Michigan Leads Wire-to-Wire In opposition to No. 25 Illinois

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan girls’s basketball group led by as many as 18 and by no means trailed in an 85-69 win over No. 25-ranked Illinois on Thursday night (Jan. 15) at Crisler Center. It was Michigan’s third win over a ranked opponent on the season and the primary at Crisler.

Olivia Olson led a quartet of double-figure scorers with 21 factors, hitting 4 three-pointers en path to her sixth 20-point recreation of the season. Te’Yala Delfosse went for 15 factors and 6 rebounds off the bench, with Mila Holloway recording 13 factors, a career-high 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Syla Swords had 11 factors and a game-high 5 assists, as Brooke Quarles Daniels went for eight factors, 9 rebounds and two steals. Michigan shot 47.1 % from three-point vary, going 8-for-17 from deep. U-M held a 41-33 benefit on the glass and obtained 23 second-chance factors within the recreation.

U-M began the sport 5-for-5 from the ground, utilizing an 8-0 run that was capped by an Olson triple for a 15-5 lead on the 6:20 mark. Illinois trimmed the result in single digits within the coming minutes, finally getting inside 4, 17-13, with slightly below 5 minutes left. Quarles Daniels made good on a layup moments later, igniting a 10-0 run for the Wolverines to finish the quarter with a 27-13 lead after 10 minutes.

The Wolverines put up one other 20 factors within the second quarter, taking a 47-32 lead into halftime.

Illinois answered with a run within the third quarter, trimming Michigan’s result in simply 5, 52-47, with 5:34 on the clock. Holloway hit a pair on the line to cease the 11-0 run on the following U-M possession. Kendall Dudley adopted with a coast-to-coast layup, with Olson canning a triple with 4:23 left as Illinois referred to as a timeout with the Michigan lead again to 59-47.

U-M scored eight of the following 10 factors after that, matching its largest lead of the competition at 67-49 after a Holloway bucket on the 2:47 mark. Illinois once more didn’t let Michigan draw back, scoring six of the ultimate eight factors for a 69-55 U-M lead after three quarters.

Michigan saved the lead in double figures the remainder of the best way within the fourth quarter, with the dagger coming courtesy of Holloway with 2:42 remaining. Illinois had closed inside 11, 78-67, earlier than Holloway drained a nook triple off the out-of-bounds play for an 81-67 U-M lead en path to the 16-point win.

Michigan heads to New Jersey to face No. 5 Vanderbilt within the Coretta Scott King Classic on Monday (Jan. 19) at 2:30 p.m. The recreation will air on Fox.