For the second straight game, the Gophers men’s basketball team had to overcome a sluggish first half. This time, the result was better. Dawson Garcia scored 19 of his game-high 24 points in the second half, Brennan Rigsby added 15, and Minnesota rallied to beat Yale 59-56 Saturday afternoon at Williams Arena. “You need all of them, but to be able to respond the way we did is a step in the right direction,” said coach Ben Johnson. Garcia scored …

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Men’s basketball: Gophers overcome another slow start, outlast Yale

Dawson Garcia scored 24 points and Brennan Rigsby scored 15 points and Minnesota managed to survive Yale for a 59-56 win. Minnesota has won three of its first four games for the third straight year. John Poulakidas scored 21 points…

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Minnesota rallies in the 2nd half to down Yale 59-56

The Gophers trailed by 10 at halftime and had scored only 19 points, but they pushed back with a 20-9 second-half run.

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Garcia scored eight points in a 11-3 late surge, including both free throws for a four-point lead with 18.7 seconds left.

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Minnesota 59, Yale 56 John Poulakidas scored 21 on 4 of 7 shooting from 3-point range, but Yale came up just short in its attempt to knock off Big Ten opponent Minnesota on the road. Dawson Garcia led the way with 24 points in a second-half comeback for the Golden Gophers. Yale led Minnesota 29-19 at halftime. The Bulldogs dropped to 2-3 overall while the Gophers improved to 3-1. Yale has lost back-to-back hard-fought games to Big Ten teams, fal…

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College Basketball Roundup: Yale comes up short in upset bid at Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – On Saturday afternoon at Minnesota's Williams Arena, the Yale men's basketball team once again took a Big 10 team down to the wire on the road. The Bulldogs – who had nearly knocked off then-No. 13 Purdue in Indiana five days ago – were tied with the Gophers 50-50 with 4:28 to play. But Minnesota withstood a pair of late three-pointers by John Poulakidas, who finished with 21 points, and held on for a 59-56 win. Yale falls t…

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