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No. 23 Minnesota Hands No. 7 Michigan First Loss of the Season

No. 7 Michigan went from leading Wisconsin by 40 last week to losing to No. 23 Minnesota by 18, suffering its first loss of the pandemic season.

The Wolverines' 75–57 blowout loss was filled with sloppy mistakes, ending the Saturday afternoon matchup with almost as many turnovers (20) as made field goals (22) and scored well under one point per possession.

Michigan ended up trailing by as many as 23 points to the Gophers.

The Wolverines tallied more turnovers (11) than made field goals (10) and shot just 41.7% from the field within the first 20 minutes of play.