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STrib: Gophers facing an uphill battle on the court without Mason, McBrayer & Dorsey
per Amelia:
Without those three, the Gophers will have to about-face on both ends of the floor, with less ability to pressure defensively as well. They will have to rely more -- that is, a LOT more -- on walk-on Stephon Sharp once again. Luckily for Minnesota, in his trial run at Illinois, Sharp performed impressively for the most part, leading the offense and finishing with 19 points in 39 minutes after his previous career highs of 10 minutes and three points. Sharp did have seven turnovers, though, and the team had just nine assists to 27 shots (33.3 percent).
The Gophers were also aided by an 8-for-20 (40 percent) showing from beyond the arc with four of those coming from Sharp and two from senior Joey King, who had a strong night as well. And inside, freshman Jordan Murphy was hugely effective early, scoring 17 points in the first half and finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds, his third consecutive double-double.
To get an upset over red-hot Wisconsin sans those three, Minnesota would need to continue all those trends as well as shore up defensively and likely find another scoring source from among the remainder of the super short rotation -- Bakary Konate, Charles Buggs or Ahmad Gilbert not presenting any likely subjects.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...n-mcbrayer-and-dorsey-on-wednesday/370665241/
Go Gophers!!
per Amelia:
Without those three, the Gophers will have to about-face on both ends of the floor, with less ability to pressure defensively as well. They will have to rely more -- that is, a LOT more -- on walk-on Stephon Sharp once again. Luckily for Minnesota, in his trial run at Illinois, Sharp performed impressively for the most part, leading the offense and finishing with 19 points in 39 minutes after his previous career highs of 10 minutes and three points. Sharp did have seven turnovers, though, and the team had just nine assists to 27 shots (33.3 percent).
The Gophers were also aided by an 8-for-20 (40 percent) showing from beyond the arc with four of those coming from Sharp and two from senior Joey King, who had a strong night as well. And inside, freshman Jordan Murphy was hugely effective early, scoring 17 points in the first half and finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds, his third consecutive double-double.
To get an upset over red-hot Wisconsin sans those three, Minnesota would need to continue all those trends as well as shore up defensively and likely find another scoring source from among the remainder of the super short rotation -- Bakary Konate, Charles Buggs or Ahmad Gilbert not presenting any likely subjects.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...n-mcbrayer-and-dorsey-on-wednesday/370665241/
Go Gophers!!