Postgame Notes: #9 Syracuse 53, Michigan 50
11/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2010
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• Jordan Morgan posted his third straight game with double figures in points (11). Morgan had a career-best 20 points against Gardner-Webb on Nov. 21 and 12 against Bowling Green on Nov. 18.
• Jordan Morgan posted his third consecutive game of eight rebounds and leads U-M with 7.5 boards per game.
• Stu Douglass came off the bench to score in double figures (11) for the second straight game. He had 10 points in the win over Gardner-Webb. During the double-figure stretch, he is 5-for-11 from long range.
• Darius Morris closed with a team-best six assists; he has five or more assists in his last three games.
• Michigan forced Syracuse into 14 turnovers, the most by any U-M opponent this season.
• Despite out-rebounding Syracuse on the offensive end, Michigan was outrebounded for the first time this season, 39-37.
• For the first time this season, Michigan was held to less than 30 points in a half, as the Wolverines scored just 19 in the second half.
• Michigan had a season-low four free throw attempts.
• John Beilein faced Syracuse for the ninth time in his coaching career and remains winless in those games.
• For the fourth straight game, Michigan went with the starting lineup of Darius Morris, Zack Novak, Tim Hardaway Jr., Evan Smotrycz, and Jordan Morgan.
