Minnesota Golden Gophers 68 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 65

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Minnesota (11-5, 2-5 Con)f did not know until 8:30 this morning that they were actually going to be able to play this one. You need 7 scholarship players to play the game in the Big and that is just how many they had. Three of their four top scorers set this one out for various reasons. Rutgers (11-7, 5-3 Conf) committed a charging foul before they could get off a shot to attempt to lock this one up. Leading the Gophers in the win was, Payton Willis (Fayetteville, AR) with 32 points and 7 assists. Luke Loewe (Fond Du Lac, WI) added 19 points. For Rutgers Geo Baker led the way with 25 points.