Ben Johnson had the ultimate confidence in Ta’Lon Cooper to hit the second of two free throws with 1.7 seconds left in Thursday’s 70-67 victory against Ohio State. The Gophers coach called timeout after Cooper missed the first free throw to keep the score tied at 67-67, but he told his starting point guard and the rest of the team what to do when he made the next one. That’s exactly how it played out with Cooper nailing his last free throw to give his team the lead for good. And Dawson Garcia, who finished with a career-high tying 28 points, made a couple free throws to finish. “I was not trying to ice Ta’Lon,” Johnson said Friday about the last timeout. “You just know as a player in the heat of the moment just to take a deep breath can help. I had all the confidence in the world…
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