Minnesota returned home after a thrilling win against Michigan and managed to do just enough to defeat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 79-71. The game was a tale of two halves, one of which was good, and one which was a train wreck. Fortunately, the train wreck did not do enough to force an upset. Payton Willis led all Minnesota scorers with 17.
As I have said in writing on this blog for nearly a decade, a non-conference game is a success if the Gophers win and no one gets injured. By this bar, tonight’s game was a smashing success.