Michigan basketballThe quest for the title of the regular season of Big Ten is roughly out of the place for the error, because the Wolverines n ° 11 fell into Illinois, 93-73, at the Crisler Center Sunday afternoon. It is the ninth consecutive defeat of the UM against Illinois, a sequence which dates back to January 2019.
Vlad Goldin, probably All-Big Ten, Goldin, On weekends, he found his parentsled the Wolverines with 22 points on the shot of 11 for 15 and added a summit of seven rebounds, but his compatriot Danny Wolf was held at only nine points and five rebounds and experienced a reversal of five reversals. The Wolverines have again had trouble beyond the arc, doing less than a quarter of their 3-point trials for the fourth consecutive match.
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UM also fought on the boards, especially in the first half; The Illinois has dropped 10 offensive rebounds in the first 20 minutes (compared to 15 defensive rebounds per UM) en route around 10 second chance points. This allowed the Illini to enter half-time with an advance of a point despite the shot just 32.4% of the field. The Wolverines fired better in the first 20 minutes, hitting only 13 of the 29 of the ground (44.8%) but only hit two of the seven 3 -point trials.
The defeat drops the Wolverines a game behind the n ° 8 of Michigan State, but the Wolverines still control their hopes of the title Big Ten, barely. UM rolls up its original list with a visit to n ° 15 in Maryland at 6.30 p.m. Wednesday (Big Ten Network). Win this and it sets up a winner match with the Spartans on Sunday in East Lansing (Midi, CBS). The Michigan State, meanwhile, can at least win a part of the Big Ten title with a victory on the road against Iowa on Thursday evening.
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Tony Garcia Does Michigan Wolverines Beat Writer from the Free Press Strait. Send him an email to [email protected] and follow him on x @Realtonygarcia.
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