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.
The Gophers entered the matchup as the conference’s only winless team, but they opted to not make a change to the starting lineup. They were able to keep up with Michigan for much of the first half until the last four minutes before the break.
Led by 11 first-half points from Stewartville, Minn. native Will Tschetter, Michigan’s 7-13 shooting from beyond the arc resulted in a 49-41 halftime deficit for the Gophers. Dawson Garcia and Mike Mitchell Jr. both scored nine first-half points…