Gophers Get ‘Must’ Win 54-48

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — DeAndre Mathieu scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half and Minnesota came back to defeat cold-shooting Northwestern 54-48 on Sunday.

Maurice Walker and Andre Hollins each had eight points for the Gophers (17-9, 6-7 Big Ten), who avenged a 55-54 loss to Northwestern at Minneapolis on Feb. 1.

Northwestern (12-14, 5-8) got the tight defensive game it wanted and led 28-25 at the half, but went just 7 for 28 from the floor in the second and missed nine straight field goal attempts until Tre Demps dumped in a layup with 10 seconds left.

Northwestern's JerShon Cobb scored on 5 of 7 3-point attempts and led Northwestern with a season-high 23 points. Alex Olah added 10.

Northwestern leading scorer, Drew Crawford, had 11 rebounds but was held to just two points on 1-for-15 shooting. He didn't connect until his ninth shot at 4:54 into the second half.