ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The second-ranked College of Michigan males’s basketball group (9-0, 1-0 Large Ten) hits the street Saturday (Dec. 13) for an early-December convention matchup at Maryland (6-4, 0-1 Large Ten) contained in the Xfinity Middle. Tipoff is ready for 8 p.m. on Fox, with Tim Brando and Jim Jackson on the decision.
Notes
• Michigan and Maryland meet for the twenty fifth time within the all-time collection. U-M holds a 14-10 benefit within the all-time collection and is 11-7 towards the Terrapins since they joined the Large Ten in 2014. The Wolverines snapped a three-game skid with their dramatic 81-80 win within the 2025 Large Ten Event semifinal.
• Michigan is 4-7 in Faculty Park and has break up the final six video games on the Xfinity Middle, although the Wolverines have dropped the final two: 64-58 (Jan. 9, 2023) and 64-57 (Jan. 11, 2024). U-M’s final win was an 84-73 victory on Dec. 31, 2020.
• The Wolverines’ 9-0 begin to the season is their greatest since 2020-21, when U-M started 11-0 en path to a Large Ten title and Elite Eight run.
• Michigan has received six straight video games by 25 factors or extra, together with three by 40+ and two towards top-25 opponents. Per Related Press analysis, no group has produced a six-game streak of 25+ level wins with a number of ranked victories in a season since not less than 1995-96 — the complete extent of accessible information.
• Michigan has topped 40 rebounds in each sport, together with three 50+ performances and a season-high 53 vs. Villanova. U-M ranks third nationally in rebounds per sport (46.5) and leads the nation in defensive boards (34.6).
• Michigan’s frontcourt trio of Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr. and Aday Mara has contributed over 40 % of U-M’s scoring. The group combines for 38.0 factors per sport — Lendeborg (15.0), Johnson (13.4) and Mara (9.6) — powering an offense averaging 94.0 factors.
• Over his final 4 video games, Johnson has shot 79.3 % (23-for-29) from the sphere, together with making the primary two three-pointers of his profession towards Rutgers. Total, he leads the Large Ten and ranks eighth nationally, at 68.1 %.
• Mara leads U-M with 25 blocks (2.78 bpg), rating ninth nationally. He has not less than one block in each sport and a number of blocks in seven. He additionally leads U-M with 8.9 rebounds per sport. Mara has seven video games of eight-plus and a team-best 4 of 10-plus, together with a career-best 13 vs. Wake Forest.
• Elliot Cadeau, who leads U-M with 5.7 assists per sport, has 26 assists over his final three contests and a 30:7 assist-to-turnover ratio throughout his final 5 video games — a dramatic turnaround after committing 14 turnovers in his first 4 outings.
• U-M’s Sixth Man, Roddy Gayle Jr., has shot 56.1 % and quietly has produced six double-figure video games whereas averaging 11.0 per contest.
• Trey McKenney leads U-M with 20 threes whereas averaging 11.1 factors per sport.
• Michigan has balanced its rotation as seven Wolverines are averaging between 18-22 minutes per sport. Lendeborg leads U-M with 27.0 per sport.
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