The Gophers men’s basketball team produced its best 3-point-shooting Big Ten game this season, but Maryland leading scorer David Coit hit the go-ahead trey to help down Minnesota 67-62 on Sunday at Williams Arena.
The Gophers (11-13, 4-9 Big Ten) didn’t score a basket in the final three minutes and were outscored 9-2 to end the game against a Terrapins (9-14, 2-10) which had lost four straight.
Minnesota wasn’t able to build on its upset of No. 10 Michigan State on Wednesday.
Minnesota was averaging 33% from deep on the season, which ranked 11th in the Big Ten on the season. But they shot 42% from deep Sunday, their previous best performance in conference games was 41% in the 67-63 loss at Wisconsin on Jan. 28.
Cade Tyson made two free throws to give the U a 62-60 lead with 53 seconds left. But David Coit used a step-back move to to open for a go-ahead trey with 26 seconds left.
Coit then added four throws to give him a game-high 29 points
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson missed a crucial layup with 12 seconds remaining.
Isaac Asuma made a career-high six trees and had a team high 18 points. Asuma sank his opening four 3-pointers, including two with the shot clock expiring, to give Minnesota an early 20-17 lead with eight minutes left in the first half. He had 12 points in the first half.
Midway through the second half, Maryland’s Solomon Washington goaltended Langston Reynolds’ layup and it appeared members of both teams engaged in trash talk. Reynolds smirked as he tried to pump up the crowd at The Barn. Solomon and Crocker-Johnsonn were issued double technical fouls.
As a team, Minnesota shot 50% from deep in the first half, but Maryland was better overall from the field (50-43%) and finished with a 6-0 run to cut the U lead to 33-32 at the break.
Former Gophers and Texas A&M big man Pharell Payne of Park of Cottage Grove hasn’t played for the Terrapins since Dec. 13 due to injury.
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