W
ith 39 seconds left in
the first half, Mark
Donnal cleanly
blocked
Rasheed
Sulaimon and
left him lying
under the
basket on his
back. But then
Maryland
grabbed the
offensive
rebound,
so Donnal
jumped up to
do it again.
This time, he reached his
arm over forward Robert
Carter’s shoulder, blocking him
from behind. On the following
possession, with time about to
expire, Donnal tipped in a missed
3-pointer. His teammates mobbed
him on the way to the locker room,
happy to escape the first half
against the third-ranked Terrapins
with an eight-point lead.
Fast-forward to the end of the
second half, and Donnal was at
the center of attention again.
After grabbing an offensive board,
he drew a foul on a put-back
attempt. With just a two-point
lead, his two
free throws
would mean
everything to
his team’s fate.
After he
sank the
first one, the
crowd let out a
collective sigh
of relief. At the
end of a game
the Wolverines
mostly dominated, including
a 13-point lead in the opening
minutes of the second half,
Michigan would beat a top-five
team for the first time since 2014.
After the buzzer sounded and
the team was done celebrating at
center court, Donnal went over
to the sidelines to give out high-
fives — this time connecting not
with a ball headed towards the
net, but with fans standing on the
court and with 17-year event team
member Jim Dick. Donnal was
grateful to escape with a win.
Who was Donnal, anyway? A
skinny, 6-foot-9 big man who lost
his starting job not just once, but
two years in a row?
Prior to his breakout game
against Illinois on Dec. 30, he
was averaging 3.9 points and 2.1
boards per game and was known
for looking timid on the court. In
his third game starting for the
Wolverines since then, he has
looked like the leader he should
be as one of Michigan’s oldest,
healthy players. Maybe he’s no
longer the kid we thought he was.
And who’s Duncan Robinson?
Is this the same kid we met when
he transferred from Division
III Williams College and sat on
the bench last season? Time and
time again Tuesday, the redshirt
sophomore delivered.
Five times from beyond the arc,
if we’re being specific.
Robinson started to hit his
stride with 4:26 left in the first
half, hitting his second trey
in three possessions. He sank
another one for
good measure
two minutes
later, scoring
back-to-back
with junior
forward Zak
Irvin.
He came
out in the
second half
on the same
stride, scoring
Michigan’s first points of the half
in the form of — you guessed it —
a 3-pointer. It was his longest of
the game, about a foot away from
the navy block ‘M’ at center court.
Later, Robinson made up for a
missed wide-open corner triple
on the next possession by running
beneath the net and laying the
ball in on a reverse layup. It gave
Michigan a much-needed boost
and awakened the crowd, giving
the Wolverines a 61-57 lead.
And how about Zak Irvin and
Derrick Walton Jr.?
Well, they’re faces Michigan
fans know well, but they’ve
never seen them like this, in
more of a leadership role than
ever before.
With leading scorer and
captain Caris LeVert sidelined
due to a lower leg injury, Irvin
and Walton had to play those roles
Tuesday if they wanted a chance.
“Best friends” off the court, the
duo showed that they have just as
much chemistry on the court.
Walton dished the ball to Irvin
for Michigan’s first points of the
game, and the trend continued,
with the two on the floor together
for nearly all of the Wolverines’
big runs.
Irvin led the Wolverines with
22 points, and though Walton
didn’t make quite as big of a dent
on the box score, the guard came
up big with 10 rebounds. In fact,
Irvin thinks his buddy Walton is
the best rebounding point guard
he’s ever played with.
On top of grabbing boards at
6-foot-1, Walton was tasked with
the unenviable job of guarding
Melo Trimble, Maryland’s leading
scorer. He held Trimble to just two
points in a matchup that he said he
made personal, and after the game,
Michigan coach John Beilein had
him lead the Wolverines in singing
“The Victors.”
It’s hard not to imagine
what the Wolverines would
have looked like Tuesday night
with LeVert. It’s even harder
not to make comparisons to
last season’s injuries. Beilein
even catches himself doing it
sometimes.
“I’ve done it, everybody’s done
it — ‘Here we go again, same
thing as last year,’ ” Beilein said
following the game. “You’ve got
Spike sitting there and you’ve got
Caris sitting there.
“I think the Penn State game
really showed that we have some
other weapons. They also love
playing with Duncan Robinson —
they’re looking for him all the time
… I think they’re understanding
there’s a lot of ways to win, not just
if Caris isn’t there, we can’t win.
We’ve done it twice now.”
Even without LeVert, the
Wolverines proved they could
hang out with the big kids —
quite literally at times, with two
of Maryland’s big men measuring
in at 6-foot-11. Michigan finally
drew on its strengths, all of them,
and used a slew of weapons that
were more or less nonexistent
just months ago when everyone
was still waiting on Robinson
and Donnal.
There’s no more waiting now,
though. These kids have made it.
Hall can be reached at
hallkl@umich.edu and on
Twitter at @kellyhall20.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 — 5A
The kids are all right
KELLY
HALL
“I think they’re
understanding
there’s a lot of
ways to win.”
Henry will enter
2016 NFL Draft
By ZACH SHAW
Daily Sports Editor
After a strong 2015 season,
redshirt junior defensive tackle
Willie
Henry
announced
on
Twitter Wednesday night that
he will forgo his final year of
eligibility with the Michigan
football team and enter the NFL
Draft.
“We’ve had a long exciting
journey together,” Henry said to
Michigan coaches, teammates
and fans in a statement on
Twitter. “For the past few years
at the University, all of you have
been like a second family to me.
“Nevertheless, my time as a
student athlete has come to a
end. I have decided to continue
my football career in a more
professional direction.”
In his third season playing
on the 12th-ranked Wolverines’
front, the 6-foot-3, 311-pound
Henry had career highs in tackles
(34), tackles for loss (10) and sacks
(6.5). His 6.5 sacks were tied with
redshirt junior Chris Wormley
for the team lead.
In back-to-back games against
then-No. 13 Northwestern and
then-No.
7
Michigan
State,
Henry totaled nine tackles, 5.5
tackles for loss and four sacks,
showcasing improved speed that
could make him ready for the
next level.
Henry was an integral part on
one of the nation’s best defensive
lines and led the Wolverines to
their most wins since 2011.
In his letter, Henry credited
the coaching staff and support
around him for making his
dream possible.
“I
want
to
express
my
gratitude to all of the coaching
staff that I had the pleasure of
working with throughout my
time here at Michigan,” Henry
said. “This began with the
coaching staff that was here with
Brady Hoke (who is a great man
and mentor) and the coaching
staff that is here now whom I had
the benefit of sharing my most
memorable season.
“So, to Michigan, I say goodbye
knowing you all have given me an
experience of a lifetime that I will
cherish forever.”
Though Henry is leaving,
other potential NFL players
such as junior tight end Jake
Butt, redshirt junior defensive
back
Jourdan
Lewis
and
Wormley have all committed
to playing one more season for
the Wolverines, who could still
return up to 16 starters.
GRANT HARDY/Daily
Junior forward Mark Donnal came up big in key moments in the Michigan men’s basketball team’s 70-67 win over No. 3 Maryland on Tuesday.
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Willie Henry announced on Wednesday his intent to enter the 2016 NFL Draft.