Minnesota welcomed No. 20 Michigan to the Barn on Thursday night and put together arguably its best performance off the season. It all culminated with a buzzer-beating bomb from Dawson Garcia. The Gophers knocked off the Wolverines 84-81, as Ben Johnson earned his first win over a ranked opponent as a head coach.
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Garcia, whose two free throws with 7.4 seconds left sent it to overtime, spent much of the night banging on the inside at both ends of the floor against Michigan’s twin towers, 7-footers Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin. In fact, just before his buzzer beater, Garcia was taken to the hoop by Wolf for a layup tied it at 81 with seven seconds to play.
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Garcia rewarded Patterson’s faith in him, receiving the pass and heaving up a shot. He found nothing but net, setting off pandemonium inside Williams Arena. Garcia’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer sent Minnesota to an 84-81 win over No. 20 Michigan, one of the Gophers’ most significant victories in recent memory.
The Minnesota Gophers shocked the No. 20 Michigan Wolverines with a last second miracle heave from Dawson Garcia that somehow found the bottom of the net.
Dawson Garcia hit a game-winning 3-pointer from near half-court just before the buzzer sounded to end overtime, giving Minnesota an 84-81 win over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday in Minneapolis.
The Gophers and No. 20 Michigan Wolverines played on Thursday night in Williams Arena, with the Gophers winning 84-81 in overtime. For the first time since February 2021, Minnesota’s
Michigan, in losing to Minnesota, fell out of a tie with Michigan State atop the Big Ten. The Wolverines are 8-0 at home this year. Michigan has announced a fourth straight sellout for Sunday.
No. 20 Michigan suffered its first conference loss to a team that didn't have any Big Ten wins. The Wolverines will try to bounce back when they host Northwestern on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.
With Michigan's overtime loss to Minnesota on Thursday, Michigan State became the last team to have an undefeated Big Ten record.