Mbakwe's career night helps Minnesota nab win

Scores

Final

(21) Minnesota 67

(12-3, 1-2 Big Ten)

Coverage: ESPN2/WatchESPN

7:00 PM ET, January 4, 2011

Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN

		1	2	T
	IND	32	31	63
#21	MINN	26	41	67

Top Performers

Indiana: V. Jones III 13 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk

Minnesota: T. Mbakwe 11 Pts, 16 Reb, 1 Ast, 5 Blk

Trevor Mbakwe's career night helps Minnesota best Indiana

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Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS -- Trevor Mbakwe had 11 points and tied career highs with 16 rebounds and five blocks to lead Minnesota (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today) to a 67-63 victory over Indiana on Tuesday night, the Golden Gophers' first Big Ten victory of the season.

Rodney Williams scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half to help the Gophers (12-3, 1-2) rally from nine points down. Al Nolen added 14 points, six rebounds and four steals to help them hang on for the win.

Verdell Jones III scored 13 points for the Hoosiers (9-7, 0-3), including a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds to go that made the score 65-63.

But Blake Hoffarber closed out the game at the free throw line after a near-steal by Indiana to hand the Hoosiers their fifth straight loss.

Team Stat Comparison

	IND	MINN
Points	63	67
FG Made-Attempted	23-61 (.377)	22-53 (.415)
3P Made-Attempted	7-20 (.350)	5-14 (.357)
FT Made-Attempted	10-12 (.833)	18-28 (.643)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	20 (0/0)	13 (0/0)
Largest Lead	9	9

Game Leaders

	IND	MINN
Points	V. Jones III 13	B. Hoffarber 16
Rebounds	M. Creek 5	T. Mbakwe 16
Assists	J. Rivers 4	A. Nolen 4
Steals	C. Watford 3	A. Nolen 4
Blocks	C. Watford 1	T. Mbakwe 5
Team Stats: Indiana \| Minnesota

2010-11 Season

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 4, 2011	@MINN 67, IND 63	Recap
Feb 2, 2011	@IND 60, MINN 57	Recap

Next 5 Games

IND	MINN
01/09 @NW 7:00pm 01/15 MICH 8:00pm 01/20 @WIS 9:00pm 01/23 @IOWA 3:00pm 01/27 ILL 9:00pm	01/09 @OSU 2:00pm 01/13 PUR 7:00pm 01/16 IOWA 6:00pm 01/22 @MICH 7:00pm 01/26 NW 8:30pm
Complete Schedule: Indiana \| Minnesota

Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
#2 Ohio State	16-2	32-2
#10 Purdue	14-4	25-7
Wisconsin	13-5	23-8
Michigan	9-9	20-13
#20 Illinois	9-9	19-13
Northwestern	7-11	18-13
Penn State	9-9	19-14
#19 Michigan State	9-9	19-14
#21 Minnesota	6-12	17-14
Indiana	3-15	12-20
Iowa	4-14	11-20
View expanded standings »

ESPN Men's Basketball

Indiana 63