Wolverines Headed to Wisconsin to Open Conference Play
12/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 26, 2014
UPCOMING GAME
 | Michigan at Wisconsin Kohl Center • Madison, Wis. |  |
The University of Michigan women's basketball team (8-3, 0-0 Big Ten) travels to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers (4-6) to open Big Ten action on Sunday (Dec. 28). The game can be seen live on the Big Ten Network at 3 p.m. CST.
• Michigan is looking for its sixth straight win in the Big Ten opener. It is the second straight season that Michigan has started conference play on the road, with U-M coming away with a 64-49 win at Ohio State last season.
• U-M is trying for its first true road win of the season. U-M is 6-1 at home, 2-0 at neutral sites and 0-2 in true road contests.
• Wisconsin leads the all-time series against U-M, 39-23, but Michigan has won three in a row over the Badgers. Michigan swept the season series from UW last year, winning 70-62 in Ann Arbor and 60-44 in Madison.
• Michigan has recorded back-to-back games with at least 20 assists, going for 20 against Canisius (Dec. 19) and 23 against EMU (Dec. 22). Michigan had not had a 20-assist game this season prior to that.
• Head coach Kim Barnes Arico is entering her third Big Ten season as the U-M head coach. KBA has a 17-15 record in her first two seasons during B1G play. Michigan has never dipped below .500 at any point since Barnes Arico took over.
• Sophomore Danielle Williams recorded a career-best six steals in U-M's 81-52 win over Eastern Michigan (Dec. 22) to become the first player to record at least five steals in a game since Jenny Ryan on March 2, 2012, against Ohio State. Michigan had 18 steals against EMU, the most since going for 18 against Florida Atlantic on Nov. 14, 2011.
• Head coach Kim Barnes Arico picked up her 50th win at Michigan in last week's 81-52 win over Eastern Michigan. Barnes Arico is in her third season at Michigan and carries a 50-28 record. She is the fifth coach in U-M history to win at least 50 games, and she reached the mark the fastest.
• Michigan features four double-figure scorers in Katelynn Flaherty (13.9 ppg), Cyesha Goree (13.4 ppg), Shannon Smith (11.7 ppg) and Siera Thompson (10.9 ppg). Michigan is 7-1 this season when at least three players score in double figures. Michigan has had seven different players this season record a double-figure scoring game. U-M's fifth-leading scorer is Nicole Elmblad, who is averaging 7.5 points per game. U-M is 4-0 when Elmblad reaches double figures.
