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per Ekstrom:
A battle between two win-starved teams is set for Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb. For the Gophers, it represents their first test in a pivotal five-game stretch that could make or break their season as they face a team in the Nebraska Cornhuskers that hasn’t won in nearly a month.
The Huskers aren’t the first desperate team Minnesota has faced this season. The lesson they’ve learned, however, is that desperate teams can provide some of the toughest tests.
Illinois, winless in the Big Ten and losers of five in a row back on Jan. 16, drubbed the Gophers by 27 in Champaign. Penn State came to Williams Arena on a five-game skid — also winless in conference — and missed a shot at the buzzer that would have sprung the upset. Last Sunday the Gophers were scarcely competitive at Michigan State, which had dropped three in a row entering the game, losing by 24 at the Breslin Center.
Nebraska has plummeted after once being a ranked team. They’ve lost seven consecutive and are missing their injured senior star Isaac Copeland. But the Gophers have never beaten the Cornhuskers in Pinnacle Bank Arena, where they play Wednesday night. Minnesota is 1-6 on the road this season with all but one of their losses coming by double digits. For the first time this season, they’ve lost three games in a row, falling below .500 for the first time in Big Ten play.
“We’ve got to learn to take punches and throw them back,” said senior Dupree McBrayer.
https://zonecoverage.com/2019/featu...ook-for-road-win-against-struggling-nebraska/
Go Gophers!!
A battle between two win-starved teams is set for Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb. For the Gophers, it represents their first test in a pivotal five-game stretch that could make or break their season as they face a team in the Nebraska Cornhuskers that hasn’t won in nearly a month.
The Huskers aren’t the first desperate team Minnesota has faced this season. The lesson they’ve learned, however, is that desperate teams can provide some of the toughest tests.
Illinois, winless in the Big Ten and losers of five in a row back on Jan. 16, drubbed the Gophers by 27 in Champaign. Penn State came to Williams Arena on a five-game skid — also winless in conference — and missed a shot at the buzzer that would have sprung the upset. Last Sunday the Gophers were scarcely competitive at Michigan State, which had dropped three in a row entering the game, losing by 24 at the Breslin Center.
Nebraska has plummeted after once being a ranked team. They’ve lost seven consecutive and are missing their injured senior star Isaac Copeland. But the Gophers have never beaten the Cornhuskers in Pinnacle Bank Arena, where they play Wednesday night. Minnesota is 1-6 on the road this season with all but one of their losses coming by double digits. For the first time this season, they’ve lost three games in a row, falling below .500 for the first time in Big Ten play.
“We’ve got to learn to take punches and throw them back,” said senior Dupree McBrayer.
https://zonecoverage.com/2019/featu...ook-for-road-win-against-struggling-nebraska/
Go Gophers!!
