National Basketball Association
Michigan 72, Tarleton State 49
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 21, 2024
Where: Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Officials:
# Nate Harris, # D.J. Carstensen, # James Breeding
Attendance:
9831
By Field Level Media
Roddy Gayle Jr. scored 16 points to lead Michigan to a 72-49 win over Tarleton State in Ann Arbor on Thursday.
Sam Walters and Tre Donaldson each scored 13 and Vlad Goldin added 12 for Michigan (4-1). Donaldson dished out a game-high five assists.
Bubu Benjamin scored 15 and Ronnie Harrison Jr. chipped in 14 for Tarleton State (1-5).
Michigan struggled from 3-point range, going 6 of 22 (27.3 percent). But the Wolverines finished 19-of-34 shooting (55.9 percent) on 2-pointers and scored 32 points off 24 Tarleton State turnovers.
The Wolverines also took better care of the basketball, turning it over 11 times after averaging nearly 18 turnovers a game this season.
Tarleton State went 6 of 12 from 3-point range and shot 41.5 percent (17 of 41) overall.
Michigan held a 40-30 halftime lead, then started the second half on a 10-0 run to build a 20-point cushion with 16:21 remaining.
Tarleton State was able to cut Michigan's lead to 54-40 with 11:20 left after a pair of free throws by Harrison, who finished with a game-high four steals. The Wolverines went nearly five minutes without scoring before a Gayle dunk made it 56-40 with 10:13 to play.
The Texans cut their deficit to 13 at 57-44 with 7:37 to go, but Michigan scored nine straight to take a 66-44 lead with 4:25 remaining.
Leading 29-28 with 3:56 left in the first half, Michigan went on a 10-0 run, holding Tarleton State scoreless for three minutes to take a 39-28 lead with 47 seconds remaining until the break.
Michigan led 23-16 with 8:27 left, but Tarleton State went on an 8-0 run to take a 24-23 lead at the 6:54 mark.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Tarleton State |
|
Michigan |
|
Bubu Benjamin 15 |
Scoring |
Roddy Gayle Jr. 16 |
|
Izzy Miles 2 |
Assists |
Tre Donaldson 5 |
|
Jordan Mizell 5 |
Rebounds |
Danny Wolf 6 |
|
Ronnie Harrison Jr. 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Vladislav Goldin 4 |
|
Ronnie Harrison Jr. 4 |
Steals |
Nimari Burnett 2 |
|
Nick Krass 1 |
Blocks |
Vladislav Goldin 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tarleton State
|
49 |
41.5 |
6-12 |
9-10 |
4 |
20 |
2 |
5 |
24 |
| Michigan
|
72 |
44.6 |
6-22 |
16-23 |
14 |
29 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
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