This game felt like a slugfest with foul after foul.  Mortiz Wagner made a layup with a little under 2 minutes left to give the Wolverines the lead.   And they made a defensive stop.  But on their next possession, they were called for a foul on the defensive rebound.  This gave Houston’s Devin Davis a chance to give the Cougars the lead from the free throw line with no time coming off the clock.

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman missed a jumper down the lane and Charles Matthews almost tipped it in.   But when Devin Davis grabbed the missed tip-in, he was fouled by Matthews.  This time, Davis only hit one of the two free throws – extending the Cougars lead to 2 with 25 seconds.

Abdur-Rahkman drove down the lane again, makes a pretty good move to get a chance at a layup, but can’t make it – and once again, Devin Davis gets the rebound.  With 4 seconds left in the game, it looks like the Cougars are going to win the game.

But Davis misses both free throws and Michigan calls time out.  Abdur-Rahkman gets the in-bounce pass around mid-court, dribbles once and rifles a pass over to Jordan Poole.   And the freshman drains a last second three point shot with a defender in his face to win the game 64-63.

It might not have been a pretty game for Michigan.   But Poole’s three-pointer was an incredible ending to the game.  And at the end of the day, Michigan survives and advances.