Thursday, March 6, 2008

Next: Penn State (1st round of Big Ten Tournament)

Michigan (16-12, 9-9) plays Penn State (13-17, 4-14) today at noon in Indianapolis. The two teams split in the regular season, with Michigan losing 68-57 in State College while winning 68-53 in Ann Arbor. Michigan is coming off a two game losing streak while Penn State has lost 11 in a row and 13 out of 14.

One of the keys for Michigan will be the play of Carly Benson & Krista Phillips. Benson has struggled offensively the last two or three games - when she is scoring, teams have trouble covering both Benson & Phillips.

The winner of this game will face Iowa on Friday.

From the Michigan Daily:

The Wolverines haven't seen the second day of the Big Ten tournament since 2004, the year before the current seniors enrolled at Michigan.

Players told Borseth the team had always seemed to play well heading into the postseason, only to lay an egg in the tournament.

"Lets hope we can reverse our luck a little bit," Borseth said

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