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MINNEAPOLIS -- Akeem Springs came off the bench to score 19 points and Nate Mason added 18 for Minnesota, which came from behind in the second half and escaped with a 74-68 victory against NJIT on Tuesday night.Springs and Mason each hit four 3-pointers as Minnesota was 9 of 21 from beyond the arc. Freshman Amir Coffey added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Gophers (8-1), who have equaled their win total from last season.A back-and-forth affair saw 13 lead changes, but NJIT never led by more than three points before Minnesota used a 7-0 run to take a 65-61 lead.This is a scary time of year in the sense of, you know, you get a lot of home games, obviously the names are not as big as some of the other big ones, so youve got to get your guys to understand you can lose to anybody, Gophers coach Richard Pitino said. You see it every single night, and you try to tell your guys over and over again, and sometimes just feeling it is a nice wake up call.Rob Ukawuba led the Highlanders (5-5) with 18 points. NJIT committed just seven turnovers but shot 34.2 percent from the field and was 8 of 32 from 3.Were a program thats on the rise and were past moral victories, to be honest with you, Highlanders coach Brian Kennedy said. This is a game that hurts a lot to lose because we felt if we played the way we know were capable of playing, it was going to be a good game.BIG PICTURENJIT: The Highlanders continued to show they can hang with the Big Ten. Two years ago on the same day, NJIT went on the road and beat No. 17 Michigan. Earlier this season, the Highlanders went to Purdue and had the game within single digits in the final minutes before losing 79-68. NJIT averaged 61.1 per game and forced 16.44 turnovers per game heading into Tuesday. Against Minnesota, the Highlanders shot 73 times and forced 14 turnovers.Minnesota: Pitino tried to beef up the nonconference portion of the schedule. After posting wins against St. Johns, Arkansas and on the road at Vanderbilt, the Gophers stumbled against the Highlanders, who entered the game 267th in the nation in the Ratings Percentage Index.KEY MATCHUPNJIT guard Damon Lynn entered the game as the active scoring leader in Division with 1,927 points. He had scored at least 20 in six of the teams first nine games.Mason took the brunt of the defensive responsibility and helped hold Lynn to 12 points on 5-of-24 shooting.Never really let him get an open look the whole night, Kennedy said of Mason. Damons had a great, great career for us. I wouldnt trade that kid for anybody in the country. He just had an off night shooting tonight.HE SAID ITI think tomorrows really going to help the team; seeing how we respond, seeing if were hungry, Springs said. 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A condition the IndyCar driver manages with a mixture of vigilance, discipline and perspective. Kind of like the way he handles the horsepower at his fingertips. Six years after the diagnosis that changed his life and two-plus seasons into a career blossoming right under his feet, the guy who used to wonder if hed get to do this for a living is now a race winner. Kimball slipped by Simon Pagenaud with 18 laps remaining then pulled away to win the Indy 200 on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, his triumph validation that the plan team owner Chip Ganassi put in place when he hired Kimball as the third driver on his powerful team remains very much on schedule. "The last couple years, we got the experience, we built the foundation," Kimball said. "As a team were ready to win." It certainly looked like it after Kimballs crew decided to ditch the initial strategy that asked him to save as much fuel as he could with his No. 83 Honda, figuring two pit stops instead of three would be the quickest route to victory lane. After a few trips around the tricky 2.258-mile circuit, Kimball knew the only way he could win would come if he punched it. While top qualifiers Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power and Scott Dixon eased off the gas to stretch their mileage, Kimball pressed his foot to the floor figuring he could make up whatever precious seconds he lost by pitting three times if he just kept the hammer down. It worked better than he imagined, propelling the 28-year-old to the top of the podium and erasing any lingering doubts he had about whether he belonged in North Americas top open-wheel series. "Getting the win quiets a lot of voices for sure," Kimball said. "Especially the ones within myself." The moment when the goal Ganassi set out when he brought on Kimball three years ago happened with less than 20 laps to go. Kimball surrendered the lead to Simon Pagenaud when he ducked into the pits for the last time, then tried to erase the deficit when Pagenaud went in for his final pit stop. Pagenaud managed to exit pit lane with the lead then held off a hard-charging Kimball, sending Kimball briefly into the grass. The triumph only proved temporary. Kimball remained right in Pagenauds rearview and slipped by at the end of the long straightaway nearing Turn 4 then had little trouble the rest of the way, a move he called "50 per cent momentum and 75 per cent commitment." The remainder of the top five wasnt in sight as Kimball zipped by the finish line to continue Ganassi Racings dominance at arguably the most difficult road course on the schedule. The team has now won each of the last five visits to the 13-turn test tucked in central Ohio. Pagenaud held on foor second while Dario Franchitti took third.dddddddddddd Power was fourth followed by Hunter-Reay and series leader Helio Castroneves. Dixon, who was bidding to become the first IndyCar driver since 2006 to take the checkered flag in four straight races, never threatened and finished seventh. IndyCar lengthened the race this year hoping to avoid the kind of boring fuel mileage parades that have occasionally plagued the series. That didnt stop Hunter-Reay and Power from trying to make it happen anyway. Hunter-Reay nearly matched the track record during qualifying Saturday but settled in after the green flag dropped Sunday, hoping to only need two pit stops to cover the 203-mile race instead of three. Kimball had the same initial strategy but his team scrapped it when it became apparent going faster might be the better option. Its a move Pagenaud and Franchitti attempted to copy, though neither did it with Kimballs aplomb. "Hes a smart guy, he learns quickly," Franchitti said of Kimball. "Bit by bit you see him get rid of his weaknesses." That was never more evident on Saturday at a track where Kimball broke his hand in testing last year, knocking him out of the race. Kimball cracked up his Honda in practice, careening into a tire barrier in turn 1 when he didnt account for the damp conditions left by an overnight rain. Forced to go to a backup car, Kimball tried to help as members of each of the three Chip Ganassi Racing teams pitched in to get it ready. "After I got run over three or four times, I just got out of the way," Kimball said. "It was like watching a symphony." Castroneves, a three-time Indy 500 champion still searching for his first season title, managed to keep Dixon behind him to slightly pad his lead in the standings. The Brazilian will take a 31-point lead over Dixon heading to Sonoma on Aug. 25. Defending champion Hunter-Reay is 65 points back in third. Kimballs time as a legitimate threat to challenge for a title has yet to come. Yet in his third year with one of IndyCars finest teams, hes proving Chip Ganassi Racing is more than just a two-man show. Its a notion Kimball worried wasnt possible after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007. Yet he keeps an eye on his diet and even monitors his glucose levels every 10-15 laps during a race to make sure hes in a good spot. The numbers on Sunday told Kimball he was "right on line" even as he navigated the physically demanding venue. "All I had to do was keep an eye on it," he said. And now the rest of the series is keeping an eye on him. "Ive got to say, Charlie did a fantastic job today," Pagenaud said. "I gave it all. Just him and Ganassi were stronger." ' ' '