Dawson Garcia scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Minnesota pulled away for a 74-60 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.Mike Mitchell Jr. added 18 points for Minnesota (7-5), which bounced back from a pair of losses in its past two games. Femi Odukale scored 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting.Jo’el Emanuel notched a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Fairleigh Dickinson (4-10). Ahmed Barba-Bey finished with a team-high 15 points for the Knights, who fell to 0-9 on the road.Minnesota shot 49.1 percent (27 of 55) overall and 25 percent (5 of 20) from 3-point range. Fairleigh Dickinson shot 34.3 percent (23 of 67) from the field and 30.8 percent (8 of 26) from beyond the arc.The Golden Gophers outscored the Knights 54-39 in the second half to secure the win.A 12-0 run helped Minnesota build a second-half lead that it held until the final buzzer. During the run, the Golden Gophers turned a 33-30 edge into a 45-30 advantage.Lu’Cye Patterson started the run with a 3-pointer off an assist from Garcia with 14:01 remaining in the second half. Trey Edmonds added a layup with 13:24 left, and Patterson struck again with a jump shot to make it 40-30 with 12:41 to play.
