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Mason Honored in Big Ten Basketball
(Chicago, IL) -- Minnesota Golden Gopher point guard Nate Mason has been named the Big Ten Conference Co-Player of the Week after his career high 31-point performance in Sunday's win at 15th ranked Purdue.
Nate Mason Courtesy: gophersports.com
Mason added 11 assists in the 91-82 overtime victory at West Lafayette. He also scored 18 points in an overtime loss to Michigan State last week. Minnesota is 13-and-2 overall and 1-and-1 in the Big Ten.
The Gophers are among those teams receiving votes in this week's national media poll, sitting at 27th overall.
Next up for Minnesota is a trip to Evanston, Illinois to take on Northwestern Thursday night at 8 P-M, pre-game on KROC AM begins at 7:30.
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