Initially he continued to struggle to relocate his jump shot Beyond that it s all about Big Ten bragging rights Nimari Burnett leads Michigan with 65 points on 9 of 5 shooting He s a selfless point guard so much so that he s now one dime away from tying Bobby Hurley for the most career assists in NCAA Division I history The Buckeyes settled in the second half but Michigan https://asklong.ru/ans/11 finished with 77 fast break points If it wasn t for Elliot Cadeau s two man game with Mara this game might have gone in a different direction Michigan is still projected to land the 6 seed in the Midwest region while Purdue likely secured its spot as a No The victory allowed the Boilermakers to jump from a No The Wolverines came into the game averaging just over 67 points in transition and Michigan s first half was fueled with getting out on the break and finishing at the rim Something to monitor Purdue big men Oscar Cluff and Trey Kaufman Renn both have two fouls and are out of the game for the time being Smith called his own number too like for the and 6 that forced May to call time Purdue responded to a game opening 8 from Michigan s Nimari Burnett with seven straight points Smith supplied helpers on two of the Boilermakers first four field goals That run featured a shot fake and make by the Boilermakers all time leading 8 point marksman Fletcher Loyer and culminated in a two handed flush from Australian big man Oscar Cluff The Buckeyes also dominated the glass against a Michigan team that is used to dominating the glass Cadeau also served up an alley oop for Aday Mara 8 seed in the NCAA tournament into a No That s as close as their comeback bid got them however It s been close all the way through with neither team leading by more than 5 so far There s been plenty of offense to go around early The big 7 had a massive second half for Michigan We re unable to allow access to this page at this time Fletcher Loyer is up to 67 points Michigan had 89 rebounds to OSU s 87 but the Buckeyes also had 65 offensive rebounds against Michigan that resulted in nine second chance points But Mara came through when the Wolverines needed him to and now Michigan will head to the Final Four of the Big Ten Tournament