Minnesota, Nebraska 捜し出す turnaround in Big Ten play
Teams on the 底（に届く） end of the Big Ten 会議／協議会 standings will 絡まる in a Saturday matinee when Minnesota hosts Nebraska in Minneapolis.
Minnesota (6-7, 0-3 Big Ten) has dropped eight in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 against 会議／協議会 競争, most recently a 63-60 後退 Tuesday at No. 14 Wisconsin. The Golden Gophers 決起大会／結集させるd from 負かす／撃墜する 15 and had a 発射 to 軍隊 overtime but turned it over twice in the final 11 seconds, giving it away a season-high 20 times 全体にわたる.
"We have to do a better 職業 but I like the fight," second-year Minnesota coach Ben Johnson said. "I like the competitiveness and we did a good 職業 on the backboard which we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to do. We had the 権利 mentality there. We just have to 遂行する／発効させる better and take care of the ball."
Nebraska (8-7, 1-3) was 強くたたくd 74-56 at Michigan 明言する／公表する on Tuesday, its sixth loss by 二塁打 digits. The Cornhuskers were 2 of 16 from 3-point 範囲 and 行方不明になるd 12 of 20 解放する／自由な throws, continuing season-long 傾向s.
"It's not going to 勝利，勝つ a lot of games on the road when you shoot those 百分率s," Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said.
Nebraska is 狙撃 just 29.3 パーセント from 3 and a paltry 63.4 パーセント from the line. Since making 12 of 23 3s against Boston College on Nov. 30, the Huskers are 狙撃 25.5 パーセント from 深い.
今後 Derrick Walker leads the Cornhuskers with 13.7 points and 8.2 回復するs per game.
Minnesota is 平等に bad in both areas. The Gophers are a 34.1 パーセント 3-point 狙撃 team and make only 59 パーセント of their 解放する／自由な throws.
"For us, 勝利，勝つ or lose, we want to learn and grow from each game," Johnson said.
Nebraska has （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the past two 会合s in the series, both at home in Lincoln, but hasn't won at Williams 円形競技場 since 2018. It does have one road victory this season, winning at in-明言する／公表する 競争相手 Creighton on Dec. 4.
The Gophers are trying to 避ける their first 0-4 start to Big Ten play since 2015-16 when they lost their first 13 league contests and finished 2-16 -- their worst 会議／協議会 記録，記録的な／記録する in program history.
Dawson Garcia leads Minnesota in both 得点する／非難する／２０ing (14.2 points) and 回復するing (5.8).
--Field Level マスコミ
