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Where
Williams Arena
When
8:00 PM
How
ESPN2
| Pos. | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Pnt/Gm | Pnt/Gm | Team | Pos. | |
| PG | Nate Mason | 12.3 | 8.6 | Avery Holmes | PG | |
| G | Carlos Morris | 12.8 | 7.2 | Jordan Roper | G | |
| F | Charles Buggs | 8.3 | 13.6 | Donte Grantham | F | |
| F | Joey King | 17.2 | 18.2 | Jaron Blossomgame | F | |
| C | Bakary Konate | 7.2 | 9.0 | Landry Nnoko | C | |
| Bench | Kevin Dorsey | 6.0 | 6.8 | Gabe DeVoe | Bench | |
| Bench | Dupree McBrayer | 2.5 | 2.0 | Josh Smith | Bench | |
| Bench | Jordan Murphy | 6.8 | 5.4 | Sidy Djitte | Bench |
Keys to a Gopher Win
Make Threes - Clemson tends to give up a lot of threes and have been hurt pretty bad when other teams start making them. It is going to take more than just Joey King making threes. Time for Nate Mason and Kevin Dorsey to make some open shots and Carlos Morris to make good decisions with the ones he takes.
Defend - Super broad key here but I just have been rather unimpressed with our defense. I want to see us clamp down on a team. Put some pressure on them, make shots difficult, force turnovers that lead to easy baskets. I want to see an opposing offense frustrated.
I'm not super high on this team right now but this would be a nice win and there is still a lot of time to start to see things come together. I just want some made threes and a defense that looks a little intimidating.