The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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women's basketball MVP — Junior Guard Shannon Smith: When Smith was last on a basketball court, she was winning tournament MVP honors for a Trinity Valley Community College team that won the National Junior College Athletics Association national championship. She has picked up right where she left off, leading Michigan in scoring with 21.0 points per game, while pulling down 4.8 rebounds and dishing out 4.3 assists per contest. Notable Stat: Of the five players averaging 20.0 or more minutes, just one (Goree, 6-3) is taller than 5-11. Rebounding was a big concern for this sizeinhibited team, but the Wolverines are crashing the glass. They have won the rebounding battle in three of four games so far: 44-32 against Arizona; 47-42 in a 79-75 home Junior guard Shannon Smith led the Wolverines in scoring overtime loss to Xavier; in three of their first four games, while tallying 21.0 points, and 4.3 assists per contest. and 48-34 in an 83-63 win 4.8 rebounds photo courtesy michigan athletic media relations over Detroit. Michigan is outrebounding its opponents by 6.4 boards per game. Upcoming Game To Watch — vs. Notre Dame, Dec. 14: The Wolverines are off to a promising, if not overly successful, start through four games. And Notre Dame's trip to Ann Arbor will show this team exactly how far it has to go before it reaches the heights it wants to. The fifth-ranked Fighting Irish — who have advanced to the Final Four in each of the last three years — are off to a 3-0 start, including an 81-62 decimation of Michigan State. — Andy Reid