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Minnesota overcomes loss of leading scorer Garcia, rallies to beat Nebraska 76-65

AP
Dec 07, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Elijah Hawkins scored 12 points with 11 assists and Minnesota overcame a 15-point halftime deficit and the loss of leading scorer Dawson Garcia to beat Nebraska 76-65 on Wednesday night.

Garcia, who had a career-high 36 points in the Gophers’ Big Ten-opening loss against Ohio State, turned an ankle a couple minutes into the game. He returned late in the half and started the second half, but was favoring his ankle and soon took a seat with Minnesota (6-3, 1-1) trailing by 11.

A few minutes later Minnesota went on a 18-2 run and took a three-point lead. Joshua Ola-Joseph hit a 3-pointer and added two more buckets including a dunk in a subsequent run and Minnesota led by nine with under nine minutes remaining. Nebraska (7-2, 0-1) got within four with five minutes left but no closer with Hawkins hitting a 3-pointer with 2 1/2 minutes to go for an eight-point edge.

Ola-Joseph scored 15 points, Braeden Carrington 13 and Mike Mitchell Jr. and Pharrel Payne had 12 apiece for Minnesota, which outscored Nebraska 52-26 in the second half.

Brice Williams scored 18 points but only one in the second half for the Cornhuskers. Jamarques Lawrence added 16 points and Juwan Gary 11. Leading scorer Keisei Tominaga scored on just four free throws.

Nebraska is home on Sunday for its conference home opener against Michigan State then plays three nonconference games before resuming Big Ten play in January.

Minnesota plays Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday, the first of four straight nonconference home games before resuming league play in January.

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1st Half
NEB
Cornhuskers
39
MINN
Golden Gophers
24

