Instant recap: Minnesota handles Michigan in Ann Arbor, 75-65
ANN ARBOR — Michigan point guard DeVante’ Jones and center Hunter Dickinson got off to a quick starts to lift U-M to a good start against Minnesota . Jones was aggressive to the rim and scored four quick points, while Dickinson had his jumper working early.
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The Golden Gophers, however, burned U-M repeatedly off the dribble and pulled away in the second half for a 75-65 upset win.
Michigan sophomore center Dickinson scored six points, all on midrange jumpers, and grabbed six rebounds to help the Wolverines open an early 13-7 lead.
Eli Brooks started slow but hit a triple at 9:50 to open a 18-14 edge. The Golden Gophers continued to match U-M with Dickinson on the bench resting. Moussa Diabate, back from an illness, was aggressive in his absence and fouled three times, but made only three of six free throws.
The Golden Gophers grabbed the lead, 28-26, on a Jamison Battle drive and finish. Minnesota got to the rim too easily at times throughout the half, notching 14 of their first 32 points in the paint.
Dickinson helped U-M keep pace. He worked inside and on the offensive glass for eight more points and finished the first half with 14 points and eight boards. His assist to Diabate for an easy finish inside made it 36-32 Wolverines at the half.
Michigan made 15 of 29 field goals (51.7 percent) in the first half, but only one of eight three-pointers. Brooks finished the half with seven points but made only one triple in four attempts.
The Golden Gophers managed only one assist but had no turnovers in the first half. Michigan’s ratio was 8 to 4 and they controlled the glass, 22-11.
Michigan fades in the second half
Minnesota took the fight to the Wolverines to start the second half, scoring the first seven points to take a three-point lead. Jones stopped the bleeding with a drive and finish but missed a free throw that would have tied it.
The Golden Gophers got a triple from Luke Loewe and a foul on Jones underneath to open a 44-40 lead and keep the ball. The Wolverines were digging a hole at 14:52.
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It ballooned to 51-44 at 12:30, and Michigan was in trouble. Jones, the scoring catalyst in the second half, picked up his third foul way off the ball at 11:48 and went to the bench. He’d scored the Wolverines only eight points of the half to that point.
Minnesota extended its lead to eight before Brooks finally tripled at 11:10 to cut the deficit to five. U-M, though, couldn’t guard the Gophers off the dribble. They scored at will in the paint going one on one.
A Payton Willis triple made it 60-50 at the 9:10 mark and put the Wolverines squarely on the ropes. They were down for the count at 66-50 with 6:20 remaining, having made only two of 16 triples.
Diabate scored inside and Houstan tripled — his first make in four attempts — to force a timeout at 5:22, starting a Michigan run. a Dickinson three-point play at 3:55 brought the Wolverines within six.
E.J. Stephens’ runner pushed it back to eight.
But U-M wasn’t finished. Brooks drove and finished, and a 10-count gave the Wolverines the ball back. Brooks had a chance to cut it to three, but his triple missed long.
The Wolverines had several chances to cut into the lead, but Dickinson missed twice at the rim. Houstan then lost the ball on an inbounds pass with 1:20 remaining and the Gophers put it away at the line.
Dickinson led Michigan with 19 points, while Jones added 14. U-M made only three of 18 triples and allowed Minnesota to shoot 50.9 percent with only two assists.
