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Michigan takes down Purdue Fort Wayne in pre-Christmas tuneup

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•12/22/24•

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Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May during a win over TCU. (Photo by Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images)
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May during a win over TCU. (Photo by Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images)

ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines moved to 9-3 on the season with an 89-58 win over visiting Purdue Fort Wayne on Sunday afternoon at Crisler Center. This surpasses last year’s win total right before a bit of a layoff for the Christmas holiday.

Point guard Tre Donaldson led the Wolverines with 16 points, while center Vlad Goldin and forward Roddy Gayle Jr. had 13 and 12 points, respectively. Freshman Justin Pippen had a career-high 10 points.

Here is the full recap from Sunday’s game in Ann Arbor.

First half

Michigan won the opening tipoff. At 19:38, Nimari Burnett started the scoring with a three-pointer, which was answered at the other end by a layup from the Mastodons. Michigan ripped off a 7-0 run over the next two minutes with baskets from Danny Wolf, Roddy Gayle Jr. and Tre Donaldson, pushing the lead to 10-2 at the 17:02 mark. PFW was able to get a layup to momentarily stop the bleeding. Michigan would rattle off a 13-0 run from there, pushing the run to 20-2 over a 7-minute snap to go up 23-4 with 12:11 remaining.

The Mastodons got six back on a layup/and-1 make and a three-pointer, trimming the deficit to 23-10 with 11:06 to go. A pair of Donaldson free throws pushed the lead to 25-10 with 10:44 left, followed by a few sleepy minutes and PFW narrowing the Michigan lead to 27-14 by 8:34 remaining. Michigan rattled off an 8-0 run thanks to a pair of threes from Donaldson and a Will Tschetter layup, pushing the advantage to 35-14 in favor of the Wolverines with 6:27 to go.

Purdue Fort Wayne went on a 4-0 run thanks to four free throws made by Jalen Jackson, answered by a 5-0 spurt from U-M on a layup from Gaylor and a three from Justin Pippen to push the lead to 40-18 with 4:10 left. Michigan led 40-20 at the final media timeout of the first half before adding five quick points from another Pippen triple and a jumper from Sam Walters, extending the lead to 45-20 (3:17). U-M led by as many as 28 in the first half, but a three from PFW with 30 seconds left put the score at 54-29 at the half.

U-M’s torrid shooting paced the first-half output, making 77.8% of its baskets heading into the locker room.

Second half

Michigan went into the second half as hot as it was in the first, going on an 8-0 run on a dunk and layup from Goldin and a three-pointer from Burnett pushing the lead to 61-29 in favor of the home team. The Mastodons got a basket back at 18:23 before another 8-0 run from the Wolverines on a Goldin lauyp and three-straight buckets from Gayle, pushing the lead to a then-game-high 38 points at 69-31 with 15:39 to go. The Wolverines would hold a 73-41 lead at the under-12 media timeout after a 10-2 run from Purdue Fort Wayne, then followed up by a Walters layup and LJ Cason layup at 9:44.

Purdue Fort Wayne got two back on a pair of free throws at the 8:58 mark, answered by a Tschetter layup the next trip down the floor (79-43, 8:28). The Mastotons got a point back on a free throw from Jackson, which was answered by a Pippen layup at 7:50 to go to put Michigan up 81-44. The Mastodons hit a three to trim the Michigan lead to 34 points before a pair of layups from Donaldson pushed it back to 38 at 85-47 with 6:28 remaining.

Jackson went on a 5-0 run for PFW, which was cut off by another Pippen layup at 4:42 (87-52, U-M), answered 23 seconds later from a three-pointer from the Mastodons. At the final media timeout, Michigan would lead 87-55. Coming out of the break, Tschetter hit a pair of free throws for Michigan, pushing its lead to 89-55 with 3:41 to go.

Michigan vs. Purdue Fort Wayne box score

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