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Wolverines
Dispatch of Buckeyes in Big Ten Lidlifter
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University of Michigan women's basketball team held Ohio State without
a point over the final 7:23 of the first half to take control of the
game, knocking off the Buckeyes, 64-49, on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 5) at
Value City Arena.
Junior guard Nicole Elmblad (St. Ignace,
Mich./LaSalle) recorded her fifth double-double of the season, scoring
10 points with 12 rebounds. Freshman guard Siera Thompson (Gardena,
Calif./Serra) went for 18 points, two assists and two steals, with
junior guard Shannon Smith (Gastonia, N.C./Forestview [Trinity Valley
CC]) chipping in 17 points and three assists. U-M outrebounded OSU,
48-33, led by junior forward Cyesha Goree (Grand Rapids, Mich./Wyoming
Park) and Elmblad each with 12. For the game, U-M shot 92.9 percent
(26-for-28) from the free throw line, including a perfect 20-for-20
mark in the second half.
Ohio State scored the game's first
basket, a three-pointer that was originally ruled a two-pointer, before
replay reversed the call. Michigan scored 12 of the game's next 16
points for a 12-7 lead off a Smith putback to force an OSU timeout with
12:42 on the clock. The Wolverines kept at least a five-point cushion
the rest of the half.
Michigan took a 25-13 lead into the break,
holding Ohio State without a point for the final 7:23 of the half.
Thompson led all scorers with nine points, with Smith chipping in six.
Goree hauled down nine boards in the half, as senior forward Val
Driscoll (Stoughton, Mass./Archbishop William) and Elmblad each grabbed
six. U-M outrebounded the Buckeyes, 28-18, during the first 20 minutes
of action and held Ohio State to 18.8 percent (6-for-32) shooting.
U-M's
first eight points of the second half came from the free throw line,
before Thompson nailed her second trey of the contest for a 36-19 U-M
lead, forcing an OSU timeout with 14:44 remaining. The Wolverines
pushed their lead to 19 points, 43-24, on a corner three from freshman
guard Paige Rakers (Carlyle, Ill./Carlyle) with 11:44 on the clock.
The Wolverines led by as many as 21 in the second half, staking that
lead off a pair of Thompson free throws.
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