The Texas Southern men’s basketball team came into Sunday’s game against the Gophers with one of the worst resumes in Division I.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference team was 1-6, with the lone victory coming over College of Biblical Studies, a Division II school. That’s an hallelujah moment for the Houston school compared to blowout losses to Gonzaga, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt by an average of 41.2 points per game.
The Gophers kept the Tigers down with a 89-53 win at Williams Arena. Minnesota (6-5) improved to 6-0 at home this season.
With Texas Southern (1-6) allowing 86.7 points per game (352nd in the nation), Minnesota set a season record with 15 made 3-pointers.
Cade Tyson scored a career-high 38 points, including a program-tying eight made 3-pointers. He also added 11 rebounds Sunday. When at Belmont, Tyson had 31 points against Samford in Dec. 2023.
The Gophers came into the game at No. 3 in the nation in assists to made field goals (69%) and improved that number Sunday with assists on the opening 26 baskets through the opening 35 minutes.
Langston Reynolds, who is filling in for injured point guard Chansey Willis, had a career-high 11 assists.
Texas Southern (1-6) was allowing 86.7 points per game, which was 352nd in the nation.
In the first half, Tyson scored 23 points, including 5 of 7 from deep, to give the U a 45-25 lead at the break.
In the opening 20 minutes, Minnesota made nine treys in the first half, which matched their season high in a game against Stanford on Nov. 27.
The Gophers will close out nonconference play with two more games: Campbell on Dec. 21 and Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 29. The U restarts Big Ten play with an 18-game stretch on Jan. 3 with a road trip to Northwestern.
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