Head coach and Philadelphia native Patrick Chambers loves to use boxing analogies with his team to help teach them lessons of how to fight through adversity, much like the circumstances on Tuesday night in the Big Ten home opener against Minnesota.
The Lions and Gophers were tied at 60-60 with 9:37 to play after Brandon Taylor drained a jumper in the paint. Minnesota answered with four-straight points, but Payton Banks, who had a hot hand all night en route to a career-high 24 points, answered with a 3-pointer to make it a one-point game 8:12 to go.
But the Gophers logged the next seven tallies to claim an eight-point lead (71-63) with just 6:06 to play.