The Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s basketball team earned an 81-63 win over Penn State in the Gophers’ regular season home finale at Williams Arena. The Gophers jumped out to a 23-3 lead in the first half and never looked back in the win.

DeAndre Mathieu and Mo Walker each scored 16 points for Minnesota and combined to shoot 10-13 from the floor in the win.

Minnesota is 19-12 overall and will take on Penn State Thursday night to open the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.

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