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Men's Basketball Falls at Minnesota, 68-60
11/17/2022 11:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Kevin Miller scores a game-high 19 points, Jesse Zarzuela finishes with 15 off the bench; Chippewas shoot just 30.6 percent from the floor and convert just 6-25 from 3-point range.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—After a solid first half that saw Central Michigan trail by just five points, Minnesota took advantage of 28.2 percent second half shooting by the Chippewas to claim a 68-60 victory Thursday evening at Williams Arena. The loss drops Central Michigan to 1-2 on the young season, while Minnesota improves to 3-1.
For the game, Central Michigan shot 30.6 percent (22-72) and hit only 6-25 of its 3-point field goal attempts. Sophomore point guard Kevin Miller led the Chippewas with a game-high 19 points and seven rebounds as he finished with 15 points in the first half. Junior guard Jesse Zarzuela finished with 15 points and hit three 3-pointers, freshman guard Reggie Bass scored a career-high 10 points, and senior forward Miroslav Stafl scored eight points with five rebounds before fouling out.
The Chippewas outrebounded Minnesota 43-38, grabbed 22 offensive rebounds, and only turned the ball over 11 times, but couldn't overcome its shooting performance.
Host Minnesota, which led the entire game, was led by Dawson Garcia's 17 points and seven rebounds, Ta'lon Cooper scored 12 points with eight assists, and Braeden Carrington finished with 11 points.
Leading by five points at halftime, Minnesota scored 10 of the second half's first 12 points to extend its lead to 13 points (41-28) in the opening minutes. Treyton Thompson started the rally when he threw down a dunk off a missed shot and Jaden Henley followed with a 3-pointer. After CMU's Miroslav Stafl scored on a layup, Garcia answered on a layup, then hit a 3-pointer.
Central Michigan started the second half by converting just one of its first 15 shots in the second half. During a stretch combining the first and second halves, CMU converted just four of 28 shots.
Later, Minnesota pushed the lead 18 points (52-34) on back-to-back dunks by Pharrel Payne and Joshua Ola-Joseph, A Cooper free throw and a driving layup by Cooper. Two Bass 3-pointers trimmed the lead down to nine points late in the game, but the Golden Gophers continued to score to keep the Chippewas at bay.
Minnesota opened the game by taking a 7-0 lead, then went up 12-4 before the first media timeout. But Central Michigan came storming back to cut the Golden Gophers' lead down to two at 14-12 with an 8-0 run as Zarzuela and Miller converted 3-pointers and Miller scored on a layup. Miller scored nine of CMU's first 14 points. Minnesota put together a 5-0 run before halftime to lead 31-26 at the half. At the half, Miller had 15 of CMU's 26 points to go along with a team-high five rebounds.
Central Michigan was without forward Markus Harding and Emil Skytta. Caleb Hodgson made his third career start.
Next up for Central Michigan is the SoCal Challenge in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The Chippewas will play two games in California: vs. High Point on Monday, Nov 21 at 5:30 p.m. ET and against an opponent to be determined on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
For the game, Central Michigan shot 30.6 percent (22-72) and hit only 6-25 of its 3-point field goal attempts. Sophomore point guard Kevin Miller led the Chippewas with a game-high 19 points and seven rebounds as he finished with 15 points in the first half. Junior guard Jesse Zarzuela finished with 15 points and hit three 3-pointers, freshman guard Reggie Bass scored a career-high 10 points, and senior forward Miroslav Stafl scored eight points with five rebounds before fouling out.
The Chippewas outrebounded Minnesota 43-38, grabbed 22 offensive rebounds, and only turned the ball over 11 times, but couldn't overcome its shooting performance.
Host Minnesota, which led the entire game, was led by Dawson Garcia's 17 points and seven rebounds, Ta'lon Cooper scored 12 points with eight assists, and Braeden Carrington finished with 11 points.
Leading by five points at halftime, Minnesota scored 10 of the second half's first 12 points to extend its lead to 13 points (41-28) in the opening minutes. Treyton Thompson started the rally when he threw down a dunk off a missed shot and Jaden Henley followed with a 3-pointer. After CMU's Miroslav Stafl scored on a layup, Garcia answered on a layup, then hit a 3-pointer.
Central Michigan started the second half by converting just one of its first 15 shots in the second half. During a stretch combining the first and second halves, CMU converted just four of 28 shots.
Later, Minnesota pushed the lead 18 points (52-34) on back-to-back dunks by Pharrel Payne and Joshua Ola-Joseph, A Cooper free throw and a driving layup by Cooper. Two Bass 3-pointers trimmed the lead down to nine points late in the game, but the Golden Gophers continued to score to keep the Chippewas at bay.
Minnesota opened the game by taking a 7-0 lead, then went up 12-4 before the first media timeout. But Central Michigan came storming back to cut the Golden Gophers' lead down to two at 14-12 with an 8-0 run as Zarzuela and Miller converted 3-pointers and Miller scored on a layup. Miller scored nine of CMU's first 14 points. Minnesota put together a 5-0 run before halftime to lead 31-26 at the half. At the half, Miller had 15 of CMU's 26 points to go along with a team-high five rebounds.
Central Michigan was without forward Markus Harding and Emil Skytta. Caleb Hodgson made his third career start.
Next up for Central Michigan is the SoCal Challenge in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The Chippewas will play two games in California: vs. High Point on Monday, Nov 21 at 5:30 p.m. ET and against an opponent to be determined on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Team Stats
CMU
MINN
FG%
.306
.479
3FG%
.240
.389
FT%
.833
.556
RB
43
38
TO
11
16
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
4
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