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Michigan basketball had machinations on advancing to the Sweet 16 for the second straight year. But a red-hot Saint Louis team stood in their way.
The Round of 32 started with a turnover and a Billikens score. Saint Louis took advantage, scoring first, before Wolverines guard Elliot Cadeau hit a 3, which was answered by Billikens guard Dion Brown, who scored the first basket. The maize and blue answered with Aday Mara rising above Robbie Avila for a jump hook. But Avila, the star big man for the Billikens, hit a 3 to push the Saint Louis lead to three. A couple of fouls later, and a made free throw by Mara got Michigan to within two. Avila hoisted another 3, this time a miss, but Nimari Burnett didn't miss his subsequent attempt. The Wolverine defense started to find some momentum, and Yaxel Lendeborg countered with a made floater in the lane, and the maize and blue were on a 6-0 run with a three-point lead.
After a Saint Louis turnover and the subsequent media timeout, Morez Johnson Jr. got his first score of the game, and it was 15-10, Michigan. After a stop on the other end, Avila picked up his second foul, and Cadeau hit one of two free throws to push the lead to six. Amari McCottry got a layup to stop the Billikens' scoring drought, but Quentin Jones picked up the fourth foul for Saint Louis, sending Burnett to the line. He missed both free throws (Michigan was now 2-for-6 from the line). Avila, still in the game despite having two fouls, hoisted a 3 and missed, though his team retained possession before turning the ball over. Mara hit two successive shots, and the Wolverine lead was eight. Brady Dunlap hit a 3 to close that gulf to just five, and Mara missed his down low shot, before Lendeborg picked up his first foul. Kellen Thames made one of two attempts from the line, and then both teams missed their successive attempts before Roddy Gayle Jr.'s first turnover led to another Dunlap triple. After another make, Saint Louis was on a 9-0 run, now nursing a one-point advantage.
Coming out of the under-12 media timeout in the first half, Cadeau drained a 3 to retake the lead, but Paul Otieno tied it up on a layup. Johnson fouled him on the shot, and Saint Louis was back in the lead. Michigan missed its next shot, and Ishan Sharma gave the Billikens a four-point lead after making the and-one. Saint Louis was on a 15-3 run before Cadeau stemmed the bleeding. After a miss from deep by Jones, Trey McKenney came in and drained his first 3 from the corner, giving Michigan the lead back. Both teams missed their next shots, and then when Sharna attempted a 3, it was blocked by Cadeau. Both teams missed their subsequent attempts again, and then McCottry turned the ball over, and Will Tschetter cleaned up after a Cadeau miss to put the Wolverines up by three. McCottry answered, and then a foul by Trey Green meant that Johnson would be heading to the line after the under-eight media timeout, Michigan up by one.
At this juncture, Saint Louis was even in points in the paint with 12, but it had a 10-point advantage in bench points.
Coming out of the timeout, Johnson hit both free throws. Mara got his third block of the game thus far to keep the Billikens at bay momentarily, but McCottry scored on a layup, and it was a one-point game. Cadeau stretched it to four, with his third 3 of the game. After a miss by Avila from deep, Lendeborg found his stroke from beyond the arc. Green missed a 3, and Mara faked out Avila in embarrassing fashion, and the Wolverines now had a nine-point lead, their biggest of the game.
It wasn't all good, however, as Lendeborg picked up his second foul of the game. Cadeau missed a layup, and Dunlap hit his third 3 of the game, and the Wolverines' lead was down to six. McKenney pushed it to eight after a layup made up for his missed 3 on the same possession. Jones turned the ball over for the Billikens, but Tschetter couldn't capitalize on his deep shot attempt. The under-four media timeout came with a Johnson block on Avila, simultaneous to a shot clock violation -- after a 19-7 run, it was Michigan 42, Saint Louis 34.
Cadeau missed a layup after the timeout, and Jones tried to make the Wolverines pay, but he missed his deep shot attempt. Lendeborg did the same, as did Dunlap on the other end. However, Johnson picked up his second foul in the process of trying to secure the rebound. Otieno appeared to give it right back after trying to clear Nimari Burnett on the inbound, and while they were evaluating it for a flagrant foul, instead, they put the foul on Burnett. 'Ball don't lie' rules applied, as Otieno missed the free throw, and Lendeborg pushed the lead to 10 on an alley-oop from Roddy Gayle.
