Postgame Notes: Michigan 58, Nebraska 44
1/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 27, 2015
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• Tonight's matchup marked the 13th all-time meeting in the series between the Cornhuskers and Wolverines. U-M has won seven straight games in the series and holds an 11-2 all-time advantage over Nebraska. U-M is a perfect 6-0 in the series in games played in Ann Arbor.
• The 44 points allowed by U-M tonight is a season low and is the fewest the Wolverines have given up in a Big Ten game since surrendering 41 points to Wisconsin on Jan. 8, 2011. The 18 points scored by the Cornhuskers in the first half are the fewest points allowed by U-M in a half this season. The previous low allowed was 19, against Bucknell (Nov. 17, 2014) and Eastern Michigan (Dec. 9, 2014).
• Nebraska's Terran Petteway, the Big Ten's second-leading scorer at 19.6 points per game, was held off the scoresheet until the 15:01 of the second half. U-M held Petteway to seven points on 1-of-11 from the field. The last time Petteway was held to single figures was on Feb. 5, 2014, also against the Wolverines.
• The 23 points scored by the Wolverines in the first half are the fewest points scored by U-M in any half of a win this season. The previous low scored was 24, against Rutgers (Jan. 22, 2015).
• U-M assisted on 54.5 percent of its makes tonight (12-of-22). On the season, U-M has assisted on 49.7 percent of its made baskets (94-of-189).
• Michigan shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe tonight. On the season, the Wolverines are shooting 74.8 percent (246-for-329) from the line, averaging 11.7 free throws made per game on 15.7 attempts.
• Zak Irvin's 14 points and career-high 12 rebounds gave him the first Maize and Blue double-double since Jordan Morgan registered 15 points and 10 rebounds against Texas in the 2014 NCAA Tournament (March 22, 2014). Irvin also registered three assists, which ties a career high.
• With three long-range baskets, Zak Irvin has made a three-pointer in every game this season (21 games). For his career, he has made at least one triple in 49 of 58 career games.
• Max Bielfeldt scored 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting and pulled down a career-high nine rebounds. Biefeldt is averaging 9.7 points and 7.3 rebounds over his last three games.
• Aubrey Dawkins scored 13 points in the first half and finished 5-of-7 from the field, converting on all three of his triple attempts in a career-high 32 minutes of action.
• Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman tied his career high with nine points in a career-best 37 minutes.
• Spike Albrecht had six points and seven assists while only committing one turnover. Albrecht has a 2.95 assist-to-turnover ratio (68-to-23) on the season.
• Andrew Dakich played a career-high eight minutes and recorded his first career steal.
• Michigan guard Derrick Walton Jr. did not play in today's game due to his ongoing foot injury. Replacing Walton in the starting lineup was Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, who was joined by Spike Albrecht, Zak Irvin, Aubrey Dawkins and Ricky Doyle.
