Minnesota closed its exhibition schedule with a 79-57 victory over Hamline Tuesday night at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Fourteen players saw action on the court, and now all focus turns toward the nonconference schedule. The Gophers begin their season Wednesday, Nov. 6, when they host Oral Roberts at The Barn.

Injuries have been a steady subplot in the Gophers men’s basketball team’s preseason. Point guard Lu’Cye Patterson returned from a shoulder injury for the second exhibition game — a 79-57 win over Hamline at Williams Arena on Tuesday — but starting forward Frank Mitchell left with an apparent shoulder injury of his own very early in the first half.