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Wolverines to Begin Homestand With Second Tilt Against Scarlet Knights
2/25/2025 8:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The 15th-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (21-6, 13-3 Big Ten) begins a three-game homestand at Crisler Center starting with Rutgers (14-14, 7-10 Big Ten) on Thursday (Feb. 27). In the second meeting of the season, U-M claimed a 66-63 win (Feb. 1) at Jersey Mike's Arena. The game is scheduled for a 9 p.m. tipoff and will be streamed live on Peacock.
Notes
• Before the regular-season finale at Michigan State (March 9) in East Lansing, Michigan has its next three games at Crisler Center. U-M has not had back-to-back home games since the end of December -- Purdue Fort Wayne (Dec. 22) and Western Kentucky (Dec. 29).
• Michigan is on the tail end of three games in seven days. U-M fell to MSU (75-62; Feb. 21) before picking up its seventh road win at Nebraska (49-46; Feb. 24).
• U-M opened February with a 66-63 win at Rutgers (Feb. 1) and now closes the month with a return game at Crisler Center (Feb. 27).
• Danny Wolf's double-double (16 points, 14 rebounds) guided U-M to a 66-63 road win at Rutgers (Feb. 1) inside Jersey Mike's Arena. Vladislav Goldin added 14 points and six rebounds, while Tre Donaldson had 10 points and six assists. Justin Pippen had a career-best four assists off the bench. The Scarlet Knights were without freshman Dylan Harper, who was out due to an ankle injury. U-M also held fellow Rutgers freshman Ace Bailey to 10 points, six rebounds, and a 0-for-7 line from long range.
• Dusty May's 13 Big Ten wins give him the most conference victories for a first-year Michigan head coach. He broke a tie with Steve Fisher (12-6; 1989-80).
• Wolf averages a near double-double (12.7 ppg and 9.9 rpg) and is second in the Big Ten with 12 double-doubles (Maryland's Julian Reese, 13). Wolf has grabbed 10-plus rebounds in 15 of his 20 games as a Wolverine. Wolf has a chance to become the first Wolverine to average a double-double since Robert Traylor (1997-98; 16.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg) and Chris Webber -- 1992-93 (24.3 ppg, 12.7 rpg) and 1991-92 (19.4 ppg, 12.5 rpg).
• With two assists at Nebraska, Wolf (101; 3.7 apg) reached the century mark for the first time in his career. He has 10 games with five-plus assists, four with seven-plus, and a career-best nine vs. Arkansas (Dec. 10). Wolf trails Donaldson (106; 3.9 apg) for the team lead.
• Goldin is shooting 63.5 percent, which ranks second in the Big Ten (Indiana's Oumar Ballo, 64.3 percent) and eighth nationally.
• After a midseason stretch of six straight games making 10-plus three-pointers, U-M has only one in its last nine. In the six-game stretch, Michigan made 76 three-pointers (46.3 percent) and has 70 in the next 11 games (28.6 percent).
