National Basketball Association
Minnesota 62, Iowa 59
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 3, 2013
Where: Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Bill Ek, # Larry Scirotto
Attendance:
14625
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No. 24 Minnesota 62, Iowa 59: Austin Hollins’ go-ahead 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds remaining and a key defensive play seconds later allowed the Golden Gophers to survive an upset bid from the Hawkeyes and improve to 12-1 at home.
Austin Hollins scored a game-high 17 points while Andre Hollins added 15 points, six rebounds and eight assists for Minnesota (17-5, 5-4 Big Ten), which has won two straight following a four-game slide.
Freshman Mike Gesell, who was held scoreless in Thursday’s win over Penn State, led Iowa (14-8, 3-6) with 11 points.
Trailing 59-57 with 14 seconds left, the Gophers took the lead for the first time in more than 13 minutes when Austin Hollins freed himself on an inbounds play and drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing. Five seconds later, he stripped Gesell of the ball and Minnesota was awarded possession after the ball rolled out-of-bounds.
Andre Hollins hit a pair of free throws following a foul two seconds later. Gesell managed to get off a good look on a 3-pointer as time expired from the right wing, but his shot hit off the front rim.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa junior Roy Devyn Marble – the team’s leading scorer – played a season-low 17 minutes, sitting for much of the second half. He was held scoreless for the first time since his freshman season. … Minnesota’s bench was outscored by the Hawkeyes’ reserves 27-0. It was the second time in less than a month the Gophers’ bench has been held scoreless, although Minnesota has won both games. … After going 5-5 against Top 25 opponents a season ago, Iowa fell to 0-4 against ranked foes this season.
Top Game Performances
| Iowa |
|
Minnesota |
|
Mike Gesell 11 |
Scoring |
Austin Hollins 17 |
|
Anthony Clemmons 5 |
Assists |
Andre Hollins 8 |
|
Mike Gesell 6 |
Rebounds |
Rodney Williams 7 |
|
Aaron White 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Andre Hollins 6 |
|
Eric May 2 |
Steals |
Elliott Eliason 2 |
|
Melsahn Basabe 1 |
Blocks |
Elliott Eliason 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Iowa
|
59 |
36.2 |
7-23 |
10-17 |
17 |
27 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
| Minnesota
|
62 |
44.9 |
4-16 |
14-21 |
17 |
33 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
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