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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Despite holding an 11-point lead at halftime, the Wolverine offense stalled in the second half as the University of Michigan men’s basketball team fell to No. 3-ranked Virginia, 70-68, in front of a sold-out Crisler Center on Tuesday night (Nov. 28).
SUMMARY: Michigan (5-2) held an 11-point lead at the halftime break but Virginia (6-0) went on a 14-5 run in the first five minutes of the second half and the teams went back-and-forth for the rest of the game before a one-point Michigan lead was erased by Virginia’s Jayden Gardner in the final 40 seconds of play. Despite a handful of missed Cavalier free throws that kept the door open for the Wolverines, a last-second shot from Jett Howard fell short and U-M’s upset bid was stifled in a loss to third-ranked Virginia, 70-68.
SECOND HALF: A three from Virginia’s Kihei Clark and an and-one from Kadin Shedrick helped the Cavaliers outscore Michigan 14-5 in the first five minutes of the second half, which cut the Wolverine lead to two. Jett Howard answered with a floater in the lane as the shot clock expired, and a cutting layup from Terrance Williams II along with two free throws from Hunter Dickinson put Michigan up 56-50 with 12 minutes…
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