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The Gophers (16-8, 6-7 Big Ten), who are on a three-game losing streak, enter Wednesday’s game at Nebraska (13-11, 3-10) trying to win on the road for the first time since their Jan. 3 upset at Wisconsin.
Protecting their home court with the exception of a couple of hiccups has kept Pitino’s team afloat so far, but any realistic NCAA tournament at-large hopes will sink without winning more on the road. The Gophers’ 2017 NCAA tournament team won five Big Ten road games. This season, four of their final seven regular-season games are on the road.
“When you have your home fan base, they’re like a sixth man,” senior captain Dupree McBrayer said. “It’s a big factor. The team is all we got [on the road], so we have to pull through together. Everybody has to stay with each other.”
In six road losses this season, the Gophers’ average margin of defeat is 15 points, and three of those losses were by at least 20. They haven’t shot well: 38.4 percent from the floor in those six losses, including 19.6 percent from three-point range. They haven’t hit the boards well: outrebounded in five of seven road games. And they have turned it over too much: averaging 13.1 turnovers per road game.
Their top players have struggled with their shot away from home. Leading scorer Amir Coffey’s points per game and shooting percentage drop from 19.6 and 48.6 in Big Ten home games to 14.0 and 40.5 in road games. Saturday at Michigan State, Coffey scored a season-low four points on 2-for-6 shooting.
Jordan Murphy is averaging just 9.9 points on 44.9 percent shooting in road games. Fellow starters McBrayer (7.6 points per game and 32.7 percent) and Gabe Kalscheur (7.9 points and 40.4 percent) struggle just as much. In fact, Coffey is the only regular starter who is averaging double figures on the road. Daniel Oturu, who started Saturday in place of injured Eric Curry, is averaging 10.3 points and is the only main rotation player shooting better than 50 percent (52.5) on the road.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-in-search-of-answers-away-from-home/505756482/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers (16-8, 6-7 Big Ten), who are on a three-game losing streak, enter Wednesday’s game at Nebraska (13-11, 3-10) trying to win on the road for the first time since their Jan. 3 upset at Wisconsin.
Protecting their home court with the exception of a couple of hiccups has kept Pitino’s team afloat so far, but any realistic NCAA tournament at-large hopes will sink without winning more on the road. The Gophers’ 2017 NCAA tournament team won five Big Ten road games. This season, four of their final seven regular-season games are on the road.
“When you have your home fan base, they’re like a sixth man,” senior captain Dupree McBrayer said. “It’s a big factor. The team is all we got [on the road], so we have to pull through together. Everybody has to stay with each other.”
In six road losses this season, the Gophers’ average margin of defeat is 15 points, and three of those losses were by at least 20. They haven’t shot well: 38.4 percent from the floor in those six losses, including 19.6 percent from three-point range. They haven’t hit the boards well: outrebounded in five of seven road games. And they have turned it over too much: averaging 13.1 turnovers per road game.
Their top players have struggled with their shot away from home. Leading scorer Amir Coffey’s points per game and shooting percentage drop from 19.6 and 48.6 in Big Ten home games to 14.0 and 40.5 in road games. Saturday at Michigan State, Coffey scored a season-low four points on 2-for-6 shooting.
Jordan Murphy is averaging just 9.9 points on 44.9 percent shooting in road games. Fellow starters McBrayer (7.6 points per game and 32.7 percent) and Gabe Kalscheur (7.9 points and 40.4 percent) struggle just as much. In fact, Coffey is the only regular starter who is averaging double figures on the road. Daniel Oturu, who started Saturday in place of injured Eric Curry, is averaging 10.3 points and is the only main rotation player shooting better than 50 percent (52.5) on the road.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-in-search-of-answers-away-from-home/505756482/
Go Gophers!!