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Golden Gophers gains possession)
19:35		Cam Christie misses three point jump shot
19:33		Brice Williams defensive rebound
19:17	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup (Rienk Mast assists)	2-0
18:52	+2	Cam Christie makes two point jump shot (Joshua Ola-Joseph assists)	2-2
18:42		Jamarques Lawrence misses two point layup
18:40		Rienk Mast offensive rebound
18:40	+2	Rienk Mast makes two point layup	4-2
18:26	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup (Braeden Carrington assists)	4-4
18:06		Rienk Mast misses two point jump shot
18:04		Brice Williams offensive rebound
18:02		Brice Williams misses two point layup
18:00		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
17:59		Braeden Carrington turnover
17:48		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
17:46		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
17:34	+3	Cam Christie makes three point jump shot (Elijah Hawkins assists)	4-7
17:22		Braeden Carrington blocks Keisei Tominaga's two point layup
17:20		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
16:53		Cam Christie misses three point jump shot
16:51		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
16:40	+2	Josiah Allick makes two point layup (Brice Williams assists)	6-7
16:15		Elijah Hawkins turnover
15:49		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
15:47		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
15:21		Elijah Hawkins misses three point jump shot
15:19		Rienk Mast defensive rebound
15:01	+2	Jamarques Lawrence makes two point layup	8-7
14:39	+2	Braeden Carrington makes two point jump shot (Pharrel Payne assists)	8-9
14:26		Josiah Allick turnover
14:26		TV timeout
14:02	+3	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes three point jump shot (Elijah Hawkins assists)	8-12
13:39	+2	Brice Williams makes two point layup	10-12
13:29		Elijah Hawkins turnover (Brice Williams steals)
13:21	+3	Jamarques Lawrence makes three point jump shot (Brice Williams assists)	13-12
12:54		Brice Williams blocks Pharrel Payne's two point dunk
12:52		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
12:38		Joshua Ola-Joseph blocks C.J. Wilcher's two point layup
12:36		C.J. Wilcher offensive rebound
12:36		C.J. Wilcher turnover (Pharrel Payne steals)
12:26	+2	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point jump shot	13-14
12:05	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot	15-14
11:44		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:42		Pharrel Payne offensive rebound
11:40	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point layup	15-16
11:40		Rienk Mast shooting foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
11:40		TV timeout
11:40		Pharrel Payne misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:40		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
11:22		Pharrel Payne blocks Josiah Allick's two point layup
11:20		Isaiah Ihnen defensive rebound
10:53		Isaiah Ihnen misses three point jump shot
10:51		Isaiah Ihnen offensive rebound
10:51		Jarron Coleman personal foul
10:30		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
10:28		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
10:11		Jarron Coleman misses three point jump shot
10:09		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
10:07		Juwan Gary turnover
9:49		Pharrel Payne turnover (lost ball)
9:49	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point layup (Josiah Allick assists)	17-16
9:49		Braeden Carrington turnover (Juwan Gary steals)
9:02	+2	C.J. Wilcher makes two point jump shot (Sam Hoiberg assists)	19-16
8:40		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:38		Isaiah Ihnen offensive rebound
8:18		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
8:16		Braeden Carrington offensive rebound
8:15		Jarron Coleman personal foul
8:14		C.J. Wilcher shooting foul (Isaiah Ihnen draws the foul)
8:14	+1	Isaiah Ihnen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-17
8:14		Isaiah Ihnen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:14		Brice Williams defensive rebound
7:59		Braeden Carrington personal foul
7:59		TV timeout
7:59	+1	C.J. Wilcher makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-17
7:59	+1	C.J. Wilcher makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-17
7:46		Isaiah Ihnen misses three point jump shot
7:44		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
7:31	+2	Brice Williams makes two point jump shot	23-17
7:02		Braeden Carrington misses two point jump shot
7:00		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
6:44		Keisei Tominaga offensive foul
6:44		Keisei Tominaga turnover (offensive foul)
6:27		Jump ball. (Golden Gophers gains possession)
6:16	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot (Parker Fox assists)	23-20
6:07	+2	Brice Williams makes two point driving layup	25-20
6:00		Cam Christie misses three point jump shot
6:00		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
5:56		Juwan Gary personal foul
5:48		Cam Christie turnover (traveling)
5:36	+3	Brice Williams makes three point jump shot (Rienk Mast assists)	28-20
5:06		Braeden Carrington misses two point layup
5:04		Rienk Mast defensive rebound
4:59		Brice Williams misses three point jump shot
4:57		Brice Williams offensive rebound
4:57	+2	Brice Williams makes two point putback layup	30-20
4:57		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
4:34		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
4:32		Brice Williams defensive rebound
4:27		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (bad pass) (Braeden Carrington steals)
3:58		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses two point layup
3:56		Rienk Mast defensive rebound
3:40		Brice Williams misses two point jump shot
3:38		Juwan Gary offensive rebound
3:34	+2	Brice Williams makes two point cutting layup (Juwan Gary assists)	32-20
3:13		Pharrel Payne turnover (bad pass)
3:13		TV timeout
3:07		Elijah Hawkins blocks Jamarques Lawrence's two point layup
3:05		Elijah Hawkins defensive rebound
3:02		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
3:02	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-21
3:02	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-22
2:38	+2	Rienk Mast makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Brice Williams assists)	34-22
2:10		Elijah Hawkins turnover (bad pass)
1:58	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point cutting dunk (C.J. Wilcher assists)	36-22
1:25		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
1:23		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
1:15	+3	C.J. Wilcher makes three point jump shot (Juwan Gary assists)	39-22
0:47	+2	Braeden Carrington makes two point driving layup (Elijah Hawkins assists)	39-24
0:29		Rienk Mast turnover (bad pass) (Braeden Carrington steals)
0:02		Elijah Hawkins misses two point driving layup
0:00		C.J. Wilcher defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NEB
Cornhuskers
26
MINN
Golden Gophers
52

