20 NEBRASKA OMAHA BTN 8:00 p.m. behind 21 points from current Gophers’ guard Malik Smith. It was the first career win for Coach Pitino. Dec. 28 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI BTN 7:30 p.m. • Coastal Carolina Coach Cliff Ellis was not with the program during its trip in ‘05 but Ellis did bring his Clemson Jan. 2 MICHIGAN BTN 6:00 p.m. Tigers to Williams Arena on Dec. 15, 1993, a 73-54 Gopher win. That game has since been vacated, however. • Through three games Andre Hollins is leading the Gophers and the Big Ten Conference with a scoring average Jan. 5 PURDUE* BTN TBA of 22.7 ppg. Minnesota has not had a player lead the B1G in scoring since Kris Humphries did so during the Jan. 8 at Penn State BTN 6:00 p.m. 2003-04 season with an average of 21.7 ppg. In fact, dating back to the 1947-48 season, the program has only Jan. 11 at Michigan State BTN 1:15 p.m. had 16 seasons that a player finished with a scoring average of over 20.0 ppg. Jan. 16 OHIO STATE ESPN2 8:00 p.m. • The Gophers have managed 25 steals through three games this season, the most by any Big Ten team after the Jan. 19 at Iowa BTN 12:00 p.m. first two weeks of play. DeAndre Mathieu leads the team with six steals while senior Austin Hollins has five. Austin has 143 career steals which is currently the ninth-most in the history of the Golden Gopher program. Jan. 22 WISCONSIN BTN 8:00 p.m. • Head Coach Richard Pitino announced the signing of three players to National Letters of Intent. Joining the squad Jan. 26 at Nebraska BTN 5:00 p.m. next season will be forward Josh Martin (Seattle, Wash.), guard Nate Mason ( Decatur, Ga) and guard Carlos Feb. 1 NORTHWESTERN BTN 1:00 p.m. Morris ( Apalachicola, Fla) . Martin & Mason will be freshmen while Morris is a junior college transfer. Feb. 5 at Purdue BTN 7:30 p.m. MINNESOTA TEAM INFORMATION Feb. 8 INDIANA BTN 7:15 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER Feb. 13 at Wisconsin ESPN/2 8:00 p.m. G 1 Andre Hollins 22.7 4.0 3.3 32.0 .455 .957 FT% Feb. 16 at Northwestern BTN 5:00 p.m. G 4 DeAndre Mathieu 7.0 2.3 5.7 28.0 .350 2.0 spg Feb. 19 ILLINOIS BTN 8:00 p.m. G 20 Austin Hollins 11.0 9.3 1.7 30.7 .400 1.7 spg Feb. 22 at Ohio State BTN TBA F 10 Oto Ošenieks 7.7 4.7 1.0 21.0 .421 .444 3-PT% Feb. 25 IOWA BTN 6:00 p.m. C 55 Elliott Eliason 6.3 11.3 0.9 27.0 .353 2.3 bpg Mar. 1 at Michigan BTN 5:00 p.m. Mar. 8 or 9 PENN STATE** TBA TBA RESERVES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHER Mar. 13-16 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) G 3 Wally Ellenson 2.5 2.5 0.0 7.5 .400 --- G 13 Maverick Ahanmisi 2.7 2.0 0.3 10.0 .500 --- all times central • schedule subject to change F 23 Charles Buggs 1.5 0.5 0.0 3.0 1.000 0.5 spg * Start time to be determined no later than Dec. 30 F 24 Joey King 13.0 3.3 0.3 22.7 .560 --- ** Date & start time to be determined no later than Mar. 3 G 30 Malik Smith 6.7 2.3 1.0 18.3 .318 1.0 spg 2013-14 GOPHER LEADERS seven seasons in regular-season non-conference games MEDIA CREDENTIALS Below is a list of Gopher leaders in the major categories this after an 13-1 start last season. The Gophers started 12- Requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, TV, photo) for season (including ties). 1 in 2011, 11-1 in 2010, went 9-3 to start the 2009 sea - Minnesota home games must be made on-line at gophersports.com. Re - S S E son, were a perfect 12-0 to start the 2008 season and E quests for credentials should be made as early as possible due to severe T I O Player Pts Rbs Asts Stls Blks went 10-2 in 2007. C seat limitations in the press areas at Williams Arena. Please contact the I N Eliason 1 1 2 • The Gophers went 8-0 last season against non-conference L Athletic Communications office for more information regarding the on- E opponents at Williams arena. O line credentialing system. Delivery of credentials will be handled according Dre Hollins 2 M P to individual situations, but in most cases will not be mailed. Credentials A Au. Hollins 2 2 A G I THE HOLLINS’ CHANCE AT HISTORY can be picked up starting two and a half hours before game time at the King 1 D 4 E Mathieu 3 2 • Senior guard Austin Hollins and junior guard Andre Hollins Williams Arena media will call gate at the west end of the south lobby of 1 - M both contributed double-digit point totals against Rich - the building. Media parking can be purchased through the media relations 3 A 1 ANDRE HOLLINS ON WOODEN AWARD LIST mond. Dre poured in a game-high 26 points for his 41st- T office. Contact Matt Slieter to buy reserved parking for home games at (612) 0 O 2 • Gophers’ j unior Andre Hollins has been named to the John career double-digit scoring game and his 17th career 625-4389. S A E R. Wooden Award Preseason list. 20-point effort. Austin finished with 11 points, his 47th T N double-digit scoring game. MEDIA CREDENTIAL CRITERIA O • He is one of 50 players on the list, chosen by a preseason N S I poll of national college basketball experts. • Through three games Andre is leading the Gophers and Due to severe space limitations for media seating in Williams Arena, media E M • The players on the list are considered strong candidates the Big Ten Conference with a scoring average of 22.7 requesting credentials for Golden Gopher basketball will have to meet cer - N N for the midseason list and the official voting ballot, which ppg.