Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Ex-NU player Johnson lifts Minnesota in OT

Former Northwestern player Ben Johnson scored a career-high 32points, and Kris Humphries added 26 to power Minnesota to a 91-84overtime victory Sunday against Furman in Minneapolis.

"[Minnesota] coach [Dan] Monson said he wasn't going to invite meback," said Paladins coach Larry Davis, a former Golden Gophersassistant who fell to 0-2 against his old team. "One of these years,we might figure out how to beat them."

Adam Boone scored six of his 17 points in overtime to helpMinnesota (2-1) pull away. His three-pointer with 1:05 left inovertime gave the Gophers an 88-82 lead, and Furman (2-2) never gotcloser.

"I felt fortunate to get to overtime," Boone said. "I …

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