MINNEAPOLIS — Cade Tyson scored 28 points and went on a huge second-half run as Minnesota blew away North Dakota State 80-54 Thursday night in a Division I men’s exhibition basketball game at Williams Arena.

The Bison suffered through a tale of two droughts. First, offensively when they went more than 12 minutes without a field goal. The second simply at the hands of Tyson, who scored 11 straight for the Gophers midway through the second half to give Minnesota a 20-point lead.

“They made shots,” Bison head coach Dave Richman said. “Maybe in a regular-season game, I call time out, but it’s an early learning opportunity. I want some guys to plow through it.”

Tyson, a 6-foot-7 senior transfer from North Carolina, can’t remember the last time he ran off 11 in a row. But it was definitely we

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