Dunlap missed a 3, and then Otieno got his foul, putting Mara on the line, where he hit one of two free throws to push the Michigan lead to 11. Gayle got the rebound on the miss and was fouled, but also only hit one free throw. McCottry stemmed the bleeding, finally scoring for Saint Louis. Cadeau turned the ball over, leading to a foul by Mara, putting Thames on the line. He copied Michigan by only making one of two free throw attempts, but as the Wolverines went to work on the other end, yet another Billikens steal (the second possession in a row) led to a Saint Louis make to cut the lead to seven with 24 seconds remaining in the half. The half ended with Lendeborg going to the line, where he hit both free throws, and Mara blocking a 3 try by Saint Louis as time expired. Michigan 48, Saint Louis 39.
Both teams scored to open up the second half, but after a Michigan miss, Green hit a 3, and it was back to a six-point game. Burnett answered with a 3 of his own (after missing on the previous possession) to even out the second-half scoring. A Lendeborg block leads to Mara scoring, pushing the lead to 11. But Avila hit his second 3, and it was back to an eight-point Mihcigan lead. After a miss by Mara, and then Avila, Jones hit a 3, and it was a five-point Michigan lead. Johnson kept it from getting out of control, scoring on a layup, but Avila hit yet another 3, and it was just a four-point lead for the Wolverines. It wasn't like Michigan wasn't scoring (it was 4-for-5 in the second half), and Mara pushed the lead back to six. Green missed his 3 attempt, leading to a Lendeborg dunk, leading to a jumper made by Jones. The under-16 media timeout came after a Johnson miss and a foul on Cadeau, his second.
The Billikens were scoring at a 67% clip in the second half, something that Michigan was going to have to stem if it wanted to survive and advance. Both teams traded misses (or turnovers, in the Wolverines' case), but McKenney hit a 3 to push the lead back to nine.
Jones answered with a jumper, but after another Michigan miss, turnover, and another Saint Louis miss, Lendeborg posterized Jones on a dunk to extend the lead back to nine. Michigan 66, Saint Louis 57 at the under-12 media timeout.
A made free throw by Brown was negated by a Lendeborg 3. Sharma attempted the same in response, but it was rebounded by Lendeborg. McCottry picked up his third foul in response, leading to two made free throws by Gayle. Michigan now had its biggest lead at 13.
Burnett then stole the ball on the other end from Dunlap, leading to a fast break opportunity and make for the Wolverines guard. Coming out of a SLU timeout, Sharma hit a 3 to cut the lead to 12. Otieno fouled Lendeborg on a shot attempt, and he drained both free throws to push the lead back to 14. McKenney put Thames on the line, but he missed both free throws. Johnson went to the line on the next possession, making both his shots, and the 16-point lead was now the biggest yet for the maize and blue. Johnson scored on another Michigan alley-oop from Mara, but Thames responded with a throwdown on the other end. Johnson scored yet again, leading to the under-eight media timeout, Michigan up by 18.
Sharma missed another 3, and though Burnett got blocked on the other end, he followed it up with a 3 to push the lead to 21. Brown was sent to the line where he made one free throw, but Lendeborg hit a jumper, and it was now a 22-point Wolverine advantage. Green missed his 3-point attempt, but Lendeborg didn't, and it was 89-64, Michigan. Brown was back on the line, where he drained two free throws, but Green put Johnson on the line where he made the front end. At this point, the game was decided, with just less than five minutes remaining. Brown scored on a layup, both teams missed several 3-pointers, Cadeau turned it over, another Saint Louis missed 3, another Michigan turnover, then a made layup by Sharma, and then a foul on Dunlap to send us to the under-four media timeout with 2:30 remaining.
Both teams had a score each before Michigan brought in all the reserves. The Wolverines won, 95-72, to send Saint Louis home and advance to the Sweet 16 to face either 4-seed Alabama or 5-seed Texas Tech.
