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Jessie Edwards scored a career high of 29 points as Minnesota held off Belmont University 75-74 on Wednesday afternoon at Williams Arena. The Gophers trailed by two points at halftime but took a six point lead into the fourth quarter. Edwards. a 6-foot-5 junior center from Australia, scored nine of …

Richard Pitino learned to value deflections working under his father, Rick Pitino, at Louisville. It’s a term that has been used heavily at Minnesota since Tubby Smith was coaching at Williams Arena. Smith also a former Rick Pitino assistant at Kentucky, used to make his players do extra conditioning in …

A student’s claim last September that she was sexually assaulted prompted the University of Minnesota to suspend 10 Gophers football players from the team, weeks after a criminal probe resulted in no charges. Her accusations, documented through police reports and court testimony, ultimately led to a U committee’s investigation and …