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U-M to End Regular Season at Home with Wisconsin
3/1/2019 11:39:00 AM | Women's Basketball
» The Wolverines will honor their four-member senior class of Nicole Munger, Taylor Rooks, Hallie Thome and Samantha Trammel prior to the game.
» Michigan has won seven of its last eight games, putting the Wolverines fourth in the Big Ten with a 10-7 record.
» The Maize and Blue knocked off Wisconsin, 76-70, in Madison on Feb. 3 behind four players in double figures in Naz Hillmon (20), Thome (12), Hailey Brown (10) and Deja Church (10).
THIS WEEK
Sunday, March 3 -- vs. Wisconsin (Crisler Center), 2 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team (19-10, 10-7 B1G) wraps up the regular season on Sunday (March 3), hosting Wisconsin (13-16, 4-13 B1G) at Crisler Center. The game is set for 2 p.m.
• U-M will honor its senior class of Nicole Munger, Taylor Rooks, Hallie Thome and Samantha Trammel prior to the game. Munger, Thome and Trammel are the second-winningest class in school history with 91 victories. Jillian Dunston and Katelynn Flaherty hold the record with 92 victories.
• U-M turned it up in the shortest month of the year, going 7-1 during February to vault up the Big Ten standings. Michigan won seven straight games from Feb. 1-21, the first time U-M won seven consecutive Big Ten games since the 1999-2000 season. U-M sat in a tie for 10th place on Jan. 28 at 3-6 before reeling off seven wins in eight games.
• Michigan is concluding the regular season against Wisconsin and is tied for fourth place in the Big Ten at 10-7. The Wolverines are tied with Ohio State for fourth, but Michigan can clinch a double-bye and the No. 4 seed with a win against the Badgers. U-M holds the tiebreaker over Ohio State on the strength of a 62-58 win over Ohio State at Crisler on Jan. 20.
• For the first time in school history, Michigan has reached the 10-win plateau in conference play in three straight seasons. U-M went 11-5 in 2016-17, 10-6 last season and currently sits with a 10-7 record this season. It is just the eighth time U-M has reached 10 wins in conference play, with three coming under head coach Kim Barnes Arico.
• Michigan is back at Crisler Center to host Wisconsin in the season finale for the Maize and Blue. U-M is 12-1 at home this season after knocking off No. 13 Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana and Rutgers in the last four home games. U-M's only loss at Crisler was a four-point decision to Michigan State on Jan. 27. Michigan has won at least 10 games at Crisler Center in six of head coach Kim Barnes Arico's seven seasons in Ann Arbor.
• Michigan has been balanced offensively this season, with eight different players leading Michigan in scoring through 29 games. On the season, U-M has three players in double figures in Naz Hillmon (13.5 ppg), Hallie Thome (12.2 ppg) and Nicole Munger (10.3 ppg). In addition, three more players are averaging at least 7.3 ppg in Deja Church (8.8 ppg), Hailey Brown (7.7 ppg) and Amy Dilk (7.3 ppg).
• Wisconsin has dropped two straight after a 61-50 loss to Ohio State on Thursday (Feb. 28). UW has two players scoring in double figures in Marsha Howard (14.8 ppg) and Imani Lewis (12.3 ppg). The Badgers are scoring 64.3 points per game on 39.6 percent shooting while allowing 63.7 points per game on 38.8 percent shooting. Michigan picked up a 76-70 win earlier this season in Madison and has won five straight in the series.
