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Wolverines Travel to Ohio for Saturday Matinee with Bobcats
11/24/2017 12:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Michigan heads back on the road for the second time this season, traveling to Ohio to face the Bobcats on Saturday (Nov. 25). Junior Hallie Thome will face her twin sister, Hannah, in the contest.
» Katelynn Flaherty has reached the 20-point plateau in all four games this season. She is averaging 24.5 points per game, second in the Big Ten and seventh nationally.
» Michigan and Ohio played last season at Crisler Center, with U-M coming away with a 69-46 victory. The Wolverines had 63 rebounds in that game, the third-best single-game total in program history.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 25-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team (3-1) heads back on the road this weekend, traveling to Athens, Ohio, to face the Ohio Bobcats (3-0) on Saturday (Nov. 25) at 2 p.m. inside the Convocation Center. It is the second contest in a home-and-home series with the Bobcats.
• The connections between Ohio and Michigan run deep. Junior Hallie Thome's twin sister, Hannah, plays for the Bobcats, and sophomore Kayla Robbins' brother, Kevin, is a fifth-year senior on the football team at Ohio. In addition, U-M athletic trainer Melissa Pohorence attended Ohio for college. Ohio's roster also features Amani Burke, sister of U-M men's basketball great Trey Burke.
• Michigan's trip to Athens, Ohio, will be its second trip to Athens in the last three months. The Wolverines spent four days in Athens, Greece, during their foreign trip over the summer.
• Freshmen Hailey Brown and Deja Church have made an impact on the Wolverines this young season. Brown has started all four games, reaching double figures in scoring three times and in rebounding twice. She recorded the first double-double of her career in Michigan's win over Oakland (Nov. 22), going for 10 points and 11 rebounds. Church reached double figures for the first time in her career in that game, scoring 11 points. Brown is averaging 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 28.5 minutes per game, with Church turning in 7.0 points and 1.8 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per contest.
• Ohio enters the game with a 3-0 record after getting wins over High Point, Division II Notre Dame College and Marshall. The Bobcats feature a quartet of double-figure scorers in Gabby Burris (12.3 ppg), Amani Burke (11.3 ppg), Cierra Hooks (10.7 ppg) and Dominique Doseck (10.3 ppg). Ohio is averaging 70.3 points per game on 36.2 percent shooting and is taking 33 three-pointers per game. Michigan leads the all-time series against Ohio, 5-1, and is making its first trip to Athens since 1995.
• Michigan used a 29-point third quarter to power past Ohio, 69-46, on Dec. 13, 2016 in the last meeting between the two teams. Katelynn Flaherty led the Wolverines with 25 points, scoring 13 third-quarter points as Michigan made its run. Siera Thompson notched her second career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, while Hallie Thome chipped in 13 points and four rebounds. Michigan grabbed 63 rebounds in the contest, the third-best total in school history. Michigan shot just 35.5 percent (22-for-62) from the floor but offset that with a 20-for-23 showing from the free throw line.
