Minnesota defeats Middle Tennessee to reach NIT semis
Rodney Williams and Andre Hollins scored 24 a piece to get Minnesota an NIT quarterfinal victory over Middle Tennessee
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 28 | 50 | 78 |
| Middle Tenn. St. | 32 | 40 | 72 |
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Hollins | 36 | 7-18 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 6-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 24 |
| Joe Coleman | 27 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 7 |
| Austin Hollins | 36 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Rodney Williams | 36 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 6-8 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 24 |
| Eliott Eliason | 32 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Julian Welch | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Maverick Ahanmisi | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chip Armelin | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Andre Ingram | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Trevor Mbakwe | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Oto Osenieks | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Maurice Walker | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ralph Sampson III | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Chris Halvorsen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kendal Shell | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-55 | 6-11 | 18-24 | 33-13 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 20-0 | 78 | |
| .491 | .545 | .750 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Middle Tenn. St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaRon Dendy | 34 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 5-8 | 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-1 | 11 |
| Bruce Massey | 31 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Marcos Knight | 28 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 9-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Raymond Cintron | 23 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| J.T. Sulton | 25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| James Gallman | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Shawn Jones | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Oden | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Torin Walker | 8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Kerry Hammonds | 19 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Julian Edmonson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jacquez Rozier | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jason Jones | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tavarres Jefferson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Zane Gibson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 25-53 | 4-13 | 18-24 | 31-12 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 19-1 | 72 | |
| .472 | .308 | .750 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Doug Shows, Mike Nance, Tony Chiazza
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Officials: - Doug Shows, Mike Nance, Tony Chiazza
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