Wolverines to Hit the Road for Matchup at Penn State

» No. 11 Michigan has a pair of road contests this week, starting first with a Thursday evening (Jan. 13) contest at Penn State.
» The game, originally set for 7 p.m., is now at 8 p.m. to air on Big Ten Network.
» Michigan and Penn State have not faced each other since the 2019-20 when U-M swept the season series. U-M has won eight of the last nine against PSU.

THIS WEEK
Thursday, Jan. 13 -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.), 8 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team (13-2, 4-1 Big Ten) hits the road for the first of two straight games away from Crisler, heading to Penn State (7-6, 1-2 Big Ten) for a Thursday evening (Jan. 13) contest at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.

Wolverine Notes

• Michigan and Penn State are playing for the first time since playing a home-and-home series during the 2019-20 season, with U-M sweeping the season series. U-M took an 82-48 win at Crisler on Dec. 31, 2019, before recording an 80-66 win at Penn State on Feb. 27, 2020. The lone scheduled contest between the teams was not played last season. This is the second straight game in which the Wolverines are facing a Big Ten opponent they did not face last year.

• Michigan is second in the Big Ten in rebounding margin at +8.1 boards per game, going 11-0 when winning the battle on the glass. U-M is third in rebounding offense, grabbing 39.5 caroms per contest. On the flip side, the Wolverines are second in rebounding defense, allowing just 31.4 rebounds per game to their opponents. U-M is 2-2 this season when getting outrebounded. Michigan has two of the top eight rebounders in the Big Ten in Naz Hillmon (fourth, 8.8 rpg) and Emily Kiser (eighth, 7.8 rpg).

• Michigan allowed just 47 points to Rutgers last time out (Jan. 9), marking the fourth time this season U-M has held its opponent under 50 points. U-M is one of five Big Ten schools to be yielding fewer than 60 points per game, ranking fifth in scoring defense at 59.7 points per game.

• Junior Maddie Nolan leads the Wolverines in three-point shooting this season, hitting 29 triples at a 45.3 percent clip after going 4-for-4 from deep against Rutgers (Jan. 9). She set a new career high with six triples on 6-for-7 shooting from deep against UMass Lowell (Nov. 16). It was the second game of her career with at least five three-pointers after she made five at Wisconsin last season (Jan. 14). Nolan is the eighth different Wolverine to hit at least six triples in a game and the first since Hailey Brown made six at Penn State on Feb. 10, 2019. On the season, she has made at least one triple in 13 games and has nine games with at least two three-pointers.

• The Lady Lions (7-6, 1-2 Big Ten) have had a week off since dropping a 106-78 game to Maryland last Thursday (Jan. 6). PSU is averaging 73.1 points per game on 45.0 percent shooting while allowing 71.5 points per game on 41.9 percent shooting. Penn State has a pair of double-figure scorers in Makenna Marisa (21.7 ppg) and Ali Brigham (12.3 ppg). Michigan has won five straight and eight of the last nine against the Lady Lions.

• The game will feature two of the top four scorers in the Big Ten in Naz Hillmon (20.0 ppg) and Penn State's Makenna Marisa (21.7 ppg). They are two of four players in the Big Ten averaging at least 20.0 points per game.

Up Next

Sunday, Jan. 16 -- at No. 8 Maryland (College Park, Md.), 5 p.m.