Michigan
Ohio
Flaherty, Wolverines Overpower Bobcats with Big Fourth Quarter
11/25/2017 4:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Michigan opened the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run and never looked back, outscoring the Bobcats by 10 (25-15) in the final 10 minutes. Katelynn Flaherty scored 18 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter.
» Hallie Thome faced her twin sister, Hannah, in the contest. Hallie had her second double-double of the season, finishing with 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Hannah had six points off the bench for Ohio.
» U-M outrebounded Ohio, 50-31, in the game. Jillian Dunston led the way with 14 boards, with Thome chipping in 13 and Hailey Brown grabbing seven.
Site: Athens, Ohio (Convocation Center)
Score: #25 Michigan 74, Ohio 61
Records: U-M (4-1), Ohio (3-1)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, Nov. 29 -- vs. Notre Dame (Crisler Center), 6 p.m.
ATHENS, Ohio -- The No. 25-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team opened the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run and never looked back, defeating Ohio, 74-61, on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 25) inside the Convocation Center.
Senior Katelynn Flaherty started the fourth quarter with six straight points, four on two layups and a pair at the free throw line, to give Michigan a 55-46 lead at the 8:30 mark. Flaherty found junior Hallie Thome in transition a few plays later, pushing Michigan's run to open the frame at 8-0 with 7:14 remaining. Flaherty made good on another pair of free throws to cap the run at 10-0 with 6:21 to go. Flaherty followed with a pair of triples over the next several possessions to keep Ohio at bay, scoring 18 of her 31 points in the final frame to seal the game for Michigan.
Flaherty once again led the Wolverine offense, recording the 11th 30-point game of her career with 31 points on 10-for-22 shooting. Thome turned in her second double-double of the season, going for 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting and grabbing 13 rebounds. Senior Jillian Dunston just missed out on a double-double, scoring nine points with a game-high 14 rebounds. U-M held a 50-31 advantage on the glass in the game.
Michigan called timeout facing a 29-25 deficit, its largest of the game, at the 2:35 mark of the second quarter but answered with four straight points from Dunston and Thome to tie the contest at 29. The teams each scored two points over the final stretch of the quarter, sending the game to halftime tied at 31.
In the third quarter, junior Nicole Munger hit her second triple of the game, followed by Flaherty finding Thome for an easy layup to put the Maize and Blue up six, 40-34 with 6:14 left in the period. Ohio answered with a 6-0 spurt of its own to tie the game at 40 less than a minute later. Michigan followed up with its second four-point possession of the game as freshman Deja Church scored a layup, was fouled and missed the free throw, but Thome followed with a putback for a four-point lead at the 4:40 mark.
Michigan ended the third quarter with a 49-46 lead, setting up Flaherty's big fourth quarter.
Michigan returns home to host Notre Dame on Wednesday (Nov. 29) at 6 p.m. The game can be seen live on the Big Ten Network.
