SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Blake Hoffarber hit the winning 3-pointer with 1:31 left to lift Minnesota to a 74-70 win over West Virginia on Sunday night in the final of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament.
Hoffarber hit 4 3-pointers and scored 12 points for the Golden Gophers (5-0), who capped their four-day run in Puerto Rico with a championship trophy. Al Nolen scored 17 points and Trevor Mbakwe added 16.
Minnesota beat No. 8 North Carolina on Friday and a Mountaineers (3-1) team fresh off a run to the Final Four.
Unranked, still unbeaten.
Casey Mitchell scored 27 points for West Virginia. No one else reached double digits and Mitchell cooled down the stretch. He missed a tying 3 in the final minute.
