ers] in a row ��� I don���t recall that
happening too many times,��� Beilein
marveled over Hardaway���s effort. ���It
certainly happened tonight, and he
was terrific at it. We couldn���t dial up
plays fast enough.���
The escape kept a sellout crowd
at Crisler rocking, while sighing
with relief over a hugely needed
victory, given the road schedule
dead ahead.
The Half-Court
Crusher
The Wolverines had it. Their
first victory in Wisconsin���s Kohl
Center since the late 1990s was
all theirs. Leading by three
on Hardaway���s clutch bomb
of a three-pointer with just
2.4 seconds remaining, and
with fouls to give, this one
couldn���t conceivably get
away.
But it did.
Instructed to
foul on the inbounds pass,
U-M didn���t.
Instead, Wisconsin���s Ben
Brust caught
the ball in
stride, launching a rainbow
from just inside midcourt.
The shot ��� reminiscent of
Evan Turner���s MichiganJunior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. refused to let the Wolverines lose in a 76-74
overtime win over the Buckeyes, making 6 of 9 from three-point range and
finishing with a game-high 23 points.
photo by Per Kjeldsen
