Michigan gets fifth straight double-digit win, rolling past Washington

ANN ARBOR Michigan coach Dusty May and the Wolverines have made it a goal to fill up Crisler Center.

That mission, its safe to say, is being accomplished.

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24 Michigan gave fans more reason to keep packing the stands by extending its win streak and taking down Washington, 91-75, on Sunday.

Vlad Goldin had 19 points to lead another balanced scoring attack.

Nimari Burnett scored 16 on 6-for-6 shooting and made four of Michigans 11 3-pointers to highlight another offensive performance where the Wolverines shot better than 50% from the field.

It all resulted in a fifth straight victory by a double-digit margin for Michigan (13-3, 5-0 Big Ten).

Everybody contributed in this game.

It wasnt a single effort, said Goldin, who finished 6-for-7 from the field and added seven rebounds.

So many people stepped up when we needed it the most, when the game didnt go the way we wanted it to go.

Its helpful when everybody plays the right way.

It makes it feel amazing.

Even though the Wolverines had to deal with foul trouble with the frontcourt trio of Danny Wolf, Will Tschetter and Goldin much of the game, it didnt prove detrimental.

Instead, they built on a 10-point halftime lead and widened the margin to 55-42 early in the second half on a three-point play from Roddy Gayle Jr.

And even when Michigan waded through a stagnant stretch where it had a four-minute scoring drought and Wolf headed to the bench with his third foul, Washington couldnt put a serious dent in the deficit.

Instead, the Huskies (10-7, 1-5) could only muster two free throws in a span of six minutes.

Once Wolf checked back in, the Wolverines blew the game open.

He whipped a pass to Sam Walters for a corner 3-pointer.

Two possessions later, Wolf knocked down a deep ball during a 7-0 burst.

Michigan pulled ahead 79-60 with 7:45 to go.

The Wolverines led by at least 13 points the rest of the way as they continued their best start to conference play since the 2020-21 campaign, when Michigan began 6-0 in league and won the Big Ten regular-season title.

Great Osobor had 23 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out late for Washington.

The Huskies shot 41.3% from the field (26-for-63) against Michigan, which mixed in zone and man-to-man defenses, lost the turnover battle (12-11) and led for a meager 18 seconds during the first two minutes of the game.

Gayle finished with 15 points in his return to the lineup after missing last game with knee soreness.

Walters chipped in 12 points off the bench.

Wolf added 11 points and eight rebounds.

The Wolverines missed 10 free throws but shot 52.7% from the field (29-for-55), marking the 10th time this season theyve made at least half of their shots in a game.

I think the style of play that we play, the pace that we play, the ball movement, finding open cutters and open shooters attributes to that, Burnett said.

I think the everyday process the shots that we get off and on the court, the film we watch every single day helps with the style of play we play.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have said they play an ethical style of basketball, and I feel like we have a lot of those traits.

Michigan, once again, showed that from the jump.

And just like they did during their West Coast sweep of USC and UCLA, the Wolverines got off to a strong offensive start against a new Big Ten member.

Goldin capped a string of seven unanswered points by draining a 3-pointer on an out-of-bounds play.

Wolf scored on a driving layup and backed down a defender for a finish at the rim.

The Wolverines set the tone by making six of their first nine shots and grabbing a 15-7 lead with 15:01 left in the first half.

Osobor kept Washington close and gave Michigan fits after Goldin picked up his second foul at the 13:44 mark.

With Goldin on the bench, Osobor took advantage of mismatches, made four consecutive shots and scored 10 straight points for the Huskies.

The Wolverines shrugged off Osobors hot stretch and created separation, even after Wolf joined Goldin with two fouls at the 8:23 mark.

Gayle pulled down a rebound and went coast-to-coast for a layup to cap a string of six unanswered points.

Burnett canned three 3-pointers over the final six minutes of the half.

Michigan navigated the foul trouble with its big men down the stretch and produced a highlight along the way, with an alley-oop slam by Goldin off a half-court pass from Tre Donaldson en route to a 48-38 lead at the break.

I thought we did some nice things overall for a choppy Sunday afternoon game, May said.

I dont think either team would have been pleased with the flow of the game, but we both contributed to it.

We were changing defenses.

We were both in foul trouble.

Just an odd game.

But over the course of a 20-game Big Ten season, you have to be able to play a lot of different styles, a lot of different ways, and we definitely got something done today.

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We need to continue to stay strong, healthy, and figure out different ways to win..

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