Minnesota Continues to Surprise

Dusty Rychart scored 21 points, including two free throws with three seconds remaining in overtime, to lead Minnesota past Indiana, 78-74, Saturday at Minneapolis.

Minnesota (15-3, 3-2 in the Big Ten Conference) trailed 68-55 with 3:18 to play in regulation before scoring 14 of the last 15 points to tie the game. The Golden Gophers, on NCAA probation and a consensus pick to finish second-to-last in the Big Ten, have the most overall victories in the conference.

Kirk Haston had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana (11-8, 2-3).

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In other games: Rodney Smith scored 27 points to lead Purdue (12-5, 4-2) to a 78-59 victory over Northwestern (7-11, 0-6) in a Big Ten game at West Lafayette, Ind. It was Purdue Coach Gene Keady’s 800th career victory, including high school, junior college and college. . . . Chris Owens had 18 points and 11 rebounds as Texas (15-3, 4-1 in the Big 12 Conference) beat Baylor (13-3, 2-3), 73-66, in overtime at Austin, Texas. . . . In a Conference USA game at St. Louis, Chris Heinrich had 14 points and 11 rebounds in a 71-62 victory for Saint Louis (11-7, 3-2) over Cincinnati (12-5, 3-2). . . . Trevor Huffman scored 23 points for Kent State (12-5, 5-1) in an 89-67 Mid-American Conference win over Marshall (11-4, 5-2) at Kent, Ohio. . . . Kevin Frey had 29 points to lead Xavier (14-3, 5-1) into a first-place tie in the Atlantic 10 with an 86-73 victory over St. Joseph’s (14-4, 5-1) at Cincinnati. . . . Marcus Bailey had 33 points to lift Wyoming (11-4, 2-1) to a 78-77 Mountain West Conference overtime victory over Utah (11-7, 3-1) at Laramie, Wyo. . . . Dan Dickau scored 19 points and Casey Calvary added 18 as Gonzaga (12-5, 4-0 in the West Coast Conference) won its sixth game in a row, 77-72 at Portland (9-8, 2-2). . . . John Sivesind scored 18 points and converted two free throws in the last 10 seconds as Colorado State (10-5, 1-1 in the Mountain West) ended a six-game winning streak for Brigham Young (13-5, 2-2) with a 60-55 victory at Fort Collins, Colo. . . . Demetrius Porter scored 18 points as Fresno State (16-2, 5-0) overcame a 19-point second-half deficit in a 72-69 Western Athletic Conference victory over Nevada (7-9, 0-5) at Reno. . . . In another WAC game, Greg Harrington scored 18 points to lead Tulsa (12-6, 3-2) to an 87-75 victory over Texas El Paso (14-2, 3-1) at El Paso. . . . In a Big West Conference game, Jerald Jenkins scored on a layup with 4.3 seconds to play as Idaho (4-12, 1-4) beat UC Santa Barbara (5-10, 2-3), 68-67, at Moscow, Idaho.