MINNEAPOLIS -- Richard Pitino called his teams 37-point win over Georgia Southern a major step forward, but not because of the point total. It was more how his players shared the ball against their overmatched nonconference opponents.Dupree McBrayer scored 18 points and Akeem Springs added 16 off the bench to lead the Gophers over Georgia Southern 86-49 on Friday night for their third straight win.Minnesota (9-1) had 23 assists and 12 3-pointers -- both season highs, and Pitino said his players were passing up good shots for great ones. And with three more games before the Big Ten portion of Minnesotas schedule starts, the Gophers got back on track after barely surviving against New Jersey Institute of Technology earlier in the week.He sat us down and told us we need to improve, Nate Mason said of the NJIT scare. Mason finished with 14 points and nine assists. Obviously we disrespected each other, not even him, but just each other. Didnt go out there and play for each other as hard as we possibly could. So we sat the guys down had a team meeting and said, `Weve got to come in and work the next day.Minnesota used an early second-half run to put the Eagles away after letting them hang around earlier. The Gophers built an 18-point lead midway through the first half before failing to score a field goal in the final five minutes of the half.But they took advantage of their speed and size to start the second, scoring 12 of their first 16 points of the half on dunks and fast breaks.I keep telling the guys: defend, rebound and run, Pitino said. Thats always kind of been my mentality with these guys. They did it, and I think the sharing of the ball, you could tell it was contagious.The Eagles (4-5), whove still never beaten a Big Ten team in school history, couldnt recover and lost their second straight after winning three in a row.Im embarrassed, Eagles coach Mark Byington said. We have some prideful guys in the locker room too, and theyre embarrassed too. Thats not what were all about and we didnt show up tonight.Ike Smith led Georgia Southern with 12 points and Jake Allsmiller added 11.Springs went 4 for 8 from 3-point range for Minnesota. He keyed an early 14-5 run with 11 points in three minutes to stretch Minnesotas first-half lead to 34-16. The Gophers slowed down after that, though, and didnt have a field goal in the final 5:09 of the first. The Eagles outscored Minnesota 16-11 to end the first and trailed 45-32 at halftime.BIG PICTUREGeorgia Southern: Playing against Minnesotas bigger and stronger players, the Eagles got only 16 combined points from backcourt duo Smith and Tookie Brown, who entered the game averaging nearly 36 points between them.Minnesota: The Gophers regained some momentum after narrowly surviving by six points against NJIT on Tuesday.ROAD WORRIESGeorgia Southern has three more road games in a brutal stretch to start the season, in which the Eagles play two of their first 12 games on their home court. Right now, we just lack some things, Byington said. Its on me. Its bad preparation. Its bad scheduling. The one thing weve got to do, as Ive told the guys, the only thing theyve got to worry about, is sticking together.HURTING FOR MINUTESMichael Hurt finished with seven points in six minutes, including his first-ever 3-pointer. Pitino praised the freshmans work ethic. They think if you work hard youre supposed to play, thats not always the case. My goal is to win the game, thats it. When youre able to reward guys like that to play, its really good.UP NEXTGeorgia Southern: Gets a rematch on Tuesday at Florida Gulf Coast, the team that snapped the Eagles three-game winning streak 85-82 last weekend.Minnesota: Continues its nonconference schedule when the Gophers host another 4-4 team, Northern Illinois, on Sunday. Koa Misi Jersey . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Anthony Steen Jersey . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. 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Medium-pacers Kyle Jamieson and Ed Nuttall shared 16 wickets between them to lead Canterbury to a narrow 10-run win over Auckland in Rangiora.Auckland captain Rob Nicol had put Canterbury in on the first day, and his seamers took nine wickets in bowling them out for 245. Aucland had a shaky start, losing three wickets by stumps on the first day, courtesy a late burst by Jamieson. On the second day, a 56-run fifth wicket partnership between debutant SM Solia (49) and Brad Cachopa (23), and a 94-run stand for the eighth wicket between Colin Munro - who scored an unbeaten 108 in 86 balls while batting with the tail - and Lockie Ferguson (41) helped them go past Canterburys total, despite Jamiesons career-best 8 for 74.Canterburys intent in the second innings was lead by their top three batsmen putting on 295 between them. Debutant, opener, Jack Boyle scored 81 in putting on 167 with Chad Bowes for the opening stand. Bowes then scored a career-best 155, as he put on 128 with Peter Fulton (72) for the second wicket. They scored at 4.16 per over, before declaring on 400 and setting Auckland 361 to win. Legspinner Tarun Nethula took his third five-wicket haul of the season and finished with 5 for 128.In their chase, Auckland reached 290 for 4 through fifties by Michael Guptill-Bunce (67), Mark Chapman (81) and Cachopa (75*). But a late burst by Nuttall (5-67) and Jamieson (3-86) saw them lose their last four wickets for nine runs to be bowled out for 350 and hand Canterbury a narrow win that put them in second place.Half-centuries from Bharat Popli and Nick Kelly helped Northern Districts stave off defeat against Central Districts on the fourth and final day of their Plunkett Shield fixture in Napier. Chasing 450, Central Districts blunted out 129 overs to make 295 for 7 when play ended.Central Districts, who elected to bat, weere bowled out for 225, with Will Youngs 61 being the highest score of the innings.dddddddddddd Ajaz Patel, the left-arm spinner, then took 5 for 22 in 17.2 overs to skittle Northen Districts out for 153. Tom Bruce (115) and Dane Clever (108*) struck centuries to build on Central Districts 70-run lead. Their 176-run stand for the fourth wicket helped extend the lead over 400, before they declared on 377 for 5 in 86 overs.Going into the final day, Northern Districts, on 105 for 2, had the task of either surviving the entire day or scoring 345 more to pull off an unlikely win. They were in some trouble at 162 for 5, before some lower-order defiance helped them secure a draw. Central Districts, who took the lead and dominated much of the proceedings, walked away with five points to top the six-team pool with 52 points in five matches. Northern Districts finished the round in fifth place.Rain on each of the four days in Dunedin meant an outright result wasnt possible, but Wellington pocketed eight points in whatever little play was possible against Otago to finish the round placed third.Jeetan Patel, the offspinner, took six wickets as Otago, who had decided to bat, were bowled out for 208. No. 3 Michael Bracewell, top-scored with 43, while Jimmy Neesham, left out of New Zealands squad for the second Test against Pakistan, managed just 11.In reply, Wellington lost two quick wickets - Michael Papps (47) and Stepheh Murdoch (43),who had put on 71 for the second wicket - to wobble briefly at 119 for 3 before being powered by Luke Ronchis unbeaten 119 that helped them take the lead. They eventually declared on 350 for 7. The result did little to help Otago lift themselves off the bottom of the table. 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