Wolverines to Hit the Highway for Northwestern

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan girls’s basketball staff (20-4, 11-2 Big Ten) hits the street for a midweek contest at Northwestern (8-15, 2-10 Big Ten) on Thursday (Feb. 12) at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The recreation is about for 8 p.m. CT and will probably be streamed stay on Peacock.

Notes

• Michigan is 11-2 in Big Ten motion this season, at the moment sitting tied for second within the convention standings. Michigan’s 11-1 begin in convention play earlier than falling to UCLA set a brand new program normal. Michigan’s 11 wins equal final season’s complete.

• Ashley Sofilkanich will see a former collegiate teammate in Northwestern’s Grace Sullivan. The two performed collectively at Bucknell throughout the 2023-24 season.

• Michigan moved to No. 7 on this week’s Associated Press ballot, marking the twelfth straight week within the high 10 for the Wolverines. The Wolverines proceed to carry regular at No. 6 within the NET rankings.

• Thursday’s recreation options two of the top-eight scorers within the Big Ten. NU’s Sullivan is second within the convention at 22.5 factors per recreation, with Olivia Olson coming in at No. 8 with 18.8 factors per recreation.

• The collection between Michigan and Northwestern is tied at 42-42, behind a three-game U-M profitable streak. The Wolverines took a 60-54 victory in Ann Arbor final season within the early Big Ten recreation in December.

• Michigan enters the competition because the top-scoring staff within the convention, additionally rating fifth nationally at 86.9 factors per recreation. Northwestern is seventeenth within the convention in scoring protection at 73.8 factors per recreation.

• Brooke Quarles Daniels reached the 1,000-point mark towards Wisconsin (Jan. 11), placing up eight factors, eight rebounds, six assists and 5 steals. She was simply the seventeenth participant this season to hit these numbers in a recreation, in response to Her Hoop Stats. In Michigan’s recreation towards No. 5 Vanderbilt, she recorded seven factors, 10 rebounds and 4 assists whereas holding Mikayla Blakes to 14 factors. On the season, she has appeared in all 24 video games whereas beginning 20 instances. She is averaging 6.4 factors and 5.5 rebounds in 25.5 minutes per recreation. BQD leads U-M with 56 steals, racking up 11 video games with at the very least three steals. She is third within the Big Ten in steals per recreation at 2.3.

• Michigan now has three 1,000-point scorers on its roster in Sofilkanich, Quarles Daniels and Olson.

• The Wolverines are 6-1 on the street this season, profitable their final 4 street video games throughout convention motion.

• Michigan has 4 gamers scoring in double figures: sophomores Olson (18.8 ppg), Syla Swords (14.0 ppg), Mila Holloway (13.0 ppg) and Te’Yala Delfosse (10.2 ppg).