STrib: Gophers making a case to be one of the Big Ten's top defensive teams

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This isn’t the first time the Gophers shut down some of the top midmajor guards in the country. Texas-Arlington’s Erick Neal had just 12 points on 4-for-14 shooting. Mount St. Mary’s Junior Robinson had 16 points on 6-for-14 shooting. Southern Illinois’ Mike Rodriguez had nine points on 2-for-6 shooting. NJIT’s Damon Lynn, who was the active career Division I scoring leader, had just 12 points on 5-for-24 shooting in Tuesday’s 74-68 loss to Minnesota.

It wasn’t just the fact that the Gophers kept Georgia Southern’s guards from shooting well, either. Smith, Brown and Hughes combined for 10 of the team’s 15 turnovers.

Even if the guards get beat, Reggie Lynch is there to protect the rim. He had four of the team’s nine blocks. Lynch, the Big Ten leader in blocks (3.8 per game) has 15 blocks in his last three games.

Entering the Georgia Southern game, the Gophers led the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense (35.8) and blocks (6.9), while ranking second in three-point percentage defense (28.1). Those numbers were even better Friday night.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...-the-big-ten-s-top-defensive-teams/405732246/

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