Garcia scores 20 points, Odukale adds 18 to help Minnesota push past Iowa 72-67
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Femi Odukale added 18 and Minnesota held off Iowa for a 72-67 victory on Tuesday night.
Minnesota led by double digits for most of the second half until Owen Freeman scored six points during Iowa's 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 70-67 with 30 seconds left. Garcia missed two free throws on the next possession, but Seydou Traore then missed at the line for Iowa. Frank Mitchell made a pair of free throws to seal it for Minnesota.
Minnesota (10-9, 2-6 Big Ten), which beat then-No. 20 Michigan 84-81 in overtime on Thursday, has won consecutive games since snapping a four-game losing streak.
Payton Sandfort scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Iowa (12-7, 3-5), which has lost three straight. Freeman also had 21 points to go with eight rebounds. Traore finished with 11 points.
Garcia scored seven points in a 14-3 run to open the second half to stretch Minnesota's lead to 45-31 with 14:23 remaining. A pair of Garcia free throws gave the Golden Gophers a 17-point advantage, 63-46, with 6:15 left. It was their largest lead of the game.
Iowa hosts Penn State on Friday.
Minnesota is at home against No. 15 Oregon on Saturday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | (Golden Gophers gains possession) | Â | |
19:43 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:41 | Â | Payton Sandfort defensive rebound | Â | |
19:35 | Â | Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:33 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound | Â | |
19:09 | Â | Parker Fox turnover (lost ball) (Drew Thelwell steals) | Â | |
19:03 | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point dunk (Drew Thelwell assists) | 0-2 | |
18:46 | +2 | Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists) | 2-2 | |
18:34 | Â | Parker Fox blocks Payton Sandfort's two point layup | Â | |
18:32 | Â | Femi Odukale defensive rebound | Â | |
18:26 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:24 | Â | Parker Fox offensive rebound | Â | |
18:22 | Â | Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:21 | Â | Parker Fox offensive rebound | Â | |
18:21 | Â | Brock Harding personal foul | Â | |
18:08 | Â | Jump ball. Dawson Garcia vs. Josh Dix (Hawkeyes gains possession) | Â | |
18:08 | Â | Dawson Garcia turnover (lost ball) (Josh Dix steals) | Â | |
17:43 | Â | Owen Freeman misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:41 | Â | Payton Sandfort offensive rebound | Â | |
17:38 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson shooting foul (Payton Sandfort draws the foul) | Â | |
17:38 | +1 | Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-3 | |
17:38 | +1 | Payton Sandfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-4 | |
17:30 | Â | Owen Freeman shooting foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul) | Â | |
17:30 | +1 | Dawson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 3-4 | |
17:30 | +1 | Dawson Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 4-4 | |
17:18 | Â | Drew Thelwell misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:16 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound | Â | |
16:59 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
16:57 | Â | Femi Odukale offensive rebound | Â | |
16:54 | +2 | Femi Odukale makes two point layup | 6-4 | |
16:28 | Â | Owen Freeman misses two point layup | Â | |
16:26 | Â | Femi Odukale defensive rebound | Â | |
16:11 | Â | Parker Fox turnover (traveling) | Â | |
15:48 | Â | Drew Thelwell misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:46 | Â | Golden Gophers defensive rebound | Â | |
15:45 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
15:32 | +2 | Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists) | 8-4 | |
15:07 | +2 | Payton Sandfort makes two point layup (Drew Thelwell assists) | 8-6 | |
14:33 | Â | Brennan Rigsby misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:31 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
14:13 | Â | Owen Freeman turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
13:58 | Â | Trey Edmonds misses two point layup | Â | |
13:56 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
13:53 | Â | Trey Edmonds personal foul (Owen Freeman draws the foul) | Â | |
13:43 | +2 | Payton Sandfort makes two point jump shot (Owen Freeman assists) | 8-8 | |
13:15 | Â | Pryce Sandfort blocks Mike Mitchell Jr.'s two point layup | Â | |
13:13 | Â | Dawson Garcia offensive rebound | Â | |
13:09 | +3 | Isaac Asuma makes three point jump shot (Dawson Garcia assists) | 11-8 | |
12:59 | Â | Josh Dix misses two point layup | Â | |
12:57 | Â | Brennan Rigsby defensive rebound | Â | |
12:50 | +3 | Mike Mitchell Jr. makes three point jump shot (Dawson Garcia assists) | 14-8 | |
12:39 | +2 | Drew Thelwell makes two point layup | 14-10 | |
