Minnesota suffered their second straight conference defeat, losing to Indiana at Assembly Hall 73-60. With the loss, the Gophers drop to 10-3 on the season and 1-3 in Big Ten play. Payton Willis led all Minnesota scorers with 18 points.
Credit Minnesota’s compete in this game, but expect to see many more games like this one during this season, especially if the Gophers continue to be cold from distance. Indiana won today’s game because of a talent and physicality edge that Minnesota was unable to overcome with game planning.
In the first half, the Gophers made the calculated decision to force the Hoosiers to beat them from the outside.