Michigan
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Maize and Blue to Return Home to Host Rutgers
1/24/2020 2:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Michigan will be back at Crisler Center for the first time in two weeks when it hosts Rutgers in the first of two meetings between the teams this season. U-M is 8-2 at home.
» The Wolverines will recognize National Girls and Women in Sports Day at the contest, with activities planned on the concourse both before and after the game.
» Naz Hillmon needs six more rebounds to become the 39th Wolverine in program history to record 400 boards.
THIS WEEK
Sunday, Jan. 26 -- vs. Rutgers (Crisler Center), 2 p.m.
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PROMOTIONS
• Jan. 26: National Girls and Women in Sports Day -- Free poster to the first 500 children. Join multiple Michigan teams on the concourse prior to the game to learn about their different sports. Postgame autographs -- join some of the Wolverines on the concourse after the game for autographs.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team (12-6, 3-4 Big Ten) will return home to Crisler Center for the first time in two weeks to host Rutgers (15-3, 5-2 Big Ten) on Sunday (Jan. 26) at 2 p.m.
• U-M is recognizing National Girls and Women in Sport Day at Sunday's contest. Michigan field hockey, women's golf, rowing, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, water polo, synchronized skating, men's lacrosse and hockey teams will be on the concourse prior to Sunday's game to meet and greet while teaching the importance of sport. In addition, members of the women's basketball team will be on the concourse signing autographs after the game.
• Sophomore Naz Hillmon already has grabbed 392 rebounds in her career, good for a 7.6 per game average. With eight more boards, she will become the 39th Wolverine in program history to reach 400. Hillmon was recognized as the Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year at the Cleveland Sports Awards this past week. She joins Hallie Thome as Wolverines to earn the distinction.
• With Kayla Robbins going down with an injury just a minute into Michigan's last game (Jan. 19), sophomore Danielle Rauch came off the bench to play a career-high 31 minutes. She hit a three-pointer in the contest and finished with three rebounds, tying her career high. She also had a pair of assists in the game. Prior to the game, Rauch's previous career high in minutes was 18.
• Junior Hailey Brown hit a season-high five triples in Michigan's last game, giving her a team-high 27 three-pointers on the season. She is shooting 38.0 percent (27-for-71) from downtown this year, right on par with her career mark of 38.0 percent (81-for-213). Her career mark ties her for eighth all-time at Michigan with Siera Thompson (38.0 percent, 240-for-632). In Big Ten action, she is eighth in three-point field goals per game (2.1) and 13th in three-point field goal percentage (.417).
• Rutgers (15-3, 5-2 Big Ten) is coming off a 66-55 loss to Michigan State on Monday (Jan. 20). The Scarlet Knights are averaging 68.6 points per game on 43.4 percent shooting while allowing 53.8 points per contest on 33.1 percent shooting. Rutgers has three double-figure scorers in Arella Guirantes (19.6 ppg), Tekia Mack (12.8 ppg) and Khadaizha Sanders (10.2 ppg). Michigan won the lone meeting last year between the two teams, 86-76, at Crisler Center.
