The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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MICHIGAN BASKETBALL high with eight first-half turnovers, and tied a season worst with just three three-point field goals made. • U-M's 79-50 steamroll over Ne - braska Feb. 5 pushed the Wolverines' all-time record against the Cornhusk- ers to 10-2, with six straight wins in the series. • The lopsided win proved Michigan's biggest in conference play since the Wolverines destroyed Indiana 112- 64 in 1998. It represented the largest margin of victory by a U-M team in a conference game under Beilein. • Nebraska scored just 21 first-half points, the lowest total by a Michigan opponent all season. • The Wolverines went a perfect 14 of 14 from the line, the first time they haven't missed a free throw in a game since 2011. • Robinson tied a career high with 23 points, and also matched his ca- reer best with three three-point field goals. Stauskas, meanwhile, fired off a career-best eight assists in the win over Nebraska. LeVert tied a career high with five assists. • Michigan's 85-67 loss at No. 17 Iowa Feb. 8 proved its most lopsided of the season. The defeat snapped a string of three consecutive wins over ranked foes, since the Wolverines lost to No. 1 Arizona back in December. • Freshman Zak Irvin tallied 19 points in the loss at Iowa. That marked his best in a Big Ten game, and second overall only to the 24 he put on the board in Michigan's win over Coppin State. • Michigan's 70-60 win at Ohio State Feb. 11 gave it two consecutive vic- tories over the Buckeyes for the first time since 2003-04. The Wolverines are 75-98 in the all-time series. U-M had not won at Value City Arena since Jan. 15, 2003. • Walton snared a career-high 10 re- bounds in the win at Ohio State, as well as dishing out six assists in the game. • The Wolverines earned road wins at Wisconsin, Michigan State and Ohio State in the same season for the first time since 1992-93. • Michigan's 75-62 loss to Wisconsin at Crisler Center dropped the Wolver- ines' all-time record versus the Bad- gers to 91-67 overall and 55-22 at home. LeVert notched a career-high 25 points against the Badgers, as well as grabbing six rebounds in the loss. Freshman guard Zak Irvin scored 19 points — his best output against a Big Ten foe to date — in U-M's 85-67 defeat at Iowa Feb. 8. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL