THE FACTS: After leading by 2 a the half, the Minnesota Gophers were completely overmatched in the 2nd half and lost 70-45 to Ohio State in Columbus. Scoring only 20 points in the 2nd half, Minnesota had no chance of keeping up with the Buckeyes
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KEY STAT: Three point shooting for both teams was really significant. The Gophers, for the game shot just 5/19 from three (26.3%) but it was going 1/8 in the 2nd half that really hurt them. On the other side, Ohio State was 9/15 in the 2nd half and shot 43.