Coverage of the Penn State win

The Michigan Daily has two articles. From the first:

Michigan went into the locker room after 20 minutes trailing Penn State 31-28. Many times during the first half, the team failed to rotate or didn't hustle back on defense. To his surprise, though, Borseth didn't need to tell his team that.

"I came into the locker room at halftime and one of them is diagramming things on the board," Borseth said. "I feel bad when I walk into the locker room at halftime and there's no chatter and I feel good when there is chatter. They're trying to figure things out on their own because they have to be able to do that on the floor."

And given what happened when the team took the court again, the diagramming worked.

Penn State went from shooting 34 percent in the first half to just 29 percent in the second. The Wolverines also outrebounded the Nittany Lions by eight.

And the second:

Though the Wolverines struggled early, Borseth's anticipation paid off late when Michigan rallied with a 17-0 second-half run to defeat the Nittany Lions, 64-54, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

But Michigan didn't get its fuel from the usual sources.

Freshman Veronica Hicks, sophomore Stephany Skrba and junior Ashley Jones all came off the bench after halftime to ignite a stagnant Michigan offense.

With the Wolverines (10-9 Big Ten, 17-12 overall) trailing 43-37, senior Krista Clement cut the lead to four with an easy layup. It didn't seem like much, with both teams trading baskets at the time.

But then the reserves stepped up their defensive intensity. The Wolverines had two consecutive stops to go along with three free throws on the next two possessions.

Also mgoblue.com, the Detroit Free Press and the Daily Collegian.