The only contributing senior on this year’s Gophers basketball squad is one of the newest faces.

Transfer Akeem Springs, formerly of UW-Milwaukee, again provided a lift off the bench Friday night as the Gophers cruised to their most convincing win of the season, 86-49 over Georgia Southern. The graduate transfer has double figures in three of the last four games and 12 3-pointers over that stretch.

As you’ll see in the video above, Springs is playing with a chip on his shoulder after being overlooked by major-conference schools during his recruitment.

Sam Ekstrom

Sam Ekstrom is an executive producer and host at Locked On Sports Minnesota. He's previously covered the Vikings for 105 The Ticket, Zone Coverage, Purple Insider, and the Associated Press. He grew up in Vermillion, S.D. rooting for the USD Coyotes (not SDSU) and graduated from Dordt (not "dork") University in Sioux Center, Iowa.

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