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Michigan Basketball defeated UNLV 74-61 tonight in the first game of the Roman Main Event in Las Vegas, NV. The Wolverines again rode the sterling play of their two returning starters Eli Brooks and Hunter Dickinson, this time to victory in their first outing after Tuesday's loss to Seton Hall. Brooks and Dickinson combined for 35 points on 12-20 shooting, also notching a combined 10 rebounds and 4 assists. The other story on the evening was the continued solid play from Moussa Diabate, who chipped in 14 points, as well as 7 rebounds on 6-7 from the field, while providing stellar defense, which is quickly becoming a theme for the French freshman.

Outside of those three performers, the box score was pretty quiet. DeVante' Jones chipped in 9 points, and Brandon Johns added 7 on a couple nice finishes. It was another tough night for freshman Caleb Houstan, who scored just 5 points on 1-9 from the field, while the rest of the bench beyond Diabate added just 4 points. Only three bench pieces, Diabate, Terrance Williams II, and Kobe Bufkin, entered the game at any point. The bench remains pretty tight right now and the depth will need to flourish later on in the season. 

It's Moussa's world and we're all just living in it [MG Campredon]

The two teams were deadlocked at 15 nearing the midway point of the first quarter when Michigan began to put together a run and seemed to be in command of the first half. The Maize & Blue led by a score of 35-23 with just under three minutes to go in the half but did not score again. The Runnin' Rebels closed out the half with nine unanswered and trimmed the Michigan lead to 35-32. The score sat at just 47-45 with 14:34 to go before Michigan pushed it close to 10, which was whittled down to 6 with 3:06 remaining. The final punch came from the "road" team, a 9-2 run to close it out and in the end, the margin barely deviated from the KenPom projection, though you wouldn't have felt it for much of the contest. Michigan shot 51% from the field while holding UNLV to under 40%, though 31.6% shooting from three and 12 turnovers are areas to improve for the Wolverines moving forward. 

With the win, Michigan now sits at 3-1. The Wolverines will play Arizona Sunday night at 9:30 PM EST, also in Las Vegas. The Wildcats are 4-0 and now 28th in KenPom after defeating Wichita State in OT tonight. That game will be on ESPN. 

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