Competing in its first home dual since Nov. 24, No. 7 Minnesota welcomes No. 21 Michigan for its Big Ten home opener Sunday at Maturi Pavilion. The match is

Michigan was denied a second overtime in Minneapolis when Dawson Garcia sunk a buzzer-beating shot from just inside half court. The Wolverines had their chances to make sure a shot like that didn’t matter.

Dawson Garcia made a 3-pointer from the edge of the near center-court logo to give Minnesota an 84-81 overtime victory over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday night.

Dawson Garcia began calling for the ball before he crossed center court. Once he got it, he let it fly to give Minnesota its first Big Ten victory of the season.

Dawson Garcia’s desperation, 35-foot triple to beat Michigan would be the bad luck storyline of what happened in Minneapolis Thursday evening. Not this night. U-M did just what coach Dusty May warned them not to do in coming out lax in an 84-81 loss to a winless Minnesota team,

Michigan’s first Big Ten loss of the season came Thursday night on a 40-foot buzzer beater in overtime that gave the opponent its first league win. Top highlight: Tre Donaldson strips a Gopher to start a fast break and feeds Danny Wolf, who twists his body for a layup through a foul, giving Michigan a 10-point lead with 12:50 left.

"If we don't go up there with the mindset that it's going to be 40 minutes of fight...we're going to walk out of there with a loss," Dusty May said.

Dawson Garcia drilled a long 3-pointer for Minnesota as time expired in OT and Michigan basketball suffered its first Big Ten loss of the season.

Dawson Garcia made a 3-pointer from the near edge of the center-court logo to give Minnesota an 84-81 overtime victory over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday night.

Entering the game at 8-9 overall and 0-6 in Big Ten play, the narrative about the 2024-25 Golden Gophers has not been positive. There's been a lot of outside noise, and while head coach Ben Johnson believes his team has done well blocking out the noise, it's apparent now that senior Femi Odukale is listening.

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The Minnesota Gophers knocked off one of the top teams in the country. Minnesota earned an 84-81 overtime victory over No.19 Michigan on Williams Arena on Thursday night. Dawson