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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 11
Both Gach
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Austin, Minn.
- High School:
- Arizona Compass Prep
Bio
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL
2020-21 (JUNIOR) MINNESOTA
Started in 16-of-29 games his lone season at Minnesota and averaged 6.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists while shooting a .401 clip from the field and .808 from the stripe ... opened the season with six-straight games in double-figures ... made his Golden Gopher debut against Green Bay (11/25), scoring 14 points with five rebounds ... posted a season-high 21 points and season-high nine rebounds versus North Dakota (12/4) ... followed up with 16 oints, nine rebounds and three assists against Boston College (12/8) ... made his Big Ten debut against Iowa, scoring seven points with six rebounds and five assists ... produced 10 points in win against Ohio State (1/3) followed by 13 points at Iowa (1/10) ... helped lead Minnesota to the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
Started in 25-of-27 games he played in as a sophomore while playing 30.4 minutes per game … second on the team in scoring and averaged 10.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists … became the third Utah player to record a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Mississippi Valley State (11/8) … joined Rylan Jones as the only teammates to record a triple-double in the same game since STATS, LLC started recording the stat during 1997-98 season … posted a career-high 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting and knocked down the game-tying basket to send into overtime against Colorado (3/7) before hitting three-straight free throws with 0.6 seconds left for the win … named Pac-12 Player of the Week at the end of the regular season.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
Started 14 of 30 games played in as a true freshman for the Utes ... shot .472 (77-163) from the field and .316 (30-95) from three-point range, while averaging 7.7 points per game ... drained a team-leading .857 (48-56) from the charity stripe ... pulled down 62 total rebounds for 2.1 boards per game average ... also ranked third on the team with 63 assists ... totaled 16 steals and four blocked shots ... tallied nine double-digit scoring efforts, including a career-high 22-point contest at Kentucky (12/15/18) ... dished out a career-high five assists at UCLA (02/09/19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as a four-star wing out of Austin, Minn. ... coming off a prep season at Arizona Compass (Phoenix, Ariz.) where he tallied 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game ... he helped lead Arizona Compass to a 24-4 season record ... prior to his season with Arizona Compass, Gach led Austin High School to a 29-3 record in 2016 and then helped guide the Packers to the class 3-A state championship game in 2017 ... committed to Utah after considering San Diego State, Texas Tech and Oregon.
PERSONAL
Son to Martha Deng ... has six siblings ... born Feb. 4, 1999 ... brother Gach, was a basketball player for West Texas A&M (Canyon, Texas) ... majoring in psychology & communications.
2020-21 (JUNIOR) MINNESOTA
Started in 16-of-29 games his lone season at Minnesota and averaged 6.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists while shooting a .401 clip from the field and .808 from the stripe ... opened the season with six-straight games in double-figures ... made his Golden Gopher debut against Green Bay (11/25), scoring 14 points with five rebounds ... posted a season-high 21 points and season-high nine rebounds versus North Dakota (12/4) ... followed up with 16 oints, nine rebounds and three assists against Boston College (12/8) ... made his Big Ten debut against Iowa, scoring seven points with six rebounds and five assists ... produced 10 points in win against Ohio State (1/3) followed by 13 points at Iowa (1/10) ... helped lead Minnesota to the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
Started in 25-of-27 games he played in as a sophomore while playing 30.4 minutes per game … second on the team in scoring and averaged 10.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists … became the third Utah player to record a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Mississippi Valley State (11/8) … joined Rylan Jones as the only teammates to record a triple-double in the same game since STATS, LLC started recording the stat during 1997-98 season … posted a career-high 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting and knocked down the game-tying basket to send into overtime against Colorado (3/7) before hitting three-straight free throws with 0.6 seconds left for the win … named Pac-12 Player of the Week at the end of the regular season.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
Started 14 of 30 games played in as a true freshman for the Utes ... shot .472 (77-163) from the field and .316 (30-95) from three-point range, while averaging 7.7 points per game ... drained a team-leading .857 (48-56) from the charity stripe ... pulled down 62 total rebounds for 2.1 boards per game average ... also ranked third on the team with 63 assists ... totaled 16 steals and four blocked shots ... tallied nine double-digit scoring efforts, including a career-high 22-point contest at Kentucky (12/15/18) ... dished out a career-high five assists at UCLA (02/09/19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as a four-star wing out of Austin, Minn. ... coming off a prep season at Arizona Compass (Phoenix, Ariz.) where he tallied 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game ... he helped lead Arizona Compass to a 24-4 season record ... prior to his season with Arizona Compass, Gach led Austin High School to a 29-3 record in 2016 and then helped guide the Packers to the class 3-A state championship game in 2017 ... committed to Utah after considering San Diego State, Texas Tech and Oregon.
PERSONAL
Son to Martha Deng ... has six siblings ... born Feb. 4, 1999 ... brother Gach, was a basketball player for West Texas A&M (Canyon, Texas) ... majoring in psychology & communications.
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