Hobbs leads Morgan State against Minnesota after 23-point showing

Morgan State Bears (6-9) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-5, 0-2 Big Ten)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Gophers -20.5; over/under is 145

BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State visits Minnesota after Kameron Hobbs scored 23 points in Morgan State's 99-72 loss to the Iowa State Cyclones.

The Golden Gophers are 7-2 on their home court. Minnesota has a 2-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Bears are 0-7 on the road. Morgan State is second in the MEAC with 33.1 rebounds per game led by Daniel Akitoby averaging 5.9.

Minnesota is shooting 43.8% from the field this season, 2.2 percentage points lower than the 46.0% Morgan State allows to opponents. Morgan State has shot at a 50.5% rate from the field this season, 8.3 percentage points higher than the 42.2% shooting opponents of Minnesota have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lu'Cye Patterson is averaging 10 points and 3.8 assists for the Golden Gophers.

Akitoby is averaging 7.3 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Bears.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Gophers: 5-5, averaging 64.5 points, 30.7 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 5.9 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.1 points per game.

Bears: 3-7, averaging 82.9 points, 33.3 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.