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FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE
n Red Berenson coached against Ferris
State’s Bob Daniels for the 63rd time
on Friday, 23 seasons after their first
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DREAM COMPLETE
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n Michigan culminated a four-year
journey to the top of the Big Ten on
Saturday at Canham Natatorium.
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Wolverines fall to
No. 6 Maryland in
wild shootout in
College Park
By JACOB GASE
Daily Sports Editor
COLLEGE PARK — Much
like in their first showdown
on Jan. 12, the Michigan men’s
basketball team’s rematch with
No. 6 Maryland was nothing
short of a heavyweight fight.
Each
team
rode
multiple
momentum shifts, with most
of
the
Wolverines’
punches
coming from junior forward
Mark Donnal and sophomore
guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-
Rahkman, who combined for 41
points. And after limiting guard
Melo Trimble to two points in
the last meeting, Michigan’s
defense held him to 3-for-10
shooting this time around.
But
Maryland
countered
with its own one-two punch,
composed of big men Diamond
Stone and Robert Carter Jr. —
who together scored 30 points
and grabbed 11 boards — and
also rode a strong effort from
versatile wing Jake Layman,
who made his first five shots of
the game.
And this time around, the
Terrapins
punched
harder,
dashing the Wolverines’ chances
of upsetting them for a second
time this season.
Trailing 82-79 with under 30
seconds left, Michigan (9-6 Big
Ten, 19-9 overall) had a chance
to tie the game, but junior guard
Derrick Walton Jr. was called
for an offensive foul when he
pushed off a Maryland defender
under the basket. Despite a
late 3-pointer from redshirt
sophomore
guard
Duncan
Robinson, the Terrapins hung
on, and Trimble — who scored
seven of his
14 points from
the
charity
stripe — sealed
an
86-82
victory
from
the free-throw
line.
“Maryland
was just better
than us on too
many
plays
to
get
the
victory,” said Michigan coach
John Beilein. “We just didn’t have
enough to get it done. Tough race
down the stretch — ball didn’t
bounce our way a couple times,
other things didn’t go our way a
couple times, and it just wasn’t
enough to get the victory.”
Maryland (11-4, 23-5) had
plenty of chances to pull away
throughout, but the Wolverines
wouldn’t
let
them.
Donnal
made all three of his attempts
from beyond the arc in the
game, at times singlehandedly
carrying
the
offense
and
scoring six straight points in
one memorable stretch.
“There’s another gear for
Mark that you saw today,”
Beilein said. “He’s got a fifth gear
that can make him a really good
college basketball player. ... I was
dialing him up today — usually
that hasn’t been as successful
when I did that, but he’s ready
to do that now.
It changes our
whole team.”
Abdur-
Rahkman
also provided
his
share
of
heroics,
stealing
an
inbounds
pass
midway
through
the
second
half
and hitting a layup to give
the Wolverines four points in
seconds. He later was fouled on
a made layup and knocked down
the ensuing free throw to give
Michigan a 73-72 lead — its last
lead of the game before Carter
won a tip drill at the rim to put
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Maryland 86
Michigan 82
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“Maryland
was just better
than us on too
many plays.”