Michigan vs. Minnesota: Recap and Stats

(9) Michigan 83

(17-1, 3-1 away)

(9) Minnesota 75

(15-3, 12-2 home)

Venue: Williams Arena

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 17, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Michigan	36	47	83
Minnesota	30	45	75

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Michigan	T Burke 18	G Robinson III 5	T Burke 7
Minnesota	A Hollins 14	T Mbakwe 8	A Hollins 3

On Thursday, January 17th, No. 5 Michigan took on No. 9 Minnesota and clipped the Golden Gophers 83-75 in conference play. The Wolverines are now 2-1 versus AP-Ranked teams this season with the win. The Wolverines were led by Trey Burke, who put up 18 points in 36 minutes. Tim Hardaway Jr had a game-high 21 points and added five rebounds (3 Ast 3 Stl). For the Golden Gophers, Austin Hollins got a career-high 21 points and six rebounds (4 Stl 3 Ast). Michigan (17-1, 4-1 Big Ten) hosts Purdue (9-8, 3-2 Big Ten) on Thursday, January 24th.

Michigan Game Notes

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:07 left to go.
Michigan beat the spread by 10.5 points. That makes the 11th time this season the Wolverines have beaten the spread.
Prior to this game, Michigan played 51 Top 25 opponents in the last 5 seasons with a record of 13-38.
The Wolverines set a season high for steals.
The last time Michigan recorded at least 13 steals was Mar 07, 2010 against Michigan State.
Michigan set a season low for rebounds.
The top two scorers (Tim Hardaway Jr and Trey Burke) accounted for 46.9% of the points.
Tim Hardaway Jr has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 18 games this season.
Glenn Robinson III has led the team in rebounding in 4 out of 18 games this season.
This marks the 17th 20-point game of Tim Hardaway Jr's career.
Tim Hardaway Jr has 5 straight double-digit point games.
Tim Hardaway Jr had a career high with a 88% field goal percentage.
Trey Burke has 18 straight double-digit point games.

Minnesota Game Notes

Minnesota lost and did not cover the spread.
Trevor Mbakwe recorded a team season high in blocks with 5.
The top two scorers (Austin Hollins and Trevor Mbakwe) accounted for 45.3% of the points.
Trevor Mbakwe accounted for 30.3% of the team's rebounds.
Austin Hollins has led the team in scoring 3 times in 18 games this season.
Trevor Mbakwe has led the team in rebounding 10 times in 18 games this season.
This marks the 2nd 20-point game of Austin Hollins's career.
Austin Hollins set a career high with 21 points.
Trevor Mbakwe recorded the 33rd double-digit rebound game of his career.
Trevor Mbakwe has 3 straight double-digit point games.
Trevor Mbakwe recorded a double-double. It was his 6th this season and 29th of his career.
Trevor Mbakwe set a career high with 5 blocks.
Joe Coleman set a career high with 6 assists.

MICH Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Trey Burke	36	18	1	9	1	1	1
A	Tim Hardaway Jr	37	21	5	3	3	2	6
A	Nik Stauskas	37	11	2	3	2	0	0
B+	Mitch McGary	20	8	2	1	3	1	1
B	G. Robinson III	33	9	5	1	3	0	1
B	Jordan Morgan	20	9	4	0	1	0	1
C	Spike Albrecht	7	2	0	2	0	0	0
C	Caris LeVert	5	5	0	0	0	0	1
-	Max Bielfeldt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

MINN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Austin Hollins	38	21	6	3	4	0	0
A+	Trevor Mbakwe	33	13	10	2	0	5	1
B+	Andre Hollins	26	13	4	4	0	0	1
B	Joe Coleman	32	5	4	6	2	0	2
C+	Rodney Williams	28	11	4	1	1	1	4
C	Julian Welch	16	8	0	0	2	0	3
D+	Eliott Eliason	12	2	1	0	1	0	0
-	Andre Ingram	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
-	M. Ahanmisi	4	2	0	0	0	0	2
-	Oto Osenieks	4	0	0	0	0	0	2