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Wolverines to Complete Road Swing at No. 22 Marquette
11/30/2018 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Michigan is completing a five-game stretch away from Crisler on Sunday (Dec. 2) at No. 22 Marquette.
» The Golden Eagles are Michigan's fourth ranked opponent in the last five games. All of those games have been away from Crisler Center.
» The teams are wrapping up a home-and-home series. U-M came away with an 82-76 win over Marquette last season at Crisler.
THIS WEEK
Sunday, Dec. 2 -- at #22 Marquette (Milwaukee, Wis.), 4 p.m. CST
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team (5-2) completes a five-game road swing on Sunday (Dec. 2), traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to take on No. 22-ranked Marquette (5-1). Tip is set for 4 p.m. CST at the Al McGuire Center.
• Michigan is squaring off against its fourth ranked opponent in the last five games in No. 22 Marquette. U-M has a win over then-No. 21 Missouri before falling to No. 10 Texas and No. 13 NC State. Including the upcoming matchup against the Golden Eagles, all four games against top-25 teams have been played away from Crisler Center. It is the first time since the 2010-11 season that Michigan has faced four ranked opponents during the non-conference portion of its season. U-M squared off against No. 5 Xavier, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 19 Iowa State and No. 24 Boston College during that campaign
• No. 22 Marquette (5-1) has won two straight after dropping its lone contest of the season at Miami on Nov. 15. The Golden Eagles feature four double-figure scorers in Allazia Blockton (19.3 ppg), Natisha Hideman (14.5 ppg), Amani Wilborn (11.5 ppg) and Erika Davenport (11.2 ppg). Marquette is averaging 87.8 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting while allowing just 55.7 points per contest on 32.5 percent shooting. U-M has won the last two games against Marquette and leads the series, 5-3.
• Michigan has hit the glass hard this season, averaging 44.7 rebounds per game and a +13.9 rebounding margin. U-M has grabbed at least 40 boards in six games this season, highlighted by accumulating 60 rebounds at Western Michigan (Nov. 15). U-M is third in the Big Ten in rebounding margin and second in rebounding defense.
• Michigan wraps up its five-game swing away from Crisler Center against No. 22-ranked Marquette. U-M has played just two games at home to start the season, with true road games at Western Michigan, No. 13 NC State and Marquette. U-M also participated in the Gulf Coast Showcase, playing three games at a neutral site. After the contest at Marquette, the Maize and Blue has one remaining non-conference game on the road at Oakland (Dec. 9).
• After averaging 8.8 points per game through Michigan's first five games, Nicole Munger has found her scoring touch over the last two. The senior has scored in double figures in each of Michigan's last two games, scoring a career-high 27 against Washington (Nov. 25) and 18 at No. 13-ranked NC State (Nov. 29). Munger has hit 11 three-pointers on 55 percent shooting the past two games after making 10 on 32.2 percent shooting during the first five games. Munger's scoring average is up to 12.7 points per game, good for second on the team. She leads the conference in three-pointers per game (3.0) and is third in three-point field goal percentage, hitting 41.2 percent of her shots from behind the arc.
