Postgame Notes: #19 Michigan 91, Nicholls State 62
11/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2014
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• After playing in five games during a 10-day stretch, Michigan returns to the Crisler Center for four consecutive matchups at home.
• Today's game marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
• The Wolverines shot 55.2 percent (32-of-58) from the field, including a 58.3-percent clip from beyond the arc (14-of-24).
• The Maize and Blue held the Colonels to 41.1-percent shooting from the floor (23-of-56), forcing 14 turnovers in the process.
• U-M grabbed a season-high 13 offensive rebounds while out-rebounding the Colonels, 36-24.
• Heading into today, U-M was averaging 5.6 steals per contest. The Wolverines had five steals in the first 12 minutes of the contest and finished with seven as a team, led by three apiece from captains Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert.
• Michigan has 84 assists (14 per contest) to just 55 turnovers (9.2 per contest). The Wolverines have recorded an assist on 53.2 percent (84-of-158) of all made field goals this season.
• Roughly 35 percent of U-M's offense has come via the long ball. U-M is shooting 44.5 percent (53-for-119) from beyond the three-point line as a team. Zak Irvin leads U-M with 19 total triples (3.2 per game), while Caris LeVert has 13 through six games.
• Michigan featured five players in double-figures for the first time this season: Caris LeVert (game-high 24), Ricky Doyle (career-high 15), Zak Irvin (14), Kameron Chatman (career-high 11) and Spike Albrecht (10). For Irvin, the win marks six consecutive contests in double-figures.
• Caris LeVert's 24 total points were paced by 19 in the first half, the most by any U-M player in either half of a game this season. He tied a career high with eight field goals made, five of which were from behind the arc, marking a season high in that category.
• Today was Spike Albrecht's second career start. He finished with a season-high 10 points, tied a career high with seven assists and also had season-high three steals while committing zero turnovers. Albrecht has appeared in all 82 games since joining U-M.
• Ricky Doyle tallied career highs in points (15 on 6-of-8 shooting) and rebounds (six).
• Kameron Chatman also notched a career high in points (11) andrebounds (eight) and connected on his first two three-pointers as a Wolverine.
• Aubrey Dawkins finished with career highs in points (five) and rebounds (four).
• Michigan's 53-20 halftime lead represented the largest halftime lead of the season (33 points), as well as the most points scored by U-M in a half during the current campaign.
• Under John Beilien, the Wolverines are a perfect 13-0 when scoring more than 90 points.
• With 1:46 remaining, freshman Austin Hatch entered the game to make his second career appearance as a Wolverine.
• In addition to the starting five, the Wolverines saw contributions from six other players today: Ricky Doyle, Aubrey Dawkins, Sean Lonergan, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Max Bielfeldt and Austin Hatch.
• The Wolverines went with a starting lineup of: Spike Albrecht, Zak Irvin, Caris LeVert, Kameron Chatman and Mark Donnal.
