Houston Cougars (2-4) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-0)
Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Houston Cougars play in Westwego, Louisiana
Houston Cougars (2-4) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-0)
By The Associated Press
Westwego, Louisiana; Friday, 2:15 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota plays Houston at John A. Alario Event Center in Westwego, Louisiana.
The Golden Gophers have a 7-0 record in non-conference games. Minnesota has a 5-0 record against teams above .500.
The Cougars have a 2-4 record in non-conference play. Houston has a 1-1 record in one-possession games.
Minnesota makes 44.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than Houston has allowed to its opponents (42.2%). Houston averages 4.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Minnesota gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Amaya Battle averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Gophers, scoring 10.2 points while shooting 66.7% from beyond the arc.
Eylia Love is scoring 12.0 points per game and averaging 6.8 rebounds for the Cougars.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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