Postgame Notes: Michigan 86, Concordia 65
12/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2010
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• With the win, Michigan improves to 6-2 on the season.
• Monday's contest was the first-ever meeting between Michigan and Concordia.
• Michigan had two players record double-doubles (Zack Novak and Darius Morris) for the first time since Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims each recorded a double-double against Creighton in the Old Spice Classic last season (Nov. 26, 2009).
• Zack Novak recorded his second straight double-double, scoring 12 points (4-of-10) and pulling down a career-best 14 rebounds. Against Harvard last Saturday (Dec. 4), Novak had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Novak added two assists.
• Darius Morris scored 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting (53 percent). Morris also led the Wolverines with career-best 12 assists. This marked Morris' second double-double for the season. He also added two rebounds and two steals.
• Jordan Morgan led Michigan in scoring with a career-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting (67 percent). He also tied a career high, pulling down eight rebounds. Morgan added an assist and a steal in the win.
• Stu Douglass came off the bench to score 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting (56 percent). He became the 104th player to score 500 points in his career at Michigan. Douglass now has 503 points.
• Stu Douglass hit three triples and is shooting 51 percent from behind the arc this season (18-of-35). Douglass also started the second half of the game for the second straight contest.
• Tim Hardaway Jr. pulled down a career-high seven rebounds and netted eight points in the win.
• Michigan had four players score double-digit points (Jordan Morgan, Darius Morris, Stu Douglass, and Zack Novak), marking the second time this season four Wolverines have reached double figures in a game. Morris, Morgan, Douglass, and Tim Hardaway Jr. all reached double figures in the win against Gardner-Webb (Nov. 21).
• U-M shot 49 percent from the field (35-of-72).
• Michigan scored 42 points in the first half, marking its highest first-half scoring effort for the season.
• Michigan led in points in the paint (42-28) and had 17 points off offensive rebounds.
• Michigan held the rebounding advantage, 46-34. The Wolverines are now 5-0 this season when they outrebound their opponent.
• The Wolverines had 18 assists on 35 made field goals, and only turned the ball over eight times. This marked the first game with a positive assist/turnover ratio since the loss to Syracuse in the Legends Classic on Nov. 26.
• Michigan never trailed in the game and led by as many as 21.
• Seven players saw action off the bench for U-M.
• The Wolverines wore their white jerseys for the fourth time this season. Michigan is now 4-0 this season when wearing white.
• For the eighth straight game, Michigan went with the starting lineup of Darius Morris, Zack Novak, Tim Hardaway Jr., Evan Smotrycz, and Jordan Morgan.
