Nate Wolters

The Gopher men's basketball team hosts South Dakota State at Williams Arena at 7pm tonight, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:30. Minnesota is 1-0 after beating Bucknell in their season opener Friday night. South Dakota State beat Western Michigan in their season opener and is also 1-0.

The 16th ranked Gopher men's basketball team defeated South Dakota State 85-73. The game was tied at 64 apiece before Minnesota closed the game on a 21-9 run. Colton Iverson and Devoe Joseph each scored 15 points for the Gophers and Rodney Williams added 13.