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Wolverines to Wrap Non-Conference Slate Against Florida A&M
12/21/2023 2:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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SCHEDULE UPDATE: Friday's game vs. Florida A&M, originally scheduled for 2 p.m., will now tip off at 1 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team (9-3) returns to Crisler Center to host Florida A&M (1-7) in its non-conference finale on Friday afternoon (Dec. 22). The game is set for 1 p.m. and will be streamed live on B1G+.
Notes
• Michigan is back at Crisler Center after playing four of its five contests to start the month of December away from home. The Wolverines are 5-0 at Crisler this season, averaging 83.6 points per game on 49.2 percent shooting from the floor and 44.6 percent shooting from deep. Michigan has scored at least 75 points in all five of its home games this season.
• U-M is wrapping up its non-conference schedule against Florida A&M, its second straight game against a school from the Sunshine State. U-M is 8-3 in non-conference action this season.
• Michigan is looking to bounce back after dropping its third game of the season last time out. U-M is 2-0 after a loss this season, rebounding from dropping the championship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis to No. 23 Ole Miss by defeating Eastern Michigan 80-44 and trouncing Illinois 84-48 after a loss to Toledo. U-M went 7-2 last season after a loss.
• Michigan has already had four games this season with at least 10 three-pointers, tying a school record with 14 against SIUE (Nov. 29), hitting 13 twice (at Illinois, Dec. 10; vs. Miami, Dec. 16) and putting in 10 against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 24). It is the first time since the 2017-18 season that Michigan has had multiple games with at least 10 three-pointers. U-M had three instances in that season, including a game in which Katelynn Flaherty set a school record by hitting 10 three-pointers against Penn State (Dec. 28, 2017).
• Michigan ranked 11th in the conference last season in three-pointers made, hitting just 5.9 per game on a 33.9 percent clip (fifth). This season, U-M is currently sixth in the league at 7.9 three-pointers per game on 37.1 percent shooting, good for third.
• U-M leads the Big Ten in offensive rebounding (15.3 per game), turning those into 14.3 second-chance points per game. U-M also is second in the conference in rebounding margin at +10.3, taking advantage of the offensive rebounds and holding opponents to just 30.5 caroms per game. The Wolverines have outrebounded their opponent in all but two games, going 9-1 when grabbing more. U-M is 0-2 when being outrebounded.
• Lauren Hansen has found her scoring groove in the month of December, averaging 12.8 points per game over the last five. She is shooting 47.7 percent from the floor and 45 percent from deep. Hansen has scored in double figures in three of the last five games, highlighted by her first 20-point game in a Michigan uniform with 21 points against Florida to get her to double-figure scoring on the season (10.6 ppg).
• Michigan has a pair of double-figure scorers in Laila Phelia (14.9) and Hansen (10.6), with Jordan Hobbs (9.8), Elissa Brett (7.5), Taylor Williams (6.2) and Chyra Evans (6.1) each averaging at least six points per contest.
• U-M will take time off for the holiday break before returning to Crisler Center on Dec. 30 to host Ohio State at noon.
