Gophers men’s basketball, new coach Niko Medved open with win against NDSU

Cade Tyson scored a game-high points as the Minnesota Gophers men s basketball club opened coach Niko Medved s first season with an - exhibition win against North Dakota State on Thursday at Williams Arena Jaylen Crocker-Johnson added points and Isaac Asuma scored for Minnesota which outscored the Bison - in the second half Robert Vaihola had eight points and a game-high rebounds for the Gophers Tyson a senior in his first season for Minnesota after playing for North Carolina and Belmont hit of from the field and was of from -point territory while drawing the start at forward The Gophers host North Dakota in another exhibition on Oct Related Articles Gophers men basketball welcomes North Dakota schools for exhibitions Five takeaways from Gophers men s basketball scrimmage A inadequate things to expect from Gophers men s basketball under Niko Medved Gophers men s basketball picked to finish th in Big Ten Gophers men s basketball looks to add to strong recruiting class