Ryan Beasley scored 24 points on 8-for-13 shooting, and San Francisco pulled away for a 77-65 win over Minnesota on Saturday evening in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Tyrone Riley IV and Mookie Cook scored 14 points apiece for San Francisco (5-1), which won its fourth game in a row. David Fuchs tallied 11 points to go along with six rebounds.
Langston Reynolds scored 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting off the bench to lead Minnesota (4-2). Cade Tyson finished with 14 points, and Jaylen Crocker-Johnson scored 10.
San Francisco shot 49.1 percent (26 of 53) overall and 50 percent (11 of 22) from 3-point range. Minnesota shot 47.8 percent (22 of 46) from the field and 42.9 percent (6 of 14) from deep.
The Dons finished strong after the score was tied at 52-all with 9:08 remaining.
Guillermo Diaz Graham drained a 3-pointer to put San Francisco on top 55-52 with 8:34 to go. Beasley assisted on the play.
The Golden Gophers stayed within four points of the lead until Fuchs made a 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining to give San Francisco a 63-56 advantage.
Less than two minutes later, Fuchs made a pair of free throws to give the Dons a 65-58 lead. Cook knocked down a 3-pointer for San Francisco to make it 68-58 with 1:38 to go.
San Francisco led 34-27 at the half.
The Dons jumped to a 19-10 lead in the first 10 minutes. Diaz Graham zipped a pass to Veniamin Abosi, who made a layup to give San Francisco a nine-point lead with 10:43 to go.
Minnesota battled back to cut the deficit to 21-18 with 8:12 remaining in the first half. Bobby Durkin made a 3-pointer and Chansey Willis Jr. made a pair of free throws as part of a 5-0 run.
Riley IV made a layup to increase the Dons’ lead to 34-26 with 1:53 to go.
Tyson made one of two free-throw attempts to finish the first-half scoring.
–Field Level Media
