The Gopher men’s basketball team opened their 2016-17 season with an 86-74 win over the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
That's a final as the #Gophers cruise to victory in their season opener. pic.twitter.com/2nTtuxY82P
— Minnesota Men's Basketball (@GopherMBB) November 12, 2016
Five players finished in double figures for Minnesota with Dupree McBrayer and Nate Mason leading the way 15 points apiece.
Freshman and Hopkins High Schoo graduate Amir Coffey had a solid debut with 13 points, 3 rebound and 3 assists.
Edina native and redshirt junior Reggie Lynch – who finally played his first game with the Gophers after sitting out all of last season due to transferring – looked strong on the glass, grabbing 8 rebounds to go along with 10 points.
With the win the Gophers are 1-0 on the season and will continue their non-conference schedule against the University of Texas-Arlington at Williams arena on Nov. 14.