Time		Play	Score
19:35		Cam Christie misses three point jump shot
19:33		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
19:32		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (out of bounds)
19:26	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point driving finger roll layup (Elijah Hawkins assists)	39-26
19:01		Rienk Mast misses two point jump shot
18:59		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
18:47	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point driving layup (Elijah Hawkins assists)	39-28
18:32		Cam Christie shooting foul (Brice Williams draws the foul)
18:32		Brice Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:32	+1	Brice Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-28
18:09		Parker Fox misses two point layup
18:07		Josiah Allick defensive rebound
17:59		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
17:57		Cornhuskers offensive rebound
17:54		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (lost ball)
17:32		Brice Williams shooting foul (Cam Christie draws the foul)
17:32	+1	Cam Christie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-29
17:32		Cam Christie misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:32		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
17:13		Rienk Mast misses three point jump shot
17:11		Cam Christie defensive rebound
16:57		Pharrel Payne turnover (bad pass) (Brice Williams steals)
16:40	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point driving reverse layup (Rienk Mast assists)	42-29
16:14		Parker Fox turnover (bad pass) (Juwan Gary steals)
16:06		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
16:04		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
15:57	+2	Braeden Carrington makes two point driving layup (Elijah Hawkins assists)	42-31
15:57		Rienk Mast shooting foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
15:57		TV timeout
15:57	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-32
15:47		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (lost ball) (Braeden Carrington steals)
15:39		Brice Williams shooting foul (Parker Fox draws the foul)
15:39	+1	Parker Fox makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-33
15:39	+1	Parker Fox makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-34
15:22		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
15:20		Elijah Hawkins defensive rebound
15:14	+3	Cam Christie makes three point jump shot (Elijah Hawkins assists)	42-37
14:53		Pharrel Payne blocks Juwan Gary's two point layup
14:51		Rienk Mast offensive rebound
14:42		Parker Fox blocks Rienk Mast's two point layup
14:40		Elijah Hawkins defensive rebound
14:24		Braeden Carrington misses two point jump shot
14:22		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
13:58		Braeden Carrington personal foul (C.J. Wilcher draws the foul)
13:56		Cam Christie blocks Brice Williams's two point jump shot
13:54		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
13:32	+3	Elijah Hawkins makes three point stepback jump shot	42-40
13:28		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
13:28		TV timeout
13:18		Josiah Allick turnover (lost ball) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals)
13:13	+2	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point driving layup	42-42
13:01		C.J. Wilcher misses two point floating jump shot
12:59		Elijah Hawkins defensive rebound
12:34		Parker Fox turnover (bad pass)
12:24	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point pullup jump shot (Brice Williams assists)	44-42
12:00		Cam Christie misses three point jump shot
11:58		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
11:55		TV timeout
11:36	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point alley-oop dunk (Elijah Hawkins assists)	44-44
11:19		Brice Williams misses two point layup
11:17		Cam Christie defensive rebound
11:08	+3	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes three point jump shot (Cam Christie assists)	44-47
10:59	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point cutting layup (Sam Hoiberg assists)	46-47
10:59		Elijah Hawkins shooting foul (Juwan Gary draws the foul)
10:59	+1	Juwan Gary makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-47
10:42	+3	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes three point jump shot (Elijah Hawkins assists)	47-50
10:30		Pharrel Payne shooting foul (Jamarques Lawrence draws the foul)
10:30		Jamarques Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:30	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-50
10:18		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
10:16		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive rebound
10:11	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point putback layup	48-52
9:59		Juwan Gary turnover (lost ball) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals)
9:58	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point alley-oop dunk (Elijah Hawkins assists)	48-54
9:57		Cornhuskers 30 second timeout
9:51		Rienk Mast misses three point jump shot
9:49		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
9:40		Brice Williams shooting foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
9:40		Pharrel Payne misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:40	+1	Pharrel Payne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-55
9:11		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
9:09		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
8:47	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point turnaround hook shot (Braeden Carrington assists)	48-57
8:33	+3	Jamarques Lawrence makes three point stepback jump shot	51-57
8:07		Joshua Ola-Joseph turnover (lost ball) (Rienk Mast steals)
7:49		Brice Williams misses two point layup
7:47		Brice Williams offensive rebound
