Notes & Quotes: Central Michigan 78, Michigan 67
12/15/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
N O T E S
With his start against Central Michigan, senior Ron Coleman extended his consecutive games played streak to 110. He has not missed a single game in four years. In addition, sophomore Ekpe Udoh extended his own streak, playing in his 46th straight game for the Wolverines.
Ekpe Udoh earned his third consecutive start of the season and the 10th of career against Central Michigan. Michigan's full starting lineup for the third straight game was Manny Harris and Kelvin Grady in the backcourt, DeShawn Sims and Ron Coleman at the forwards, and Ekpe Udoh at center.
With starts against Central Michigan, the freshman duo of Manny Harris and Kelvin Grady has started all 11 games for the Wolverines this season in the backcourt.
Manny Harris set a career best for rebounds with nine against Central Michigan. He had a prior best of eight boards two times, against Oakland (Dec. 12) and Western Kentucky (Nov. 24).
With his two blocks against Central Michigan, Ekpe Udoh became the ninth Wolverine in history to record 100 blocks in a career. He sits at 101, which puts him ninth all-time at U-M.
Udoh has recorded at least one block in all 11 games this season and in his last 13 games for U-M. He has 10 multi-block games this season and 32 for his career.
With his 12 points against Central Michigan, Manny Harris posted his 10th double-figure scoring performance in 11 games this season. He opened the season by scoring in double digits in the first eight games.
With his 17 points against Central Michigan, DeShawn Sims has scored in double figures in each of his last six games. Overall he has scored in double digits in nine of 11 games this season.
Kelvin Grady tallied his fourth career double-figure game with 11 points against Central Michigan.
With his career-best eight assists, Kelvin Grady doubled his previous best of four, which he had against Boston College (Nov. 28) and Radford (Nov. 9). Grady has had at least one assist in all 11 games this season.
David Merritt played a season-high 11 minutes off the bench and finished the game with one point, one rebound and a career-high-tying one assist. His 11 minutes mark the second time in his career he has played double-digit minutes.
C.J. Lee set career highs in points (seven), steals (two) and field goal attempts (five) against Central Michigan.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach John Beilein
On switching the lineup... "That's the way it's going to have to be. We have to continue to improve with guys who can dribble and pass. It is very important for us to do that when you have guys pressuring you, to have guys who can take it to the basket under control and guys that can make entry passes."
On the first half... "Fourteen turnovers has certainly happened when you've coached as many games, but not shooting a three, never. They just took all of those looks away from us. I will have to watch tape a little bit more, but they did a good job defensively, they really did."
On the defense in the game... "We realized that it was going to be a hard pressure defense. We the coaching staff tried to prepare them for that physical type of stuff. We can do all those things, but we still need to work on making pretty simple plays, in crowds."
U-M Senior Ron Coleman
On the loss..."I think they played with great pressure throughout the game and they got into us. We had a little bit of a meltdown. We just have to get better on that part of the game."
On the team's struggle protecting the ball... "They got into us a lot. They were getting hands into us. We just have to get stronger with the ball. We've got to crash harder and snatch balls. That's what college basketball is all about. Teams are going to come out and pressure you hard, and we have to work through it."
