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2016 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Game Notes 2016 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Game 3 • Wednesday, March 10, 2016 Bankers Life Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, Ind. #8 MICHIGAN 72 (21‐11), #9 NORTHWESTERN 70 (20‐12) (OT) #8 MICHIGAN advances to play #1 INDIANA at Noon ET Friday GAME NOTES #8 MICHIGAN Zak Irvin's overtime, buzzer‐beater with 3.0 seconds left in overtime, gave Michigan the go‐ahead points to defeat Northwestern, 72‐70, in the 168th meeting between the two teams. This is the third time that Northwestern and Michigan have faced off in the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan now holds a 2‐1 edge. This is just the second overtime game in Michigan's Big Ten Tournament history. U‐M defeated Purdue 79‐73 on March 14, 1999 in its only other extra‐period game. Michigan is 15‐7 in overtime games under John Beilein. U‐M is 67‐40 all‐time in overtime games. Including today's 12 treys, the Wolverines have made 10‐plus three‐pointers in 19 games. Duncan Robinson led the Wolverines with 21 points, tying a season high in his first ever Big Ten Tournament game. Robinson shot 5‐of‐7 from the charity stripe, and is near perfect at the line shooting 35‐of‐39 on the season. This game marks Zak Irvin's 100th career game with Michigan, becoming just the 64th Wolverine to surpass the number. Irvin scored 18 points, grabbed four rebounds, and with his two assists, is now totaling 96 on the season. Muhammad‐Ali Abdur‐Rahkman set a new career‐best with four three‐pointers against the Wildcats, while tying a career‐high eight rebounds. With those long‐range buckets he posted 14 points ‐‐ his 10th double‐digit scoring effort this season. Earlier this season he led U‐M with 19 points in the home win against the Wildcats. Derrick Walton Jr.'s first points came with just 2:34 left to play when he sank both attempts at the charity stripe to retake the lead, 56‐55. Michigan’s Duncan Robinson (21 points), Zak Irvin (19) and Muhammad‐Ali Abdur Rahkman (14) tallied 54 of the Wolverines’ 72 points (.750). #9 NORTHWESTERN Northwestern set a school Big Ten Tournament record with 25 made field goals. Its previous high was 24, on four occasions, most recently in 2011 against Minnesota. Eleven made three pointers also tied the school’s tournament record, which was done three times previously, most recently against Iowa in 2014. Northwestern also broke its Tournament single‐game rebound record with 45, the previous record was 44 against Penn State in 1999. This was Northwestern’s third‐ever Big Ten Tournament overtime contest, and their third loss, having fallen to Minnesota in 2012 and Ohio State in 2011. Northwestern committed just a solitary first‐half turnover, en route to recording only five giveaways in regulation and seven total. All but two of Northwestern’s first‐half field goals were assisted, with McIntosh as the only Wildcat to score an unassisted field goal in first half. Alex Olah’s 13 rebounds tied a career high, which was set against Iowa on Feb. 15, 2015. Olah scored in double figures (20) in all seven career matchups against Michigan. Olah moves into 22nd on Northwestern’s career scoring list with 1,461 points. Northwestern’s trio of Tre Demps (21 points), Alex Olah (20) and Bryant McIntosh (19) accounted for 60 of the Wildcats’ 72 points (.833). .
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