DECEMBER 2020
THE WOLVERINE 47
BY CLAYTON SAYFIE
M
ichigan's women's bas-
ketball season come to an
abrupt end in March 2020,
after the team had won
five of its last seven games, including
a signature win over No. 11 North-
western in the Big Ten Tournament.
Entering her ninth season at the
helm and as the winningest head
coach in program history, Kim
Barnes Arico is aiming to continue
U-M's ascent after posting a 21-11
record last year.
"We were super disappointed,"
Barnes Arico said of last season,
which was cut short due to the CO-
VID-19 pandemic. "We had a great
run at the end of the season. Our
team was playing for each other, and
we were playing for Kayla Robbins,
who was our lone senior and went
down late in the season with an ACL
injury.
"We just felt we were playing great
basketball and really feeling great
about our opportunities in the NCAA
Tournament."
An annual goal for the team is cap-
turing the school's first conference
HUNGRY FOR MORE
After Canceled Conclusion To 2019-20,
Women's Basketball Looks To Pick Up Where It Left Off
2020-21 BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Junior forward Naz Hillmon was a first-team
all-conference pick as a freshman and sopho-
more, and begins this campaign as the preseason
Co-Big Ten Player of the Year.
PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY
