{"id":167952,"date":"2019-03-21T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=167952"},"modified":"2019-03-22T08:21:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:21:23","slug":"gophers-advance-beat-louisville-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=167952","title":{"rendered":"Gophers advance, beat Louisville NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) \u2014 Minnesota won its first NCAA Tournament game in six years behind 24 points from freshman Gale Kalscheur as the 10th-seeded Gophers rolled past Louisville 86-76 in the opening round of the East Region on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It was the first tournament win in Richard Pitino’s six seasons coaching the Gophers and came against the school that fired his father, Rick Pitino, in 2017.<\/p>\n

Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey each had 18 points for Minnesota (22-13), which knocked down 11 3s despite entering play ranked 344th nationally in made 3s per game.<\/p>\n

Kalscheur’s layup early in the second half gave Minnesota its first double-digit lead, 43-33, and Murphy’s layup made it a 50-38 game with 16:06 left.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals went to a full-court press in an effort to slow down the surging Gophers. But that just left Kalscheur open from the same spot on back-to-back possessions, and he drilled two 3s to give Minnesota a 59-43 lead.<\/p>\n

Louisville then fouled Kalscheur behind the 3-point line, where he pushed the Gophers’ edge to 19 with 9:48 to go.<\/p>\n

Murphy’s 3 with 5:28 left \u2014 just his seventh all year \u2014 made it a 15-point game and typified just how well things were rolling for Minnesota,<\/p>\n

The seventh-seeded Cardinals (20-14) did cut it to seven late, but Christen Cunningham missed an open 3 that could’ve made things interesting down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Cunningham led Louisville (20-14) with 22 points, and Steven Enoch had 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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