Michigan was one of four teams invited to the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Wolverines first test was the Pittsburgh Panthers.
It wasn’t much of a test though. Michigan was up, 38-32, at halftime but outscored Pittsburgh, 52-29, in the second half to win, 90-61. The Wolverines were able to get 12 players game action and 11 players scored
Michigan had four players in double figures on Wednesday night. Jett Howard led the team with 17 points, and Kobe Bufkin and Joey Baker both finished with 14. Hunter Dickinson completed the group, scoring 11 points. Freshman Dug McDaniel was big off the bench dishing out eight assists.
The Wolverines (3-0) will play again on Thursday against the winner of Arizona State and VCU.
Here are our three takeaways from the game.