Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) vs. Stanford Cardinal (4-1)
Palm Desert, California; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota and Stanford square off in Palm Desert, California.
The Cardinal are 4-1 in non-conference play. Stanford scores 83.8 points while outscoring opponents by 12.2 points per game.
The Golden Gophers have a 4-2 record in non-conference play. Minnesota is fifth in the Big Ten allowing 64.8 points while holding opponents to 42.3% shooting.
Stanford makes 44.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.2 percentage points higher than Minnesota has allowed to its opponents (42.3%). Minnesota averages 74.2 points per game, 2.6 more than the 71.6 Stanford gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ebuka Okorie is scoring 23.8 points per game and averaging 4.0 rebounds for the Cardinal. Benny Gealer is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers.
Cade Tyson is averaging 21.8 points for the Golden Gophers. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson is averaging 11.7 points.
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