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MINNEAPOLIS -- Richard Pitino called his teams 37-point win over Georgia Southern a major step forward, but not because of the point total. Jimmy Wynn Jersey . It was more how his players shared the ball against their overmatched nonconference opponents.Dupree McBrayer scored 18 points and Akeem Springs added 16 off the bench to lead the Gophers over Georgia Southern 86-49 on Friday night for their third straight win.Minnesota (9-1) had 23 assists and 12 3-pointers -- both season highs, and Pitino said his players were passing up good shots for great ones. And with three more games before the Big Ten portion of Minnesotas schedule starts, the Gophers got back on track after barely surviving against New Jersey Institute of Technology earlier in the week.He sat us down and told us we need to improve, Nate Mason said of the NJIT scare. Mason finished with 14 points and nine assists. Obviously we disrespected each other, not even him, but just each other. Didnt go out there and play for each other as hard as we possibly could. So we sat the guys down had a team meeting and said, `Weve got to come in and work the next day.Minnesota used an early second-half run to put the Eagles away after letting them hang around earlier. The Gophers built an 18-point lead midway through the first half before failing to score a field goal in the final five minutes of the half.But they took advantage of their speed and size to start the second, scoring 12 of their first 16 points of the half on dunks and fast breaks.I keep telling the guys: defend, rebound and run, Pitino said. Thats always kind of been my mentality with these guys. They did it, and I think the sharing of the ball, you could tell it was contagious.The Eagles (4-5), whove still never beaten a Big Ten team in school history, couldnt recover and lost their second straight after winning three in a row.Im embarrassed, Eagles coach Mark Byington said. We have some prideful guys in the locker room too, and theyre embarrassed too. Thats not what were all about and we didnt show up tonight.Ike Smith led Georgia Southern with 12 points and Jake Allsmiller added 11.Springs went 4 for 8 from 3-point range for Minnesota. He keyed an early 14-5 run with 11 points in three minutes to stretch Minnesotas first-half lead to 34-16. The Gophers slowed down after that, though, and didnt have a field goal in the final 5:09 of the first. The Eagles outscored Minnesota 16-11 to end the first and trailed 45-32 at halftime.BIG PICTUREGeorgia Southern: Playing against Minnesotas bigger and stronger players, the Eagles got only 16 combined points from backcourt duo Smith and Tookie Brown, who entered the game averaging nearly 36 points between them.Minnesota: The Gophers regained some momentum after narrowly surviving by six points against NJIT on Tuesday.ROAD WORRIESGeorgia Southern has three more road games in a brutal stretch to start the season, in which the Eagles play two of their first 12 games on their home court. Right now, we just lack some things, Byington said. Its on me. Its bad preparation. Its bad scheduling. The one thing weve got to do, as Ive told the guys, the only thing theyve got to worry about, is sticking together.HURTING FOR MINUTESMichael Hurt finished with seven points in six minutes, including his first-ever 3-pointer. Pitino praised the freshmans work ethic. They think if you work hard youre supposed to play, thats not always the case. My goal is to win the game, thats it. When youre able to reward guys like that to play, its really good.UP NEXTGeorgia Southern: Gets a rematch on Tuesday at Florida Gulf Coast, the team that snapped the Eagles three-game winning streak 85-82 last weekend.Minnesota: Continues its nonconference schedule when the Gophers host another 4-4 team, Northern Illinois, on Sunday. Stitched Astros Jerseys . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Cesar Geronimo Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. https://www.cheapastros.com/513o-hector-rondon-jersey-astros.html .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. TORONTO -- Viktor Stalberg got a head start, pulled away from the defenders and buried his short-handed breakaway try.Cam Ward and his teammates took it from there, keeping the Carolina Hurricanes on a season-changing roll.Stalberg scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period, lifting Carolina over the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight victory.Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, which improved to 8-6-4. Ward stopped 25 shots.I think were obviously building some momentum here, Ward said, and just carrying it into the next game.Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for Toronto, which lost for only the third time in 10 games at home. Jake Gardiner had the Leafs goal.Stalberg got the deciding tally against his former team after Tyler Bozaks pass was picked off in the neutral zone. Stalberg entered the zone alone, beating Andersen for his third goal of the season.Thats obviously a bonus to score short-handed, Ward said. Thats the kind of speed that Stalberg has. He really showed it there.The night began with a thud on the Leafs side when star rookie Mitch Marner blocked a hard shot and absorbed a nasty blow to the face, both courtesy of Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin. Briefly unable to put pressure on his left leg, Marner wheeled himself awkwardly to the bench and then hobbled around uncomfortably behind it.The 19-year-old, who is second on the team with 16 points, missed only a shift before returning to action. He finished the period with two shots, including a dangerous chance off the rush as the frame wound down.Gardiner opened the scoring a short while later, blowing a point shot past Ward. A hearty screen from rrookie winger Connor Brown made the shot difficult to see for the Hurricanes goaltender, whos been rolling of late. Don Wilson Jersey. Ward came into Tuesdays action with a 5-1-2 record and .944 save percentage in November.His resurgence, following a rough October, has been key to the Hurricanes season-high winning streak.The Hurricanes evened the score at 1 on a late-period power play. Derek Ryans initial attempt on the opposite side of the goal floated over Andersen and off the crossbar, eventually nudged into the net by the left skate of Skinner. The 24-year-old leads the Hurricanes with six power-play points and 16 points overall this season.The Leafs nearly gave up another short-handed goal moments after Stalbergs score when Elias Lindholm broke in against Andersen after a puck bounced over Gardiners stick at the blue-line.The Leafs nearly tied it in the opening seconds of the third period when Marner clanked a shot off the post during a mad scramble in front. A late period power play yielded plenty of zone time, but only a single shot.I think these are games we have to get better in and find ways to win, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. Weve won more open games than weve won tight games.Game notes Toronto has just one win on the road (1-5-3). ... Auston Matthews has gone 13 games without a goal, with his last nearly a month ago on Oct. 25. He had four shots in 20 minutes in this one.UP NEXTHurricanes: Test streak at Eastern Conference leading Montreal on Thursday night.Maple Leafs: Plays at New Jersey on Wednesday night. ' ' '