It has been such a weird game. If you had told me that Yaxel Lindeborg would get 2 quick fouls, come back in for a few minutes, twist his ankle and knee and get taken to the locker room, I would have expected that Arizona would be winning. I certainly would not have expected that Michigan would be winning 48-32 at half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wolverines jumped out to a 10-1 lead as Nimari Barnett hit a three-pointer and Morez Johnson Jr made a layup and got fouled for his own three-point play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They would extend that lead to 16 points with 10 minutes to play when Aday Mara got a rebound off a missed shot by Lindeborg and made a shot in the lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Yaxel got hurt, Arizona made their own run. Ivan Kharchenkov hit a three-pointer and Motejus Krivas started dominating the lane with a couple baskets and free-throws to cut the lead to 28-23 with a little under 7 minutes left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then Arizona went ice cold. Roddy Gayle got a dunk of a nice pass from Nimari Burnett, Burnett hit a layup, Trey McKinney hit a three-pointer, Roddy Gayle hit a three-pointer as the Wolverines went on a 10-2 run. And then Aday Mara scored 5 points inside as Michigan kept lobbing the ball into the big man and letting him work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aday Mara has 15 points and Morez Johnson Jr added 8 points as Michigan is tied with Arizona’s dominant front line with 23 rebounds, but more importantly, their defense has forced 9 turnovers by the Wildcats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arizona looks rattled, and Michigan looks like they can score at will. And they are doing it all with their star player on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as we all know, no lead is safe in March – there is 20 more minutes to play that stand in the way of the Wolverines and a date with UConn on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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