Minnesota vs. Purdue: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Minnesota 73

(20-11, 3-8 away)

Purdue 89

(15-16, 11-8 home)

Venue: Mackey Arena

12:00PM ET / 9:00AM PT, March 09, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Minnesota	27	46	73
Purdue	44	45	89

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Minnesota	A Hollins 24	T Mbakwe 10	A Hollins 9
Purdue	R Davis 18	D Byrd 7	D Byrd 5

On Saturday, Mar. 9, Minnesota took on Purdue and was smoked by the Boilermakers 89-73 in conference play. Minnesota was never really in this one, as they trailed 44-27 at halftime and couldn't get back into it. The Golden Gophers got a game-high 24 points (9 Ast 4 Reb) from Andre Hollins, with 18 points coming from three-point range. Rodney Williams had 13 points and added six rebounds. For the Boilermakers, D.J. Byrd finished with 18 points and seven rebounds.

Minnesota Game Notes

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 3:13 left to go.
Minnesota has lost 88 percent of the time this season (1-7) after recording 12 or fewer free throws made.
When the opposition shoots a three-point percentage of 46.7 percent or better this season, Minnesota has lost 86 percent of the time (1-6).
When the opposition commits eight or fewer turnovers this season, Minnesota has lost 80 percent of the time (1-4).
When the opposition shoots a field goal percentage of 54.2 percent or better this season, Minnesota has lost 75 percent of the time (1-3).
Minnesota has recorded fewer free throws made than their opponents for the past six games.
Andre Hollins recorded a team season high in assists with nine.
Andre Hollins accounted for 32.8 percent of the team's points.
Trevor Mbakwe accounted for 33.3 percent of the team's rebounds.
Andre Hollins has led the team in scoring in 10 out of 31 games this season.
Trevor Mbakwe has led the team in rebounding in 20 out of 31 games this season.
This marks the 13th 20-point game of Andre Hollins's career.
Andre Hollins has five straight double-digit point games.
Andre Hollins had career highs with six three-pointers and nine assists.
This was the second foul out of the season for Austin Hollins.
Trevor Mbakwe recorded the 40th double-digit rebound game of his career.
This was the first foul out of the season for Maverick Ahanmisi.

Purdue Game Notes

The top two scorers (Rapheal Davis and D.J. Byrd) accounted for 40.4 percent of the points.
D.J. Byrd has led the team in rebounding five times in 31 games this season.
Terone Johnson has three straight double-digit point games.
D.J. Byrd set a career high with seven defensive rebounds.

MINN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Andre Hollins	37	24	4	9	0	0	1
B+	Rodney Williams	33	13	6	1	0	2	2
B	Austin Hollins	34	12	2	1	2	1	0
B	Trevor Mbakwe	22	6	10	0	1	2	4
C+	M. Ahanmisi	22	2	1	5	1	0	0
C	Eliott Eliason	12	4	4	0	0	0	2
C	Joe Coleman	20	10	0	1	0	0	2
D+	Andre Ingram	11	2	2	0	0	0	1
-	Maurice Walker	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
-	Oto Osenieks	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
-	Wally Ellenson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

PUR Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	D.J. Byrd	33	18	7	5	2	0	1
A+	A.J. Hammons	22	14	6	0	0	3	0
A	Rapheal Davis	29	18	2	4	1	1	1
A	Terone Johnson	35	12	3	5	1	0	2
B+	Ronnie Johnson	34	14	2	5	1	0	3
B+	Anthony Johnson	19	9	3	1	0	0	0
C	Sandi Marcius	14	2	2	0	1	0	1
-	Travis Carroll	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
-	Donnie Hale	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Dru Anthrop	4	0	1	0	0	0	0