The Minnesota Golden Gopher men's basketball team topped Penn State 63-56 in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis Thursday night. The Gophers advance to play against Wisconsin Friday night.

Austin Hollins paced Minnesota with 18 points on 6-12 shooting, and DeAndre Mathieu added 13 for the Gophers in the win.

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