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Wolverines to Meet Top-Seeded Louisville in NCAA Second Round
3/23/2019 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Michigan is making its second straight appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating Kansas State in the first round.
» U-M and Louisville are meeting for the second straight season after facing each other in the semifinals of last season's preseason WNIT. Â
» Hallie Thome needs one point to move into second all-time at Michigan in scoring, entering the contest with 2,075 career points. Â
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Sunday, March 24 -- vs. Louisville - NCAA Tournament second round (Louisville, Ky.), Noon
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team (22-11) will face top-seeded Louisville (30-3) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon (March 24) at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The game is set for noon and can be seen nationally on ESPN2. Â
• U-M advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season and fifth time in program history. Michigan has never made it past the second round.
• Michigan turned it up in its first NCAA Tournament game of 2019, shooting a season-best 55.6 percent from the floor in an 84-54 win over Kansas State (March 22). Michigan also handed out 22 assists in the contest, the fourth time in the last six games that Michigan has reached the 20-helper mark. Michigan outscored K-State by at least seven in each quarter, leading by as many as 37 in the contest. The Wolverines used a 17-0 run in the second quarter to blow the game open. The 30-point win marked the largest margin of victory for Michigan in the NCAA Tournament.
• Michigan has been getting a lot out of its bench and that was the case in the 30-point win over Kansas State. U-M outscored the Wildcats, 38-9, off the bench. Freshman Naz Hillmon paced the effort, going for 17 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Kayla Robbins turned in 13 points and five rebounds in 17 minutes, with classmate Akienreh Johnson going for five points, five rebounds and four assists. The trio is averaging 23.8 points per game this season.
• Senior Hallie Thome needs one point to move into second on Michigan's all-time scoring list. Thome has 2,075 points, with Diane Dietz currently in second with 2,076. Ironically, Katelynn Flaherty (2,776 points) passed Diane Dietz to become Michigan's all-time leading scorer at the KFC Yum! Center during the 2017-18 season.
• Louisville (30-3) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after a 69-34 win over Robert Morris. The Cards are averaging 78.7 points per game on 47.1 percent shooting while allowing 59.6 points per contest on 37.9 percent shooting. Louisville has a trio of double-figure scorers in Asia Durr (21.3 ppg), Dana Evans (10.6 ppg) and Sam Fuehring (10.5 ppg). Louisville leads the all-time series, 3-2 after a win last season. Michigan led by five at the half before Louisville took over in the second half en route to a 74-49 win.
