Wolverines to Host Houston Baptist in Pre-Thanksgiving Matchup

» Michigan will close its pre-Thanksgiving schedule on Friday (Nov. 22) at 7 p.m. when it hosts Houston Baptist at Crisler Center.
» Friday's game will be the fourth meeting between the teams; U-M holds a 3-0 all-time record against the Huskies.
» Jon Teske, who leads U-M with 16.7 points per game, has posted three straight games of 15-plus points, seven-plus rebounds and two-plus blocks.
» Zavier Simpson leads the Big Ten with 7.3 assists per game and has posted six assists ore more in all three games.

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The University of Michigan men's basketball team will complete its pre-Thanksgiving game schedule when it hosts Houston Baptist on Friday (Nov. 22) at Crisler Center. The game will be streamed live on BTN Plus (Student U) at 7:01 p.m. with Ben Rosof (play-by-play), Josh Ascroft (analyst) and Grace Boyles (sideline) as the broadcast crew.

A Look at the Houstin Baptist Huskies

• Houston Baptist has opened the season with a 0-3 record with all three losses coming away from home. The Huskies began the season with back-to-back road setbacks against Tulsa (L, 80-72) and Oral Roberts (L, 95-71) before dropping a neutral-site game against Texas Tech (L, 103-74) in their last game.
• Jalon Gates leads the Huskies in scoring at 20.7 points per game. Ian DuBose is adding 16.3 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds per contest.
• Houston Baptist was picked to finish ninth in the Southland Conference Preseason Poll; Ian DuBose was named to the Preseason All-Southland first team.
• The Huskies posted a 12-18 record a season ago, including an 8-10 mark in league play, and fell to Lamar, 81-79, in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament.
• Houston Baptist head coach Ron Cottrell is in his 29th season as head coach of the Huskies, winning 487 games during his tenure. Cottrell has been the program's only head coach since it was reinstated in the 1991-92 season.

The Series With the Huskies

• Michigan holds a 3-0 record against Houston Baptist in the all-time series, with all three games being played in Ann Arbor.
• The Wolverines last played the Huskies on Dec. 5, 2015, and recorded an 82-57 victory. Brooklyn Net guard Caris LeVert led U-M with 25 points and eight rebounds, while Miami Heat guard Duncan Robinson had 19 off the bench, with five three-pointers.
• The other two U-M victories were a 107-53 win (Dec. 7, 2013) and a 77-55 win (Nov. 20, 2009).

This and That

• Jon Teske has posted three straight games of 15-plus points, seven-plus rebounds and two-plus blocks.
• Zavier Simpson has posted three straight games of six assists or more.
• David DeJulius has grabbed seven rebounds or more rebounds in each of the last two games.
• Adrien Nunez has made a three-point basket in all three games this season.
• Brandon Johns Jr.'s four blocks in three games eclipsed his entire freshman-year total of three.
• Michigan has had six blocks or more in all three games this season.
• Starting 2-for-8 in the opener, Simpson went 12-for-22 (54.5 percent) over the next two games.
• Colin Castleton posted a career-best eight rebounds against Elon and has 11 boards this season. Last season, he grabbed a total of 21.
• After 18 fouls in the season opener against Appalachian State, Michigan has had 14 total -- seven in each of the last two games. After 17 turnovers against the Mountaineers, U-M has 21 total since -- 11 against Creighton and 10 against Elon.

Check Out These Facts

• Zavier Simpson has not missed a game in four seasons -- a streak of 119 straight. Jon Teske has not missed a game in three seasons -- a streak of 81 straight and is expected to play in his 102nd career game against Houston Baptist. Eli Brooks has played in the last 41 Michigan games.
• Simpson has vaulted himself up U-M's all-time leaderboard becoming the 10th Wolverine to surpass 400 career assists and ranks seventh all-time with 453.
• Simpson has led U-M in assists in more than 50 percent (61 of 119) of his career games.
• Teske earned his 11th career double-double (17 points, career-high 13 rebounds) in the season opener against Appalachiam State, and reached the feat with 6:22 to go in the first half.
• David DeJulius has posted back-to-back games of setting and then resetting his career bests for points and rebounds. After a nine-point, seven-rebound effort against Creighton, he followed it with a 10-point, eight rebound night against Elon -- both new career highs.