Michigan drops double overtime heartbreaker to Florida in Jumpman Invitational

The Michigan Wolverines walked out of the Jumpman Invitational showdown with the Florida Gators with a heartbreaking double-overtime 106-101 loss on Tuesday night, dropping their record to 6-6 (1-1 Big Ten) on the season.

After some missed opportunities in non-conference play, a Power Five win was needed for resume purposes. Instead, it was the team’s sixth loss in its last nine games. The defeat drops Michigan to 1-4 in games decided by six points or less this season and 5-17 overall in those contests over the last two years.

Michigan was led by sophomore point guard Dug McDaniel, who led all scorers with 33 points along with eight rebounds and five assists.

Next up is a 10-day layoff before returning to game action against McNeese on Dec. 29 in Ann Arbor. Below is the recap of Tuesday night’s game.

First half

Florida got on the board 10 seconds into the game on a layup from guard Walter Clayton Jr., taking a 2-0 lead right off the bat. Michigan’s scoring output began with a floater in the lane from McDaniel to tie the game at 2-2 at the 17:29 mark. He followed it up with a three-pointer at the 16:51 mark to give U-M its first lead of the game at 5-4. After a Tarris Reed layup and a shot in the paint from the Gators, Michigan went into the first media timeout with a 7-6 lead with 15:22 remaining.

Florida’s Tyrese Samuel was fouled by U-M’s Terrance Williams III on his paint score, but missed the free throw attempt. McDaniel continued to take over in the early stages, hitting a pair of three that extended U-M’s lead to 13-7 with 14:29 to go. Olivier Nkamhoua got on the board for the first time on the night shortly after with a layup at 13:53, extending the advantage to 15-7. UF’s Alex Condon went on a personal 4-0 run to narrow the Michigan lead to 15-11 before Nkamhoua’s jumper put U-M back up 17-11 at 12:24. The Wolverines held a 17-13 lead at the under-12 media timeout.

The two teams would go back and forth over the next few minutes with Michigan holding steady with a six-point lead at 28-22 at the 6:09 mark. From there, Florida started to gain momentum on a 9-2 run over the next three minutes, taking 31-30 lead with 3:05 to go in the half. Terrance Williams hit a three-pointer, followed by a layup in response to a Gators paint shot to grab a lead back at 35-33 with 2:18 to go. Michigan went up 37-35 on a McDaniel layup with just over a minute to go, but a Zyon Pullin three-pointer at the buzzer sent Florida into the half up 38-37.

Second half

Williams got the scoring started with a jumper to put Michigan back ahead 39-38 just 33 seconds into the half, answered by Florida at the other end. A Nimari Burnett jumper gave U-M the lead back at 41-40, answered again by Florida on a layup. An and-1 situation for Tarris Reed, giving the Wolverines a 44-42 lead with 18:07 to go. Florida’s Samuel hit another layup, tying the game at 44.

A 4-0 run for the Wolverines followed from there on a Burnett jumper and a pair of free throws from McDaniel. Michigan extended its lead to five points after a three-pointer from Williams at 16:07. U-M was up 51-46 at 15:44 and the first media timeout of the half. The Wolverines pushed the lead up to 55-46 thanks to a 7-0 run capped off by a layup from Williams and a paint shot from Reed at the 15:06 mark.

UF’s Samuel narrowed the deficit to 7 with shot inside, answered at the other end of the floor by a Reed layup to push things to 57-48. Florida rattled of a 5-0 run to cut the lead to 57-53 before a McDaniel layup pushed Michigan back up to a six-point lead at the 13:20 mark. U-M would lead 61-56 at the under-12 media timeout (11:59) before a pair of Reed free throws pushed the lead to 7.

Florida went on a 7-0 run over the next minute and a half, tying the game at 63-all with 9:57 to go. Nkamhoua stopped the bleeding with a paint make at 9:36 to put Michigan back up 65-63. The game would be tied at 65-65 at the under-8 media timeout. Florida added three points after that to take a 68-65 lead with 7:19 remaining.

Burnett hit a pair of free throws to narrow the deficit to 68-67 before Florida extended it back to 2 with a free throw at the other end. A 5-0 run from Michigan helped them pull back ahead at 72-69 with 5:26 to go before Florida tied it with a three-pointer of their own at the 4:51 mark.

Florida jumped back ahead on a Zyon Pullin jumper before McDaniel answered with a paint make of his own to tie the game at 74 with 2:56 to go. UF’s Will Richard hit a free throw at 2:18, then Pullin hit a layup and a free throw at 1:36 to put UF up 78-74. Reed hit a layup and an and-1 situation of his own, grabbing three points to narrow the lead to 78-77 in favor of Florida. Richard scored on a layup and got to the foul line and hit his attempt, extending the lead back to 81-77 with 59 seconds to go.

Burnett hit a jumper with 33 seconds to go, forcing a Florida timeout. The Wolverines forced a jump ball on the inbounds pass with the possession arrow pointing toward U-M. Head coach Juwan Howard called timeout with 30 seconds to go. McDaniel got into the paint and missed, but a Nkamhoua rebound and putback dunk tied the game with 13.1 seconds left. Reed then blocked a shot at the other end of the floor with 2.6 seconds to go, forcing a Florida timeout. The Gators’ attempt at the buzzer was missed, setting up overtime.

Overtime

McDaniel put the Wolverines up 83-81 with just over 4 minutes left in the overtime period on a pair of free throws. Samuel hit a layup and was fouled, hitting the free throw to put Florida up 84-83 with 3:52 to go. Burnett drew a foul at 3:31, hitting both of his free throws to help U-M back to an 85-84 advantage. McDaniel hit a pair of free throws to extend the lead to 87-84 before a Condon make at the other end of the floor to put things at 87-86.

McDaniel hit another pair of foul shots with 21 seconds to go to help the lead to 89-86. Florida called timeout with 18 seconds to play before Pullin hit a three-pointer with 8 seconds to go. Burnett missed a shot that went out of bounds, giving Florida the ball back with 1.5 seconds to go. Pullin missed a half-court heave at the buzzer, setting up double overtime.

Double overtime

Nkamhoua hit a turnaround jumper to put U-M up 91-89 with 4:42 to go. A Condon layup was counted that should not have on a goaltend despite the review clearly showing Reed blocked it cleanly. However, Nkamhoua hit a pair of free throws at the other end to put U-M back up 93-91. Samuel followed it up with a dunk at the other end, tying the game at 93-all with 3:51 to go.

Pullin made a pair of free throws at 3:04 to pull the Gators back in front at 95-93. A pair of Florida layups extended the lead to 99-93 with 1:25 to go. a three-pointer from Walter Clayton Jr. extended the lead and capped off an 11-0 run for the Gators, leading 102-93 with 47 seconds to go.

McDaniel hit a pair of free throws to narrow the deficit to 7, but Clayton Jr. put Michigan back up 9 with a fastbreak layup. Nkamhoua trimmed the lead to six at 104-98 with 36 seconds to go. Pulling got a point back for Florida with a free throw at the other end, then U-M’s Williams hit a three-pointer to trim the Florida lead to 105-101 with 18 seconds to go. Florida would hit one final free throw and close out the victory 106-101.

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