Things I learned:
1. Blogging is hard. Apologies for not keeping up throughout the season.
2. Coach Borseth's parents have been married for 63 years. That's pretty amazing.
3. Michigan is an awesome team on the open floor.
All things were clicking for the Wolverines in the second half, sparked by the quick transition game Michigan is now known for. Falling behind by seven early in the period, the Wolverines put up 48, including 20 of those points from Ms. Veronica Hicks.
However, if it weren't for Carmen Reynolds, there may not have been an easy 70-56 victory. She had some timely three-balls to keep Michigan in it. She finished with 16 points for the night, and is averaging 15.8 ppg in the last five contests.
One of the keys of the game has to be stifling Indiana guard Jamie Braun in the second half. Braun had eight of the Hoosiers' 27 points in the first half, but had just one three-pointer thereafter in garbage time. In addition, Dayeesha Hollins juked the living daylights out of Braun for an easy lay-in during the second half.
Michigan also seemed like the aggressor in the contest, evidenced by the +10 margin on the offensive boards. The Wolverines also had seven more rebounds on the defensive end, but much of that can be attributed to Indiana's poor shooting.
(I would talk more about the first half, but I slept in over here on the west coast.)
That leaves Michigan looking at 11-8 for the season and 3-6 in Big Ten play. For the most part, there's still some time to make some headway, but not much room for error. Aside from Ohio State and Penn State, no team has really looked too convincing.
However, the Wolverines don't look too convincing either. As they sit at the bottom of the conference standings, they'll need to capitalize on the road and I believe they must win the showdown against Michigan State a few weeks away. A win against Penn State would be a great confidence boost in a challenging second half of the B10 season.
But reaching 70 for the first time since 2009, especially for a shooting team, is a good start.
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Not really much to say about the first half. Started slow and sloppy, lots of traveling calls both ways but lots of non-calls for what I would consider fouls under the basket.
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