Gophers tell Lu’Cye Patterson to keep shooting, and he shakes a slump just in time

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Per Marcus:

A week ago, Lu’Cye Patterson watched from the bench over the final 15 minutes, as his Gophers men’s basketball teammates pulled off a comeback victory against Cleveland State.

The 6-2 senior from Minneapolis didn’t sulk but supported fellow starters and a couple reserves as they closed out the game on an impressive run. Still, he knew he could contribute down the stretch.

Patterson got his chance Monday night to help the Gophers escape with the 68-65 win against Central Michigan, scoring 14 of his season-high 19 points in the second half.

“He had a good week of practice,” Gophers coach Ben Johnson said. “I think that’s where it all starts. When you’re trying to get into a rhythm and get it going. It’s like those habits. What are your daily habits? I think he had a really good week of practice and that builds confidence.”


Go Gophers!!
 


All right but will the slump return?

Patterson was efficient but not fabulous shooting the ball against CMU. He was good from 3 (4 of 9) and at the line (3 of 4) but he was only 2 of 6 on two pointers. I remember being a bit irritated at him because he passed up a couple of open 3s in order to take a dribble or two to shoot and miss on long twos.
 




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