12:14 | Â | Dawson Garcia misses two point layup | Â | |
12:12 | Â | Trey Edmonds offensive rebound | Â | |
12:07 | +2 | Trey Edmonds makes two point layup | 16-10 | |
11:58 | Â | Owen Freeman turnover (bad pass) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals) | Â | |
11:35 | Â | Payton Sandfort blocks Mike Mitchell Jr.'s two point layup | Â | |
11:33 | Â | Payton Sandfort defensive rebound | Â | |
11:28 | Â | Josh Dix misses two point layup | Â | |
11:26 | Â | Dawson Garcia defensive rebound | Â | |
11:17 | +3 | Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Isaac Asuma assists) | 19-10 | |
11:12 | Â | Hawkeyes 30 second timeout | Â | |
11:12 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
10:51 | Â | Ladji Dembele misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:49 | Â | Hawkeyes offensive rebound | Â | |
10:41 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (Pryce Sandfort draws the foul) | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Femi Odukale blocks Payton Sandfort's two point layup | Â | |
10:35 | Â | Hawkeyes offensive rebound | Â | |
10:35 | Â | Payton Sandfort misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:33 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
10:16 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:14 | Â | Seydou Traore defensive rebound | Â | |
10:08 | Â | Seydou Traore misses two point layup | Â | |
10:06 | Â | Femi Odukale defensive rebound | Â | |
10:03 | Â | Jump ball. (Golden Gophers gains possession) | Â | |
9:54 | Â | Femi Odukale turnover (traveling) | Â | |
9:31 | Â | Payton Sandfort misses two point jump shot | Â | |
9:29 | Â | Golden Gophers defensive rebound | Â | |
9:02 | Â | Pryce Sandfort personal foul (Mike Mitchell Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
8:57 | Â | Femi Odukale misses two point layup | Â | |
8:55 | Â | Frank Mitchell offensive rebound | Â | |
8:52 | +2 | Frank Mitchell makes two point layup | 21-10 | |
8:48 | +2 | Brock Harding makes two point layup | 21-12 | |
8:19 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:17 | Â | Brock Harding defensive rebound | Â | |
8:07 | +2 | Josh Dix makes two point jump shot | 21-14 | |
7:44 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
7:42 | Â | Seydou Traore defensive rebound | Â | |
7:31 | +2 | Brock Harding makes two point layup (Pryce Sandfort assists) | 21-16 | |
7:09 | +3 | Kadyn Betts makes three point jump shot (Lu'Cye Patterson assists) | 24-16 | |
6:52 | +2 | Seydou Traore makes two point jump shot | 24-18 | |
6:46 | Â | Golden Gophers 30 second timeout | Â | |
6:46 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
6:23 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
6:21 | Â | Golden Gophers offensive rebound | Â | |
6:07 | Â | Isaac Asuma misses two point jump shot | Â | |
6:06 | Â | Owen Freeman defensive rebound | Â | |
6:06 | Â | Parker Fox personal foul | Â | |
5:58 | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point alley-oop dunk (Brock Harding assists) | 24-20 | |
5:26 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:24 | Â | Seydou Traore defensive rebound | Â | |
5:06 | Â | Brock Harding misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:04 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
4:36 | Â | Lu'Cye Patterson turnover (traveling) | Â | |
4:22 | +2 | Owen Freeman makes two point dunk (Brock Harding assists) | 24-22 | |
4:01 | +2 | Femi Odukale makes two point layup (Isaac Asuma assists) | 26-22 | |
3:50 | Â | Brock Harding turnover (bad pass) (Isaac Asuma steals) | Â | |
3:37 | +2 | Parker Fox makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists) | 28-22 | |
3:26 | Â | Brock Harding turnover (traveling) | Â | |
3:26 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
3:04 | Â | Josh Dix personal foul | Â | |
2:55 | Â | Dawson Garcia turnover (traveling) | Â | |
2:46 | +2 | Seydou Traore makes two point dunk (Owen Freeman assists) | 28-24 | |
2:11 | Â | Payton Sandfort blocks Parker Fox's two point layup | Â | |
2:09 | Â | Payton Sandfort defensive rebound | Â | |
2:01 | Â | Drew Thelwell misses two point layup | Â | |
1:59 | Â | Femi Odukale defensive rebound | Â | |
1:47 | Â | Payton Sandfort shooting foul (Parker Fox draws the foul) | Â | |
1:47 | +1 | Parker Fox makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-24 | |
1:47 | +1 | Parker Fox makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-24 | |
1:23 | +2 | Payton Sandfort makes two point layup | 30-26 | |
0:49 | Â | Femi Odukale misses two point jump shot | Â | |
0:48 | Â | Golden Gophers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
0:46 | +2 | Payton Sandfort makes two point layup | 30-28 | |
0:25 | Â | Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
0:23 | Â | Dawson Garcia offensive rebound | Â | |
0:05 | +2 | Dawson Garcia makes two point layup | 32-28 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |