Minnesota led at halftime but was unable to overcome the offensive dry spells that have been in play all season.

The Gophers men’s basketball team has endured a plodding offense so far this season, but it stopped dead in its tracks at the end of Friday’s game against Wake Forest. Minnesota managed only one bucket in the final five minutes of a 57-51 loss to the Demon Deacons in the ESPN Events Invitational third-place game in Orlando, Florida.

The Gophers found themselves in another slow-paced slugfest but came up short falling 57-51 to Wake Forest, picking up their second straight loss.

The Gophers men’s basketball team looked beyond its 0-2 record in the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando earlier this week. “We didn’t get the results that we wanted, but we were