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The Minnesota Golden Gophers will tangle with the Indiana Hoosiers on Friday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tip-off between the Big Ten foes is at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Minnesota (12-3 SU, 14-1 ATS, and 7-8 O/U) has won seven straight games. It took down Maryland by a score of 65-62 on Sunday, improving to 3-1 in B1G play.
Indiana (11-5 SU, 7-9 ATS, and 7-8-1 O/U) lost by nine points at Rutgers on Tuesday, dropping it to 3-2 in conference play.
Last season, the Hoosiers beat the Golden Gophers 61-57 in their lone meeting. Minnesota shot just 34.4 percent, including 5-for-25 from long range, as Indiana dominated in the paint (36 points).
The Hoosiers are 3.5-point spread favorites and the game total is 145.5 points.
Golden Gophers: C Jack Wilson is out (hip) and F Erick Reader is questionable (undisclosed).
Hoosiers: No recent injuries.
Minnesota ended a ten-game losing streak to Maryland on Sunday, exploding in the second half after scoring just 22 points in the first half. Neither team was efficient offensively, as the Terrapins were 19-for-50 overall and the Gophers were 24-for-59, but Maryland committed 17 costly turnovers.
Minnesota scores 78.9 points per game (81st) and shoots 48.9 percent (30th), including 36.1 percent from three-point range (79th). It converts 68.8 percent of its foul shots (264th) and averages 33.5 rebounds (159th), 19.8 assists (4th), and 12.3 turnovers (170th) per game.
The Golden Gophers surrender 66.3 points per game (73rd), and their opponents shoot 41.4 percent overall (94th), including 33.0 percent from beyond the arc (187th), with 28.4 rebounds per game (38th). Minnesota averages 5.0 blocks (29th), 6.9 steals (140th), and 15.7 fouls (73rd) per game.
Ken Pom ranks Minny 77th nationally. The Golden Gophers rank 77th in offensive efficiency, 89th in defensive efficiency, and 213th in tempo (schedule-adjusted). Their strength of schedule rating (-6.58) ranks 347th nationally.