Maryland hosts Minnesota following Garcia's 22-point outing

Published Jan. 12, 2025 3:23 a.m. ET

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Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-8, 0-5 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (12-4, 2-3 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Monday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota visits Maryland after Dawson Garcia scored 22 points in Minnesota's 80-59 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers.

The Terrapins have gone 10-1 at home. Maryland has a 1-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Golden Gophers are 0-5 against Big Ten opponents. Minnesota is 2-3 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Maryland averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game, 1.7 more made shots than the 6.7 per game Minnesota allows. Minnesota has shot at a 44.4% clip from the field this season, 3.6 percentage points higher than the 40.8% shooting opponents of Maryland have averaged.

The Terrapins and Golden Gophers square off Monday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Derik Queen is scoring 15.5 points per game with 7.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Terrapins.

Lu'Cye Patterson is averaging 10.4 points and 3.8 assists for the Golden Gophers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Terrapins: 7-3, averaging 85.4 points, 33.1 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 8.4 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.9 points per game.

Golden Gophers: 3-7, averaging 70.7 points, 30.8 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 5.8 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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