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per WCCO:
The Gophers began the third-to-last week of conference play fresh from another late blown lead in a three-point overtime loss at Michigan on Saturday. Guard Isaiah Washington scored 26 points, his second straight career high on the way to the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, but with only seven players seeing action the Gophers were again undermanned.
“We’ve got to play close to perfect. That’s evident,” head coach Richard Pitino said. “That’s hard to put on your guys, but that’s the hand you’re dealt.”
While center Reggie Lynch remains suspended from competition, with his appeal of expulsion from school for alleged sexual misconduct still pending, the status of small forward Amir Coffey is unclear after an aggravation of the shoulder injury that kept him out of five games last month. After returning for two contests, Coffey has missed the last two games. Pitino said on Monday he’s not sure if Coffey will play on Tuesday against Nebraska. Shooting guard Dupree McBrayer has been limited by a stress reaction in his shin, and he has only scored 43 points over the last five games.
“We just try to go out there and make the least amount of mistakes that we can,” McBrayer said, adding: “We’re trying to change the story, so we’re just going to keep working hard. There’s a Cinderella story behind this, so we’re just going to make the good come out of it.”
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/02/05/gophers-growing-pains/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers began the third-to-last week of conference play fresh from another late blown lead in a three-point overtime loss at Michigan on Saturday. Guard Isaiah Washington scored 26 points, his second straight career high on the way to the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, but with only seven players seeing action the Gophers were again undermanned.
“We’ve got to play close to perfect. That’s evident,” head coach Richard Pitino said. “That’s hard to put on your guys, but that’s the hand you’re dealt.”
While center Reggie Lynch remains suspended from competition, with his appeal of expulsion from school for alleged sexual misconduct still pending, the status of small forward Amir Coffey is unclear after an aggravation of the shoulder injury that kept him out of five games last month. After returning for two contests, Coffey has missed the last two games. Pitino said on Monday he’s not sure if Coffey will play on Tuesday against Nebraska. Shooting guard Dupree McBrayer has been limited by a stress reaction in his shin, and he has only scored 43 points over the last five games.
“We just try to go out there and make the least amount of mistakes that we can,” McBrayer said, adding: “We’re trying to change the story, so we’re just going to keep working hard. There’s a Cinderella story behind this, so we’re just going to make the good come out of it.”
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/02/05/gophers-growing-pains/
Go Gophers!!