North Carolina A&T Aggies vs Minnesota Golden Gophers Match Player Stats On Dec 21, 2018

Senior forward Jordan Murphy racked up 30 points, 16 rebounds and four assists, and Richard Pitino recorded his 100th coaching victory at Minnesota in the Gophers' 86-67 nonconference win over North Carolina A&T on Friday in Minneapolis.

Pitino became the ninth coach in the program's history to record 100 wins.

Daniel Oturu recorded his third consecutive double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Dupree McBrayer tossed in 13 points for Minnesota (10-2). Gabe Kalscheur added 10 points.

Quavius Copeland had 19 points to lead North Carolina A&T (4-8). Ibrahim Sylla added 11 points and seven rebounds, and Milik Gantz chipped in eight points and eight rebounds.

Minnesota erased an early double-digit deficit and led 41-33 at halftime.

The Aggies led by 25-15 when D'Andre Johnson made a 3-pointer with 8:15 remaining in the half. The Gophers then reeled off 16 unanswered points.

Murphy got it started with a layup. Kalscheur's layup was followed by a string of Murphy points. He made two layups and two free throws during his personal spurt.

Kalscheur then made a 3-pointer and assisted on an Oturu basket. An Oturu free throw completed the run.

Copeland's layup ended the Aggies' scoring drought, which lasted more than four minutes.

North Carolina A&T was down by just two with less than two minutes left in the half. Minnesota then finished the period on a 6-0 spurt with a layup and dunk from Murphy and a jumper by Isaiah Washington.

Murphy had a pair of dunks in the opening minute of the second half to increase the Gophers' advantage to double digits.

The first basket of the game for Minnesota's Amir Coffey, a 3-pointer, made it 54-40 with 14:42 remaining. Copeland made a 3-pointer and a layup three minutes later to pull the Aggies within 58-51.

That was as close as the visitors came. Murphy reached the 30-point mark with 3:52 left when he dropped in a layup, giving Minnesota a 75-63 lead.

Minnesota is 10-0 against current members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

--Field Level Media