Yaxel Lendeborg was the leading scorer for the maize and blue with 25 points, six rebounds, and a block. Aday Mara had 16 points, Johnson had 15, Cadeau had 12, and Burnett had 11.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan basketball beats Saint Louis in NCAA Tournament
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The Round of 32 started with a turnover and a Billikens score. Saint Louis took advantage, scoring first, before Wolverines guard Elliot Cadeau hit a 3, which was answered by Billikens guard Dion Brown, who scored the first basket. The maize and blue answered with Aday Mara rising above Robbie Avila for a jump hook. But Avila, the star big man for the Billikens, hit a 3 to push the Saint Louis lead to three. A couple of fouls later, and a made free throw by Mara got Michigan to within two. Avila hoisted another 3, this time a miss, but Nimari Burnett didn't miss his subsequent attempt. The Wolverine defense started to find some momentum, and Yaxel Lendeborg countered with a made floater in the lane, and the maize and blue were on a 6-0 run with a three-point lead.
After a Saint Louis turnover and the subsequent media timeout, Morez Johnson Jr. got his first score of the game, and it was 15-10, Michigan. After a stop on the other end, Avila picked up his second foul, and Cadeau hit one of two free throws to push the lead to six. Amari McCottry got a layup to stop the Billikens' scoring drought, but Quentin Jones picked up the fourth foul for Saint Louis, sending Burnett to the line. He missed both free throws (Michigan was now 2-for-6 from the line). Avila, still in the game despite having two fouls, hoisted a 3 and missed, though his team retained possession before turning the ball over. Mara hit two successive shots, and the Wolverine lead was eight. Brady Dunlap hit a 3 to close that gulf to just five, and Mara missed his down low shot, before Lendeborg picked up his first foul. Kellen Thames made one of two attempts from the line, and then both teams missed their successive attempts before Roddy Gayle Jr.'s first turnover led to another Dunlap triple. After another make, Saint Louis was on a 9-0 run, now nursing a one-point advantage.
Coming out of the under-12 media timeout in the first half, Cadeau drained a 3 to retake the lead, but Paul Otieno tied it up on a layup. Johnson fouled him on the shot, and Saint Louis was back in the lead. Michigan missed its next shot, and Ishan Sharma gave the Billikens a four-point lead after making the and-one. Saint Louis was on a 15-3 run before Cadeau stemmed the bleeding. After a miss from deep by Jones, Trey McKenney came in and drained his first 3 from the corner, giving Michigan the lead back. Both teams missed their next shots, and then when Sharna attempted a 3, it was blocked by Cadeau. Both teams missed their subsequent attempts again, and then McCottry turned the ball over, and Will Tschetter cleaned up after a Cadeau miss to put the Wolverines up by three. McCottry answered, and then a foul by Trey Green meant that Johnson would be heading to the line after the under-eight media timeout, Michigan up by one.
At this juncture, Saint Louis was even in points in the paint with 12, but it had a 10-point advantage in bench points.
Coming out of the timeout, Johnson hit both free throws. Mara got his third block of the game thus far to keep the Billikens at bay momentarily, but McCottry scored on a layup, and it was a one-point game. Cadeau stretched it to four, with his third 3 of the game. After a miss by Avila from deep, Lendeborg found his stroke from beyond the arc. Green missed a 3, and Mara faked out Avila in embarrassing fashion, and the Wolverines now had a nine-point lead, their biggest of the game.
It wasn't all good, however, as Lendeborg picked up his second foul of the game. Cadeau missed a layup, and Dunlap hit his third 3 of the game, and the Wolverines' lead was down to six. McKenney pushed it to eight after a layup made up for his missed 3 on the same possession. Jones turned the ball over for the Billikens, but Tschetter couldn't capitalize on his deep shot attempt. The under-four media timeout came with a Johnson block on Avila, simultaneous to a shot clock violation -- after a 19-7 run, it was Michigan 42, Saint Louis 34.
Cadeau missed a layup after the timeout, and Jones tried to make the Wolverines pay, but he missed his deep shot attempt. Lendeborg did the same, as did Dunlap on the other end. However, Johnson picked up his second foul in the process of trying to secure the rebound. Otieno appeared to give it right back after trying to clear Nimari Burnett on the inbound, and while they were evaluating it for a flagrant foul, instead, they put the foul on Burnett. 'Ball don't lie' rules applied, as Otieno missed the free throw, and Lendeborg pushed the lead to 10 on an alley-oop from Roddy Gayle.
