Mike Mitchell Jr. scored 18 points, Dawson Garcia had a double-double, and Minnesota rallied late and then held off Michigan for a 73-71 victory on Thursday night for its sixth straight win. Pharrel Payne scored four points, and Mitchell and Elijah Hawkins each hit a 3-pointer during a 10-3 surge to give Minnesota a 69-62 advantage with 3:58 remaining. It was the Golden Gophers' largest lead of the game.
A year ago Michigan Men's Basketball brought a mid-major Central Michigan team to Ann Arbor a few days after Christmas and played a low-effort, embarrassing game. The Wolverines looked uninterested and were dominated by a smaller CMU team on the offensive glass en route to a 63-61 defeat at the hands of the Chips, who'd finish the year 10-21. Tonight Michigan lost a similar buy-game to a mid-major a few days after Christmas, dominated in the paint again but this year it felt less surprising or outrageous. McNeese State led almost the entire contest and looked like frankly the better basketball team, winning by double digits at Crisler Center. Michigan is now 6-7 on the year and the lack of surprise may be because at this point, this feels like who Michigan is. McNeese State opened the game strong, grabbing a quick lead by feasting on Michigan turnovers. The Wolverines turned it over nine times in the game's first 11.5 minutes and McNeese was able to outpace Michigan ov
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Twelve games into the season, Michigan has surpassed almost every offensive expectation. The Wolverines are ranked 19th in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency, 29 spots ahead of where they finished last year despite losing Hunter Dickinson, Jett Howard, and Kobe Bufkin from the rotation. With roughly a third of the season in the books, […]