Bobby Durkin, unbeaten Minnesota take aim at winless Southern
Minnesota's Bobby Durkin knows it's just a matter of time before his shots start falling. Durkin will look to break out of a mini-slump when the Golden Gophers (3-0) tip off against Southern (0-4) on Thursday night in Minneapolis. Minnesota coach Niko Medved said he wasn't surprised to see Durkin in the gym early on Tuesday, one day after Minnesota edged host Cincinnati 63-61. The victory maintained the Golden Gophers' perfect start to the season, but Durkin uncharacteristically finished with five points and shot 1-for-6 from beyond the arc. "No days off," Medved said with a smile about Durkin, who averaged 10.2 points a game and shot 39.2% from 3-point range last season. "He's in here in the morning getting shots up. That's what you do. You stick with the routine. ... "It's no secret on the scouting report (that) people are going to look and they're going to say, ‘Hey, we don't want Durkin to catch and shoot a 3.' Sometimes that's difficult to do with all the other moving parts of guarding an offense. It's just been one of the last couple games where it hasn't been as good. ... As long as he keeps taking great shots,