Dunlap missed a 3, and then Otieno got his foul, putting Mara on the line, where he hit one of two free throws to push the Michigan lead to 11. Gayle got the rebound on the miss and was fouled, but also only hit one free throw. McCottry stemmed the bleeding, finally scoring for Saint Louis. Cadeau turned the ball over, leading to a foul by Mara, putting Thames on the line. He copied Michigan by only making one of two free throw attempts, but as the Wolverines went to work on the other end, yet another Billikens steal (the second possession in a row) led to a Saint Louis make to cut the lead to seven with 24 seconds remaining in the half. The half ended with Lendeborg going to the line, where he hit both free throws, and Mara blocking a 3 try by Saint Louis as time expired. Michigan 48, Saint Louis 39.
Both teams scored to open up the second half, but after a Michigan miss, Green hit a 3, and it was back to a six-point game. Burnett answered with a 3 of his own (after missing on the previous possession) to even out the second-half scoring. A Lendeborg block leads to Mara scoring, pushing the lead to 11. But Avila hit his second 3, and it was back to an eight-point Mihcigan lead. After a miss by Mara, and then Avila, Jones hit a 3, and it was a five-point Michigan lead. Johnson kept it from getting out of control, scoring on a layup, but Avila hit yet another 3, and it was just a four-point lead for the Wolverines. It wasn't like Michigan wasn't scoring (it was 4-for-5 in the second half), and Mara pushed the lead back to six. Green missed his 3 attempt, leading to a Lendeborg dunk, leading to a jumper made by Jones. The under-16 media timeout came after a Johnson miss and a foul on Cadeau, his second.
The Billikens were scoring at a 67% clip in the second half, something that Michigan was going to have to stem if it wanted to survive and advance. Both teams traded misses (or turnovers, in the Wolverines' case), but McKenney hit a 3 to push the lead back to nine.
Jones answered with a jumper, but after another Michigan miss, turnover, and another Saint Louis miss, Lendeborg posterized Jones on a dunk to extend the lead back to nine. Michigan 66, Saint Louis 57 at the under-12 media timeout.
A made free throw by Brown was negated by a Lendeborg 3. Sharma attempted the same in response, but it was rebounded by Lendeborg. McCottry picked up his third foul in response, leading to two made free throws by Gayle. Michigan now had its biggest lead at 13.
Burnett then stole the ball on the other end from Dunlap, leading to a fast break opportunity and make for the Wolverines guard. Coming out of a SLU timeout, Sharma hit a 3 to cut the lead to 12. Otieno fouled Lendeborg on a shot attempt, and he drained both free throws to push the lead back to 14. McKenney put Thames on the line, but he missed both free throws. Johnson went to the line on the next possession, making both his shots, and the 16-point lead was now the biggest yet for the maize and blue. Johnson scored on another Michigan alley-oop from Mara, but Thames responded with a throwdown on the other end. Johnson scored yet again, leading to the under-eight media timeout, Michigan up by 18.
Sharma missed another 3, and though Burnett got blocked on the other end, he followed it up with a 3 to push the lead to 21. Brown was sent to the line where he made one free throw, but Lendeborg hit a jumper, and it was now a 22-point Wolverine advantage. Green missed his 3-point attempt, but Lendeborg didn't, and it was 89-64, Michigan. Brown was back on the line, where he drained two free throws, but Green put Johnson on the line where he made the front end. At this point, the game was decided, with just less than five minutes remaining. Brown scored on a layup, both teams missed several 3-pointers, Cadeau turned it over, another Saint Louis missed 3, another Michigan turnover, then a made layup by Sharma, and then a foul on Dunlap to send us to the under-four media timeout with 2:30 remaining.
Both teams had a score each before Michigan brought in all the reserves. The Wolverines won, 95-72, to send Saint Louis home and advance to the Sweet 16 to face either 4-seed Alabama or 5-seed Texas Tech.
Yaxel Lendeborg was the leading scorer for the maize and blue with 25 points, six rebounds, and a block. Aday Mara had 16 points, Johnson had 15, Cadeau had 12, and Burnett had 11.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan basketball beats Saint Louis in NCAA Tournament
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