Illinois Fighting Illini @ Minnesota Golden Gophers

13-5, 4-3 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	35	43	78
Minnesota MINN	32	28	60

Minnesota Golden GophersMinnesotaMINN

7-9, 1-5 Big Ten

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Dain DainjaD. Dainja#42
Matthew MayerM. Mayer#24
Coleman HawkinsC. Hawkins#33
Sencire HarrisS. Harris#1
Terrence Shannon Jr.T. Shannon Jr. #0
bench
Brandon LiebB. Lieb#12
RJ MelendezR. Melendez#15
Ty RodgersT. Rodgers#20
AJ ReddA. Redd#5
Paxton WardenP. Warden#22
Jayden EppsJ. Epps#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
21	11	5-6	0-0	1-2	4	2	0	0	1	2	2	3
31	19	8-14	3-6	0-0	10	1	2	1	2	2	8	3
17	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	4
20	7	3-7	1-2	0-0	8	3	0	0	0	1	7	0
27	11	2-12	0-3	7-8	4	4	3	1	0	0	4	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	4	2-3	0-0	0-1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	3
21	3	1-5	0-3	1-1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	0
22	8	4-5	0-0	0-2	8	0	1	0	1	3	5	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	10	5-9	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	4
	78	32-64	5-16	9-14	50	17	11	2	7	14	36	21
		50%	31%	64%

Minnesota Golden Gophers

starters
Joshua Ola-JosephJ. Ola-Joseph#1
Dawson GarciaD. Garcia#3
Jamison BattleJ. Battle#10
Ta'Lon CooperT. Cooper#55
Taurus SamuelsT. Samuels#0
bench
Treyton ThompsonT. Thompson#42
Pharrel PayneP. Payne#21
Jaden HenleyJ. Henley#24
Braeden CarringtonB. Carrington#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
24	6	2-5	0-1	2-4	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	2
37	17	6-14	1-3	4-6	6	4	1	1	0	3	3	2
26	8	4-11	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
38	16	7-11	1-2	1-3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	1
18	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	4	0-2	0-0	4-6	7	4	2	0	2	1	6	2
14	3	0-5	0-0	3-4	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
20	6	2-8	1-4	1-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
	60	21-58	3-13	15-25	29	13	5	5	2	8	21	14
		36%	23%	60%

RJ Melendez gets the hoop and the harm

0:16

Dain Dainja gets the layup to fall vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers

0:16

Ta'lon Cooper hits the jump shot vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

0:18

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Steve McJunkins

Referee:Courtney Green

Referee:Edwin Young

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Men's College Basketball News

Source: Miami AD Dan Radakovich expected to announce retirement

Miami athletic director Dan Radakovich is expected to announce his retirement as early as next week, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Michigan lands 7-foot-2 Cincinnati transfer Moustapha Thiam

Cincinnati transfer Moustapha Thiam, one of the best available players left in the portal, has committed to Michigan, he told ESPN's Shams Charania on Friday.

Darryn Peterson enters NBA draft after one season at Kansas

Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson is entering the 2026 NBA draft, where he is expected to be one of the top picks.

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