Texas Southern 53, at Minnesota 89

MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Cade Tyson scored a game-high 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota to a dominant 89-53 victory over Texas Southern in a nonconference men’s basketball game Sunday at Williams Arena. The Golden Gophers, improving to 6-5, never trailed and used a decisive first-half run to bury the visiting Tigers, who fell to 1-7. Minnesota’s offensive efficiency was the story, as it scored 89 points on just 70 possessions for a stellar offensive rating of 127.4, while Texas Southern managed only 76.6 points per 100 possessions. The most important stretch of the game came early in… Read more...