Despite Penn State's abnormally slow start, they controlled much of the first 20 minutes. It wasn't until a Brennan Rigsby dunk late in the first half that sparked a 6-0 run and Minnesota trailed 25-21 heading into halftime. It was the lowest-scoring first half of a Big Ten game this season.

One caveat to the first half of the Gophers men’s basketball team’s Big Ten schedule was its overall difficulty. While Minnesota struggled, its list of foes was considered top three toughest in

The Gophers need Femi Odukale and Isaac Asuma in attack mode Tuesday at Penn State to help end the shooting woes for Mike Mitchell Jr., and Lu’Cye Patterson.

Battle is between two teams that don’t want to be left out of the season-ending Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.