ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The last time that Michigan basketball took the court at home, at Crisler Center, the Wolverines lost their first game of the season, with a feisty Wisconsin team taking them down. Since, the maize and blue had a successful West Coast trip, having beaten both Washington and Oregon on their home court. But now, the Michigan basketball team is back in Crisler, with hopes that it can best a very good Indiana team.
Indiana enters the contest at 3-4 in the Big Ten and 12-6 overall. The Wolverines are third in the conference with a 6-1 record, at 16-1 overall, and ranked third in the country.
How will the home team fare? Tipoff is at 7 p.m. EST. Follow along live with updates and analysis.
Pregame
The starting lineup for Michigan:
- G Elliot Cadeau
- G Nimari Burnett
- F Morez Johnson Jr.
- F Yaxel Lendeborg
- C Aday Mara
And for Indiana:
- G Lamar Wilkerson
- G Conor Enright
- G Tayton Conerway
- F Sam Alexis
- F Tucker DeVries
Under-16 media timeout – first half
Michigan turns IU over to start things off. Got some good offensive rebounding and multiple chances on the first offensive possession. Center Aday Mara got away with a bit of a travel on the first score, misses two free throw attempts on the second possession. Elliot Cadeau hits a 3 to put U-M up 5-0. Cadeau drives the lane to put Michigan up 7-0.
Meanwhile, IU is completely out of rhythm to start the game, hoisting contested 3s that are nowhere close. The Wolverine defense is definitely keeping the Hoosiers from doing much of anything, but their own defense has also kept the maize and blue from scoring at will.
Under-12 media timeout – first half
IU still cannot get much of anything going. To some degree, the Wolverines are playing a little too fast trying to put the Hoosiers away early. A couple of turnovers have negated some momentum as a result.
Cadeau continues to be the entirety of the Michigan offense, essentially, having scored 7 of the Wolverines’ 9. IU finally gets on the board with a floater, to make the deficit 9-2. A turnover on Michigan’s end (Roddy Gayle Jr. was stripped) and a foul on the other end allows the Hoosiers to score two more. But Cadeau answers with his second 3 of the game to put Michigan up 12-4.
Yaxel Lendeborg still not quite looking to be full strength.
IU is so disjointed that even a breakaway didn’t work for it. Will Tschetter did a good job of hustling back and getting in front of the ball carrier, and then they missed the layup. Trey McKenney hit a 3 on the other end to put Michigan up 17-4 with 11:43 remaining in the first half.
Under-eight media timeout – first half
Michigan opens the foray with its third block of the game before LJ Cason drives the basket and scores underneath to put U-M up 19-4. A Sam Alexis free throw adds a point for IU, but he gets his second personal foul on the other end with 9:58 remaining in the half. That allowed McKenney to hit his second 3 of the game, but IU answers with a 3 of its own and a layup. Tschetter stops the five-point run by tacking on a 3 of his own and plays excellent defense on the other end of the floor. IU converts another 3, but Nimari Burnett hits another on Michigan’s end, and it’s 28-13 going into the media timeout.
Michigan is shooting 57% from the floor, including 50% from 3. Indiana? 22%.
Update: Morez Johnson Jr. torn jersey
He’ll wear No. 51 for the rest of the game.
Under-four media timeout – first half
IU hits two free throws to cut the deficit to 13 (game high was Michigan by 17). Johnson is fouled on what almost was a beautiful alley-oop, misses his first free throw, but converts his second. IU hits a 3 and is starting to find an offensive rhythm. Yaxel Lendeborg turns it over, but so does IU. Aday Mara gets a not-so-pretty alley-oop from Johnson, but IU has now hit five of its last five field goal attempts, now shooting 30%. Michigan is getting stymied with six turnovers to this point, but they’re also outrebounding Indiana 17-5. The Hoosiers hit another 3, and suddenly it’s an eight-point game.
Lendeborg hits a floater to put Michigan back up by 10. The Hoosiers finally miss a shot but the Wolverines turn it over for a seventh time. Michigan 33, Indiana 23.
