Golden Gophers -4.5; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota hosts Washington after Dawson Garcia scored 21 points in Minnesota's 73-51 loss to the Michigan State Spartans. The Golden Gophers have gone 10-4 in home games.

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The Gophers host the Washington Huskies on Saturday at 11 a.m. after Dawson Garcia scored 21 points in Minnesota’s 73-51 loss to the Michigan State Spartans. The teams match up Saturday for the first time this season.

Over the previous two seasons, Franck Kepnang had played one half of one conference game for Washington due to injuries.

Minnesota leaders are reacting and offering their condolences after a mid-air collision​ between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening.

WASHINGTON, DC – A woman from Minnesota is one of the 67 people killed in Wednesday’s plane crash into the Potomac River in Washington, D-C.

One of the 67 people killed in Wednesday’s deadly air collision in Washington, DC is originally from Minnesota, according to online posts by family members. A verified GoFundMe page says Wendy Jo Shaffer was on board American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a military Blackhawk helicopter on approach to Reagan National Airport.

Minnesota hosts the Washington Huskies after Dawson Garcia scored 21 points in Minnesota's 73-51 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.

Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

So far this season, Dawson Garcia is posting 19.8 points, 2.0 assists and 7.3 rebounds per contest. Offensively, Lu’Cye Patterson posts 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game ...

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