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While the game remained too close for comfort for much of the duration, Michigan basketball managed to win its season opener in the debut effort, 96-82.
The score doesn’t tell the whole story, however. It was an impressive showing — particularly offensively — by the Wolverines, with a deep rotation and multiple players getting into double digits in the win over the Bowling Green State University Falcons. But, the perimeter defense left something to be desired.
Not only did the usual suspects step up — Isaiah Livers and Franz Wagner — but Columbia transfer Mike Smith was more than adept at leading the charge, taking over from multi-year starter Zavier Simpson, and Wake Forest transfer Chaundee Brown certainly displayed his shooting prowess going 5-of-7 from downtown with a team-leading total of 19 points.
All was not perfect, certainly. So with game one in the books, here’s what we liked and didn’t like as we emerge with five takeaways following the victory.
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