7:43		Brice Williams turnover (lost ball) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals)
7:42		Mike Mitchell Jr. technical foul
7:42		Mike Mitchell Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
7:42		TV timeout
7:42	+1	Keisei Tominaga makes technical free throw 1 of 2	52-57
7:42	+1	Keisei Tominaga makes technical free throw 2 of 2	53-57
7:27		Elijah Hawkins turnover (bad pass) (Brice Williams steals)
7:13		Brice Williams turnover (lost ball)
6:51		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:49		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive rebound
6:45	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point putback layup	53-59
6:35		Brice Williams turnover (lost ball) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals)
6:33		Brice Williams flagrant 1 (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
6:33	+1	Pharrel Payne makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	53-60
6:33		Pharrel Payne misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
6:08		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:06		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive rebound
5:56		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:54		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive rebound
5:52		Joshua Ola-Joseph turnover (bad pass)
5:34		Pharrel Payne shooting foul (Josiah Allick draws the foul)
5:34		Josiah Allick misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:34	+1	Josiah Allick makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-60
5:11		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
5:09		Cornhuskers defensive rebound
4:55	+2	Jamarques Lawrence makes two point pullup jump shot	56-60
4:46		Golden Gophers 60 second timeout
4:34	+2	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes two point stepback jump shot (Elijah Hawkins assists)	56-62
4:17		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (lost ball) (Elijah Hawkins steals)
3:52		Juwan Gary shooting foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
3:52		TV timeout
3:52		Elijah Hawkins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:52	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-63
3:44		Braeden Carrington personal foul (Keisei Tominaga draws the foul)
3:44	+1	Keisei Tominaga makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-63
3:44	+1	Keisei Tominaga makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-63
3:30		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:29		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
3:29		Keisei Tominaga personal foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
3:29	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-64
3:29	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-65
3:13		Keisei Tominaga misses three point jump shot
3:07		Jamarques Lawrence offensive rebound
3:07	+2	Juwan Gary makes two point dunk (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	60-65
2:36	+3	Elijah Hawkins makes three point jump shot (Joshua Ola-Joseph assists)	60-68
2:24		Brice Williams offensive foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
2:24		Brice Williams turnover (offensive foul)
2:01		Mike Mitchell Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Jamarques Lawrence steals)
1:57		Elijah Hawkins shooting foul (Jamarques Lawrence draws the foul)
1:57	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-68
1:57	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-68
1:42		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses two point driving reverse layup
1:40		Joshua Ola-Joseph offensive rebound
1:34	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point putback layup	62-70
1:30		C.J. Wilcher misses three point jump shot
1:28		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
1:28		Rienk Mast personal foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
1:26		Pharrel Payne misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:26		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
1:24		Juwan Gary misses three point jump shot
1:22		Elijah Hawkins defensive rebound
1:10		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
1:10	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-71
1:10		Elijah Hawkins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:10		Elijah Hawkins offensive rebound
1:04		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
1:04		Elijah Hawkins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:04	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-72
0:49		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (lost ball) (Mike Mitchell Jr. steals)
0:32		Juwan Gary personal foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
0:32	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-73
0:32		Braeden Carrington misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:32		Juwan Gary defensive rebound
0:22	+3	Jamarques Lawrence makes three point jump shot (C.J. Wilcher assists)	65-73
0:22		Cornhuskers 60 second timeout
0:19		Cale Jacobsen personal foul (Elijah Hawkins draws the foul)
0:19	+1	Elijah Hawkins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-74
0:19		Elijah Hawkins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:19		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
0:12		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (traveling)
0:10		C.J. Wilcher personal foul (Joshua Ola-Joseph draws the foul)
0:10	+1	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-75
0:10	+1	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-76
0:10		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
0:05		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
0:03		Cam Christie defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Cam Christie defensive rebound