After trailing 53-45 with 9:17 remaining within the recreation, No. 20 Michigan Wolverines went on a 30-20 run to finish the sport and knock off No. 7 Purdue, 75-73.
Purdue blew Michigan out of the water simply three weeks in the past in a 91-64 thumping from the Boilermakers. Michigan has received 5 straight video games since then and now sits alone in first place within the Massive Ten.
The Wolverines trailed by double digits within the first half, earlier than closing on a 9-0 run to make it a two-point deficit at halftime.
Michigan led for simply 3:14 of recreation time, its least quantity in a victory this season.
As he often does, Danny Wolf performed 37 of 40 recreation minutes and led the Wolverines with 15 factors and 9 rebounds.
Roddy Gayle Jr. (14 factors), Tre Donaldson (12 factors) and Vladislav Goldin (12 factors) have been additionally in double figures.
The loss for Purdue was its first since Jan. 21, and it has a margin of defeat of simply 5 factors in its final two losses.
Veterans Brayden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn mixed for 46 of the Boilermakers 73 factors.
A key issue within the loss for Purdue was its bench being outscored 21-0 by the Wolverine bench.
Michigan has two huge video games upcoming in opposition to Ohio State on Friday and No. 11 Michigan State, which may determine the Massive Ten.
Profitable each of these video games will definitely start conversations about Michigan creeping up into No. 2-seed territory heading into the NCAA Event.
