1/3/2021 Minnesota v. Ohio State Game Preview

Ohio State Buckeyes (8-3, 1-3 away)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (10-2, 10-0 home)
January 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Ohio State3140.477.226.457.6.4598.122.6.36016.221.4.7569.426.135.513.14.53.510.618.4
Minnesota2940.572.524.361.9.3927.125.2.28416.822.7.74111.324.736.013.86.34.611.218.6
OSU Opponents3140.471.124.758.7.4217.722.6.34013.919.7.7089.223.032.213.74.82.610.319.0
MINN Opponents2940.473.226.259.4.4416.618.8.35214.220.4.69510.827.938.714.95.32.713.519.7


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 23, 2020
Minnesota
Ohio State		 62 - 59
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Dec 15, 2019
Ohio State
Minnesota		 71 - 84
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Dec 2, 2018
Minnesota
Ohio State		 59 - 79
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 20, 2018
Ohio State
Minnesota		 67 - 49
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Madison Square Garden
Jan 25, 2017
Minnesota
Ohio State		 72 - 78
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 8, 2017
Ohio State
Minnesota		 68 - 78
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Dec 30, 2015
Minnesota
Ohio State		 63 - 78
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 12, 2015
Minnesota
Ohio State		 73 - 79
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Jan 6, 2015
Ohio State
Minnesota		 74 - 72
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Feb 22, 2014
Minnesota
Ohio State		 46 - 64
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 16, 2014
Ohio State
Minnesota		 53 - 63
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Feb 20, 2013
Minnesota
Ohio State		 45 - 71
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 14, 2012
Ohio State
Minnesota		 78 - 68
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Feb 6, 2011
Ohio State
Minnesota		 82 - 69
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Jan 9, 2011
Minnesota
Ohio State		 64 - 67
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 14, 2010
Minnesota
Ohio State		 61 - 90
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Jan 31, 2010
Minnesota
Ohio State		 63 - 85
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 9, 2010
Ohio State
Minnesota		 62 - 73
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Feb 7, 2009
Minnesota
Ohio State		 58 - 64
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 3, 2009
Ohio State
Minnesota		 59 - 68
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Mar 1, 2008
Ohio State
Minnesota		 57 - 71
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Jan 26, 2008
Minnesota
Ohio State		 60 - 76
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 18, 2007
Ohio State
Minnesota		 85 - 67
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Feb 4, 2006
Minnesota
Ohio State		 53 - 67
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 19, 2005
Ohio State
Minnesota		 50 - 52
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Jan 19, 2005
Minnesota
Ohio State		 60 - 56
Minnesota		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 25, 2004
Ohio State
Minnesota		 70 - 59
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Williams Arena
Jan 17, 2004
Minnesota
Ohio State		 62 - 73
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 5, 2003
Minnesota
Ohio State		 68 - 73
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena

2020-2021 Ohio State Buckeyes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Washington, Jr. J. Ahrens M. Jallow J. Sueing E. Liddell
Rotation C. Walker   S. Towns K. Young  
Lim PT M. Johnson, Jr. J. Sotos E. Brown III Z. Key I. Diallo
Lim PT   A. Porter H. Hookfin    
Lim PT   J. Davidson      

2020-2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Mashburn, Jr. M. Carr T. Williams III B. Johnson E. Curry
Rotation   B. Gach     I. Ihnen
Rotation         S. Freeman
Lim PT   G. Kalscheur D. Mutaf J. Omersa L. Robbins
Lim PT   H. Conroy M. Mitchell    

