No. 12 Minnesota 89, Rutgers 67
MINNEAPOLIS — Nate Mason led the way with 26 points as Minnesota bounced back from its first loss of the season, opening conference play with a win over Rutgers.
Jordan Murphy, the three-time winner of the Big Ten’s player of the week award, had 18 points and led all rebounders with 16 for the Gophers (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) who led by 10 at the start of the second
half, and were able to pull away from an aggressive Rutgers team late.
Rutgers (6-2, 0-1) was paced by 13 points and nine rebounds from Mamadou Doucure, while Geo Baker had 12 points. Rutgers shot just over 32 percent, and Minnesota blocked eight shots.
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