Michigan
McNeese
Wolverines to Close 2025 with Fan Appreciation Night against McNeese
12/25/2025 4:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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• Fan Appreciation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The second-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (11-0) will close the 2025 calendar year on Monday (Dec. 29), hosting McNeese (10-2) for Fan Appreciation Night at Crisler Center. The 7 p.m. matchup comes exactly two years to the day after the teams' only prior meeting, an 87–76 Cowboy victory on Dec. 29, 2023. The game will stream on B1G+, with Jay Wilson and Brian Butch on the call.
Notes
• Michigan's game with McNeese marks the fourth straight sellout at Crisler Center.
• Michigan is one of six remaining undefeated teams nationally, joined by No. 1 Arizona (12-0), No. 3 Iowa State (12-0), Miami (Ohio) (13-0), No. 13 Nebraska (12-0) and No. 11 Vanderbilt (12-0). U-M's 11-0 start marks the sixth time the Wolverines have opened a season undefeated through 11 games. It is the best start since 2020-21, when U-M began 11-0 en route to a Big Ten title and an Elite Eight appearance.
• The Wolverines have six 100-point games this season and have topped the century mark in five of their last six, averaging 99.3 points per game during that stretch. U-M ranks third nationally at 95.4 points per game.
• U-M has recorded 25+ assists in four of its last five games; in those four contests, 75 percent of made field goals have come off an assist. U-M ranks third nationally at 21.6 assists per game.
• From beyond the arc, U-M averages 10.8 three-pointers per game and has hit 10+ threes in six of its last seven contests.
• Yaxel Lendeborg has been preforming well inside, shooting 80.4 percent (37-for-46) on two-point attempts while leading Michigan at 15.6 points per game.
• Lendeborg has dished 14 assists over his last two games, including a career-best nine at Maryland.
• Elliot Cadeau caught fire in December, scoring in double figures in every game, averaging 13.7 points. He is shooting 63.4 percent from the field and 52.6 percent from long range (10-for-19), accounting for half of his season total (20).
• Cadeau remains the lone Wolverine to make at least one three-pointer in every game this season. He has made 20 three-pointers, which is already more than half of his two-year total at North Carolina (39).
• Trey McKenney has scored double figures in five of his last six games. He leads U-M with 23 three-pointers with three or more triples in four games this season.
• L.J. Cason has posted three double-figure scoring games over his last four after recording just one through his first six. He adds nine three-pointers over his last four contests after totaling just three in his first six games.
• Aday Mara has scored double figures in four of his last five games. He has at least one block in every game this season, including nine multi-block performances. Mara leads the Big Ten with 2.64 per game (10th nationally).
