MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rodney Williams had 12 points, eight rebounds and four steals, Austin Hollins scored 10 of his 13 points in the game's first five minutes and Minnesota blew by Toledo 82-56 on Monday night.
Joe Coleman finished with 15 points and six rebounds despite eight turnovers, and Oto Osenieks pitched in eight points off the bench for the Gophers (2-0), who played so sharply and confidently in the first half their occasional sloppiness down the stretch didn't matter.
Rian Pearson led the Rockets (0-2) with 18 points, and freshman center Nathan Boothe added 13 points and seven rebounds.
Toledo went just 3 for 19 from 3-point range against an active, hustling Gophers defense. The Rockets were second in the Mid-American Conference in 3-point shooting last season and made nearly 44 percent from behind the arc over the last 12 games.
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| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Toledo (0-2) | 22 | 34 | 56 |
| Minnesota (2-0) « | 48 | 34 | 82 |
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| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 20 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| N. Boothe, C | 27 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| J. Brown, G | 32 | 3-13 | 3-4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| R. Pearson, G | 31 | 7-17 | 3-8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| D. Buckley, G | 21 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holliday | 27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Lemons | 21 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Ewing | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Mathew | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Wonnell | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Dear | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-61 | 15-23 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 56 | |
| 31.1% | 65.2% | ||||||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Williams Jr., F | 24 | 5-5 | 2-6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| E. Eliason, C | 19 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Coleman, G | 26 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| A. Hollins, G | 25 | 1-7 | 5-7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| A. Hollins, G | 17 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Welch | 21 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Ahanmisi | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Mbakwe | 14 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Ingram | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| O. Osenieks | 12 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Walker | 11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Halvorsen | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Shell | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-57 | 21-30 | 51 | 18 | 24 | 82 | |
| 49.1% | 70% | ||||||
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