Ohio State Buckeyes Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
10 Justin Ahrens SG 31 18.2 5.7 1.9 4.3 .433 1.7 4.1 .425 0.2 0.3 .700 0.2 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.2
3 Eugene Brown III SF 27 6.5 1.3 0.5 1.4 .351 0.3 0.9 .280 0.1 0.1 .500 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
40 Jansen Davidson G 2 3.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .750 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
15 Ibrahima Diallo C 5 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.8 .250 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
42 Harrison Hookfin F 4 3.0 1.5 0.8 1.5 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0
2 Musa Jallow SF 26 15.7 2.9 1.2 2.3 .508 0.0 0.7 .056 0.5 0.9 .565 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.1
0 Meechie Johnson, Jr. PG 17 5.8 1.2 0.4 1.1 .389 0.4 0.7 .500 0.1 0.4 .167 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
23 Zed Key PF 31 11.7 5.2 2.0 3.2 .616 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.2 .551 1.5 1.9 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 29 29.3 16.2 5.4 11.5 .474 0.9 2.8 .338 4.3 5.8 .746 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 1.6 3.0
0 Abel Porter G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 Jimmy Sotos G 12 9.5 1.7 0.5 1.5 .333 0.4 1.2 .333 0.2 0.3 .750 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.2
14 Justice Sueing SF 31 28.2 10.7 3.5 7.2 .491 0.7 2.0 .361 3.0 4.0 .750 1.5 3.9 5.5 1.5 0.9 0.2 1.8 2.4
31 Seth Towns SF 25 10.9 3.8 1.3 3.0 .421 0.6 1.8 .341 0.6 0.8 .800 0.4 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.2
13 C.J. Walker PG 27 30.0 9.5 3.0 7.4 .410 0.5 1.8 .265 2.9 3.1 .940 0.4 2.8 3.2 4.4 0.9 0.1 2.0 2.6
4 Duane Washington, Jr. G 31 32.1 16.4 5.5 13.5 .410 2.9 7.7 .374 2.5 2.9 .835 0.2 3.2 3.4 2.9 0.4 0.0 2.2 1.6
25 Kyle Young PF 27 26.3 8.6 3.3 6.0 .543 0.5 1.1 .433 1.6 1.9 .846 1.8 3.7 5.5 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.7

Minnesota Golden Gophers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
5 Marcus Carr PG 29 35.8 19.4 6.0 15.6 .385 2.1 6.5 .317 5.3 6.7 .799 0.8 3.2 4.0 4.9 1.3 0.1 2.3 2.3
13 Hunt Conroy G 3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Eric Curry PF 29 15.9 3.7 1.4 3.3 .442 0.1 0.7 .190 0.6 1.0 .621 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.9 1.9
32 Sam Freeman C 18 6.7 1.1 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .625 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.1
11 Both Gach SG 29 22.7 6.8 2.3 5.8 .401 0.7 2.6 .276 1.4 1.8 .808 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.6 1.7
5 Isaiah Ihnen GF 29 14.2 2.8 0.9 2.9 .318 0.4 2.0 .220 0.5 0.7 .789 1.1 2.4 3.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.2
23 Brandon Johnson PF 28 25.8 8.9 2.9 6.4 .461 0.5 2.0 .255 2.5 3.5 .714 2.1 4.1 6.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.5
22 Gabe Kalscheur SG 21 30.8 9.2 2.8 8.9 .316 1.3 5.2 .245 2.3 2.7 .860 1.1 1.8 2.9 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.4 2.1
4 Jamal Mashburn, Jr. PG 29 22.0 8.2 2.9 8.4 .350 0.8 3.0 .276 1.5 1.9 .796 0.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.4
2 Martice Mitchell SF 7 3.1 1.3 0.4 0.9 .500 0.1 0.6 .250 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9
3 David Mutaf GF 3 3.3 3.3 1.3 2.3 .571 0.7 1.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
21 Jarvis Omersa PF 7 9.9 1.7 0.6 1.0 .571 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.9 .667 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.4 2.7
0 Liam Robbins C 23 24.4 11.7 3.9 8.8 .441 0.7 2.3 .327 3.3 4.7 .694 2.4 4.2 6.6 1.1 0.7 2.7 1.7 3.6
1 Tre' Williams III G 27 18.6 5.8 2.3 5.6 .404 0.9 2.7 .329 0.4 1.2 .312 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.8

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