Minnesota 57, at Washington 69

SEATTLE (Interstat) — Hannes Steinbach scored 26 points and dominated the interior as the Washington Huskies built a commanding first-half lead and withstood a late push to defeat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 69-57 in a Big Ten Conference men’s basketball game Saturday at a sold-out Hec Edmundson Pavilion. A crowd of 6,651 watched the Huskies improve to 13-13 overall and even their conference record, while Minnesota dropped to 11-14. The outcome aligned with the pregame analytics, as Washington entered with a 67.8 percent probability to win according to Interstat’s ELO system. The most critical phase of the game was Washington’s… Read more...