SAN ANTONIO – Leigha Brownish racked up 23 factors. And Naz Hillmon included 19 to lead No. 6 seed Michigan to its first Sweet 16 look. With a 70-55 win over third-seeded Tennessee on Tuesday in the women’s NCAA Competition.
The Wolverines had been 0-5 in the second round before pulling off the success over the Woman Vols. As the last buzzer seemed, the Michigan gamers leaped into a team hug. At facility court and sang “it is great to be a Michigan Wolverine.”
Prominent 18-16 with 8 mins left in the first fifty percent, Michigan (16-5) held Tennessee to simply one area objective the remainder of the second quarter and built a 28-19 halftime lead. The Woman Vols missed out on their last 7 shots of the duration and ended their dry spell 1:18 into the 3rd quarter. The Woman Vols’ shortage expanded to 17 factors as Michigan took place a 22-7 run covering the quarters.
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Tennessee (17-8) trailed by 15 going into the 4th quarter and had the ability to cut its shortage to 54-44 with under 5 mins left before a 3-pointer by Danielle Rauch and a steal and layup by Brownish brought back the 15-point cushion. Tennessee could not obtain better compared to 9 the remainder of the way basketball.
Hillmon, the Big 10 Gamer of the Year, also had 15 rebounds as the Wolverines greater than held their own on the glass versus the Woman Vols, outrebounding them 42-40.
A journey to the local semifinals was simply another first for the Wolverines this year. The group began 10-0 for the very first time in the institution background. They were also in the positions all period for the first time, in addition to having actually Hillmon be the first player to make All-America honors as a second-teamer.
Tennessee, which has a lengthy fabled NCAA custom with 8 nationwide champions, dropped to 28-3 in the second round.
Rennia Davis racked up 12 points to lead the Woman Vols, which were having fun in Michigan for the very first time.
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Tennessee was simply 2 for 14 from behind the 3-point arc. With the first make coming very early in the 4th quarter after 9 misses out on. Michigan trainer Kim Barnes Arico took St. John’s to the Wonderful 16 as a three-seed in 2012.
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Michigan was still without a beginning point to protect Amy Dilk. Which didn’t make the journey because of an undisclosed clinical issue that the institution would not fancy on. Rauch obtained the beginning in her place once again and had 5 factors, 6 rebounds and 3 helps.
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Michigan plays the champion of Virginia Tech-Baylor in the Wonderful 16.
