Boxscore
Minnesota 70, La Salle 61
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00 PM
Location -
Tom Gola Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Officials -
Clarence Armstrong, Jim Burr, Bryan Kersey
Attendance -
3023
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
Minnesota 70, La Salle 61: Rodney Williams scored a game-high 21 points to lead the visiting Golden Gophers in the first round of the NIT.
Austin Hollins scored 16 points and Andre Hollins added 13 for the Golden Gophers (20-14), who play at Miami in the second round.
The Gophers, who shot 51.9 percent from the field, won on the road for the first time since Feb. 5 when they prevailed at Nebraska.
Earl Pettis scored 19 points and Ramon Galloway had 13 for La Salle (21-13), which was making its first postseason appearance since 1991.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The win was the 100th at Minnesota for coach Tubby Smith. ... Minnesota is making its 14th NIT appearance and played on the road in the first round for only the second time. ... Galloway, a transfer from South Carolina, has 1,003 career points.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Joe Coleman
|
32:00 |
2-3 |
0-0 |
3-4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
|
Elliott Eliason
|
14:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Andre Hollins
|
22:00 |
5-8 |
1-3 |
2-3 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
|
Austin Hollins
|
36:00 |
7-11 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
|
Rodney Williams
|
40:00 |
9-17 |
0-2 |
3-3 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
|
Maverick Ahanmisi
|
5:00 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Andre Ingram
|
2:00 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Julian Welch
|
25:00 |
4-8 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
|
Oto Osenieks
|
21:00 |
1-4 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Chip Armelin
|
3:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
28-54 |
1-11 |
13-18 |
9 |
21 |
30 |
15 |
14 |
9 |
15 |
3 |
70 |
| |
51.9%
|
9.1%
|
72.2%
|
Team Rebs: 2 |
|
Total TO: 15 |
La Salle Explorers
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Tyreek Duren
|
26:00 |
3-7 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
|
Ramon Galloway
|
38:00 |
4-9 |
1-1 |
4-4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
|
Sam Mills
|
38:00 |
3-5 |
2-3 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Earl Pettis
|
37:00 |
8-17 |
1-3 |
2-2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
|
Jerrell Wright
|
26:00 |
5-10 |
0-0 |
2-6 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
|
Devon White
|
6:00 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
D.J. Peterson
|
25:00 |
1-1 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Steve Zack
|
4:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
24-51 |
5-10 |
8-13 |
7 |
13 |
20 |
16 |
14 |
10 |
18 |
5 |
61 |
| |
47.1%
|
50.0%
|
61.5%
|
Team Rebs: 3 |
|
Total TO: 18 |