Minnesota defeated Florida International University 89-62 at Williams Arena on Saturday. Gabe Kalscheur led all scorers with 23 and Daniel Oturu had the first 20 points and 20 rebounds game since Tom Kondla had 33 points and 23 rebounds at Kansas State on Dec. 1, 1966.
The Gophers decided to have a holdover from the Christmas holidays for the first five minutes of the game, letting the Panthers get out to a 6 points lead. At that point, Minnesota realized that they are a substantially better team than FIU, promptly went on a 14-3 run, and the game was never in doubt.