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per Sid:
In the nonconference schedule Hollins averaged 13.7 points, but in the Gophers’ three Big Ten losses he has averaged only 7.0 points per game and has shot 6-for-32 (18.8 percent) from the field, compared with his 42.3 percent season average.
Hollins looked much better in the second half of the Ohio State game, when he scored 11 points and went 3-for-6 from the field with three three-pointers, so maybe that will bode well for the Gophers’ next game Saturday against a struggling Michigan squad.
With Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu as the Gophers’ starting backcourt, the belief was the team’s guard play would be a major strength in the Big Ten, but so far that hasn’t panned out.
Last season Hollins missed two Big Ten games because of injury, and the Gophers lost both, which hurt their chances to earn an NCAA tournament bid.
The hope has to be that Hollins will get his offensive game turned around quickly so the Gophers don’t go into a much longer slide to start conference play. If they can find a way to beat Michigan, they then could get back to .500 with victories over Iowa and Rutgers at Williams Arena.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/287863181.html
Go Gophers!!
In the nonconference schedule Hollins averaged 13.7 points, but in the Gophers’ three Big Ten losses he has averaged only 7.0 points per game and has shot 6-for-32 (18.8 percent) from the field, compared with his 42.3 percent season average.
Hollins looked much better in the second half of the Ohio State game, when he scored 11 points and went 3-for-6 from the field with three three-pointers, so maybe that will bode well for the Gophers’ next game Saturday against a struggling Michigan squad.
With Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu as the Gophers’ starting backcourt, the belief was the team’s guard play would be a major strength in the Big Ten, but so far that hasn’t panned out.
Last season Hollins missed two Big Ten games because of injury, and the Gophers lost both, which hurt their chances to earn an NCAA tournament bid.
The hope has to be that Hollins will get his offensive game turned around quickly so the Gophers don’t go into a much longer slide to start conference play. If they can find a way to beat Michigan, they then could get back to .500 with victories over Iowa and Rutgers at Williams Arena.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/287863181.html
Go Gophers!!