Gophers coach Ben Johnson faced the worst-case scenario with his team’s first Big Ten win this season on the line Monday night against Ohio State. A two-point lead and leading scorer Dawson Garcia were gone in an instant after he fouled out with 5.

Johnson tries to look at the Purdue game as three-fourths full. With an Isaac Asuma 3-pointer, Minnesota trialed 47-43 with 11 minutes left at The Barn, but the Boilermakers’ outstanding guards Braden Smith ad Fletcher Loyer stepped on Minnesota’s throat, while the Gophers were half-stepping.

It's never easy to win on the road, and that notion was on full display again on Monday night when the Ohio State basketball team went on the road and took on the Minnesota Golden Gophers in "the barn,