Despite some pretty egregious officiating, Northwestern finds a way to force overtime after Alex Olah hits a falling, fade-away put-back of a missed Demps jumper with 0.1 seconds remaining. He now has 20 points and 13 rebounds, single-handedly carrying this team to overtime
Olah missed an open elbow jumper, and Demps missed a five-foot floater going right. These are the shots Northwestern wants, it's just going to come down to whether they can make them coming down the stretch. Meanwhile, Zak Irivn nailed an elbow-jumper of his own off a back screen. 54-52 Michigan...
Nathan Taphorn scores the first non-olah/Demps/BMac points of the half on a free throw, then knocks down a 3 to cut the lead to 3. Olah then split a pair of free throws, before scoring on a beautiful inside-out spin move to tie the game at 52 with 5:25 remaining. Michigan hasn't scored in 2:35...
Michigan leads 52-45 at the under-8 timeout despite shooting 29 percent from the field this half. Every time the Wildcats cut into the lead, Michigan seems to respond with a well-timed 3, as four of their five field goals have come from beyond the arc
Michigan leads 46-38 on the heels of a 9-4 run, despite hitting just two of their last nine field goals. Olah has eight points in the half, and Demps five as the two seniors have done all the scoring so far for the Wildcats. Another positive: Northwestern holds a 12-4 rebounding edge since...
Alex Olah is 3-for-4 with six points and four rebounds (2 offensive) so far in the second half after a 1-for-7, four-point, three rebound effort in the first. A Demps 3 punctuates a 9-0 run, trimming the lead to 37-34 at the first timeout
Zak Irvin's deep-two stretches their lead to 34-25 heading into the locker room. The Wildcats didn't score over the final 3:22 of the half, missing their final six shots to finish at just 25 percent shooting. The Wildcats did well to finish in just a 25-17 rebounding hole after Michigan jumped...
A 7-0 run pushed Michigan's lead back to nine before BMac hit a tough elbow jumper to cut it to 32-25 at the final media timeout of the half. McINtosh and Demps have combined for 18 points, while Duncan Robinson (14) and Abdul-Rahkman (8) have 22 of Michigan's 32 points. Nate Taphorn also made a...
Skelly got beat on a baseline drive earlier, and McIntosh and Demps have it going, so he probably wants a a better perimeter defender on the floor. If they need offense, he'll probably go back to Skelly
A McIntosh 3 off the feed from Demps punctuates a 10-0 NU run, and they trail 23-21 at the third media timeout. Michigan has made just 2 of their last 11 field goal attempts, settling for many contested mid-range jumpers against an energized Wildcat defense. Demps and McIntosh have 16 of...
Northwestern is in a 13-4 rebounding hole, including a 4-1 deficit in the offensive rebounding department. Most of that can be credited to all of the defensive rebounding opportunities the Wildcats have given Michigan, as the team is shooting just 3-for-13 from the field.18-8 Michigan at the...
After Tre Demps nailed a 3 on the game's first possession, Michigan went on a 16-0 run, the first eight of which were scored by Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman. The Wolverines have connected on 4 of their 6 3-point attempts, while Northwestern has gone 1-for-9 from the field since Demps' opening...