Michigan basketball defeats Ohio, 70-66, in overtime: Game thread replay
No. 21 Michigan Wolverines (3-1) vs. Ohio Bobcats (1-2)
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Crisler Center, Ann Arbor.
TV: Big Ten Network.
Radio: WWJ-AM (950).
Game notes: Michigan fans might remember the last time these two programs played − an Ohio 65-60 victory in 2012 NCAA tournament first round as a 13-seed vs. 4-seed Michigan.
A decade later, all the key players from that game in Nashville are long gone. The Wolverines enter off their worst loss in the Juwan Howard era, 87-62, to Arizona State in the Legends Classic in New York. Junior center Hunter Dickinson leads Michigan by averaging 19.5 points on 62.3% shooting with 7.8 rebounds.
Ohio is 60-34 under coach Jeff Boals, now in his fourth season, and has a revamped roster − nine new players, six freshmen − after going 25-10 last season and losing leading scorers Mark Sears (Alabama), Ben Vander Plas (Virginia) and Jason Carter. The Bobcats are coming off a disappointing 88-74 loss at Detroit Mercy on Wednesday. Fifth-year senior big man Dwight Wilson III (6-8, 250), who missed last season with a torn ACL, averages 10.7 points and 11.7 rebounds, and will have his hands full with Dickinson (7-1, 250).
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan basketball defeats Ohio, 70-66, in OT: Game thread replay
