A horrendous first half of basketball was too much for the Gophers men's basketball team to overcome as it was handed its first loss of the season to North Texas 54-51 Wednesday night at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. There was plenty to take away from an uninspiring effort.

Center Dawson Garcia played despite a groin injury, and starting guard Mike Mitchell Jr. and four others were absent for the Gophers.

Rondel Walker scored 14 points and undefeated North Texas led for most of the way and held off Minnesota for a 54-51 victory on Wednesday night. Dawson Garcia scored six points during an 8-2 surge to pull Minnesota to 52-51 with 30 seconds left.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers dropped their first game of the 2024-25 season to North Texas on Wednesday night, 54-51, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Minnesota struggled early on as they only managed to put up 14 total points in the first half alone and trailed by nine heading into the second half.

North Texas completely controlled the tempo of the first half. The Mean Green came into the game playing the fourth-slowest pace in the country, and the Gophers fell right into th

Dawson Garcia continues his hot start to the 2024-25 season, but the rest of the Gopher roster struggled to contribute on offense as the North Texas Mean Green came into The Barn and beat Minnesota 54-51.