The start of Minnesota’s Big Ten season could not have been better.  The Gophers scored their first conference victory under head coach Niko Medved, a 73-64 victory against No.

Minnesota basketball coach Niko Medved shares an emotional reaction after the Golden Gophers stun No. 22 Indiana in their Big Ten opener.

Indiana basketball begins Big Ten Conference play its 126th season of competition with a game at Minnesota at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The league opener will be aired on BTN with Cory Provus,

Cade Tyson scored a game-high 22 points, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson had 15 points and seven rebounds, and Isaac Asuma had a season-high 14 points to lead Minnesota (4-1) to a 66-54 win over Chicago State at Williams Arena.

Tori McKinney had 13 points plus four assists, four steals and two blocks, and Niamya Holloway added 10 off the bench for the Gophers (6-2), who started the game on a 16-0 run and led 25-9 at halftime.

Gophers Athletics Director Mark Coyle announced early Thursday that he fired men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson after Minnesota lost to Northwestern in Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament opener.

Point guard Isaac Asuma each had seven rebounds, while fellow guard Langston Reynolds grabbed five boards and small forward Bobby Durkin had four. Crocker-Johnson grabbed seven boards on the night, but that's expected. The other guys stepping up to crash the glass was exactly what the Gophers had to do to compete.