The Wolverines entered the contest on Thursday night against No. 1 Purdue with an 11-8 record.
The maize and blue were coming off of a win against Minnesota while taking a tough loss to Maryland the game before that. But during that Minnesota win, Michigan’s star freshman Jett Howard injured his ankle. After hoping to play against the Boilermakers, it was announced prior to the game he would miss Thursday’s game.
Without the services of Howard, would Michigan be able to pull off the upset and get a huge boost to its résumé?
The answer is no.
Michigan put up a good effort being without its second-best player, but the Wolverines took another loss. The maize and blue struggled to contain Zach Edey in the paint and Purdue was able to hit whatever it wanted.
The Wolverines have nice contributions from Hunter Dickinson, Kobe Bufkin, and Dug McDaniel, but the maize and blue bench were nonexistent and there wasn’t enough offensive production to bring home the win.
The Wolverines fall to Purdue 75-70 and here are our takeaways.