Minnesota 92, Northwestern 72

February 6, 2008

Conference Regular Season

Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Illinois)

Attendance: 2,872

Officials: Bob Donato, Brian O'Connell, Sid Rodeheffer

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (4) Northwestern (2)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Northwestern (0)

  1 2 Final
MINN (14-7) 47 45 92
NWU (7-13) 33 39 72

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MINN 68 135.3 105.9
NWU 68 105.9 135.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MINN .686 0.221 0.324 0.431
NWU .613 0.162 0.133 0.132

Minnesota Golden Gophers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Dan Coleman Starter PF 24:00 3-9 0-1 4-4 5.5 3 5 8 0 2 2 4 0 10
- Spencer Tollackson Starter C 30:00 7-7 0-0 5-5 12.1 2 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 19
- Lawrence Westbrook Starter PG 29:00 4-7 1-3 3-5 18.1 2 5 7 10 3 0 1 0 12
- Jamal Abu-Shamala Starter SF 27:00 5-7 4-6 2-2 15.2 2 3 5 3 2 0 1 0 16
- Blake Hoffarber Starter SG 32:00 4-8 4-7 3-3 15.9 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 15
- Damian Johnson Bench PF 15:00 1-3 0-0 2-5 0.4 0 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 4
- Al Nolen Bench PG 10:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 -1.8 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0
- Lawrence McKenzie Bench PG 30:00 5-8 3-5 3-5 11.6 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 16
- Travis Busch Bench SF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   4            
        200 29-51 12-23 22-29 77.1 11 23 38 22 16 6 15 1 92
          56.9% 52.2% 75.9%                    

Northwestern Wildcats

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Nikola Baran Starter C 05:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 -2.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
- Kevin Coble Starter PF 39:00 9-18 2-6 2-2 11.8 1 4 5 3 4 1 3 1 22
- Craig Moore Starter SG 37:00 7-13 5-10 0-0 13.2 0 2 2 5 3 2 3 0 19
- Sterling Williams Starter SF 21:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2
- Michael Thompson Starter PG 38:00 7-8 2-3 3-5 18.4 0 1 1 7 3 1 0 0 19
- Jason Okrzesik Bench PG 07:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Patrick Houlihan Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tonjua Jones Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ivan Peljusic Bench PF 12:00 1-3 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
- Jeremy Nash Bench SG 18:00 3-3 0-0 2-2 5.5 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 8
- Jean-Marc Melchior Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Capocci Bench SF 16:00 0-0 0-0 0-2 2.2 0 4 4 2 2 0 2 1 0
- Jeff Ryan Bench SF 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
  Team                   2            
        200 28-53 9-23 7-11 45.9 2 13 17 19 22 7 11 2 72
          52.8% 39.1% 63.6%                    

Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Lawrence Westbrook
7.9p, 3.1r, 2.7a
Blake Hoffarber
9.2p, 2.6r, 1.1a
Jamal Abu-Shamala
4.3p, 2.1r, 1a
Dan Coleman
13.6p, 6.6r, 0.9a
Spencer Tollackson
10.9p, 4.3r, 1.5a
Rotation Lawrence McKenzie
11.2p, 2.3r, 3.2a
 
 
 
 
Damian Johnson
7.2p, 4.3r, 1.4a
 
 
Rotation Al Nolen
4.4p, 2.7r, 3.4a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Travis Busch
1p, 0.6r, 0.1a
 
 
 
 

Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Thompson
12.6p, 2.3r, 4.9a
Craig Moore
13.3p, 3r, 2.9a
Sterling Williams
6.7p, 3.1r, 1.5a
Kevin Coble
16.6p, 5.7r, 1.9a
Nikola Baran
3.3p, 1.3r, 1.3a
Rotation  
 
Jeremy Nash
3.9p, 1.4r, 1a
Mike Capocci
3.9p, 1.9r, 1.1a
Ivan Peljusic
2.3p, 1.6r, 0.3a
 
 
Lim PT Jason Okrzesik
7.7p, 1.9r, 1.9a
 
 
Jeff Ryan
5.4p, 2.9r, 1.8a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Tonjua Jones
1p, 0.7r, 0a
 
 
Jean-Marc Melchior
0.8p, 0.4r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Patrick Houlihan
0.3p, 0.4r, 0.4a
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

(1) Memphis 77
Southern Methodist 48

(3) North Carolina 78
(2) Duke 89

Iowa 54
(8) Wisconsin 60

Oklahoma 54
(12) Texas 64

Syracuse 61
(19) UConn 63

(20) Kansas State 74
Nebraska 59

Seton Hall 69
(22) Notre Dame 95

Georgia 59
(23) Vanderbilt 67