W Basketball - Wolverines Hang On Against Iowa for Eighth Straight Win
A runaway turns into too close for comfort. The M women keep it going.
The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team led by as many as 25 points and withstood a 36-point fourth quarter from Iowa, running its winning streak to eight behind a 98-90 win over the Hawkeyes on Sunday evening (Feb. 6) at Crisler Center.
Naz Hillmon tied the school record for double-doubles in a career, going for 26 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 35 minutes of action. Freshman Laila Phelia had a career-best 24 points to go with four rebounds and three assists. Maddie Nolan turned in 17 points and five boards, hitting four triples on the contest. Emily Kiser rounded out Michigan's double-figure scorers
February 7th, 2022 at 8:55 AM ^
This is great work by KBA. and the whole team. Would've been epic is our MBB team was also having this level of success.
February 7th, 2022 at 11:44 AM ^
The level of success including a profile of Naz Hillmon—on her dedication to her teammates, on her family, on her determination—that I only caught the end of on the B1G network last night.
(I couldn’t find it rebroadcast on the schedule. Does anyone know how to retrieve the whole half hour?)
February 7th, 2022 at 9:04 AM ^
Betcha KBA doesn't fret long about that one. Good win. Phelia is emerging as a scoring threat at the right time!
February 7th, 2022 at 9:27 AM ^
Right? that young lady is going to be a force... and to think, a true freshman, only got to start because Brown was unavailable. That's a quality 'next lady up' right there!
February 7th, 2022 at 9:10 AM ^
It's tough when someone is repeatedly bombing and making logo threes (have to admire her - wow) throughout the fourth quarter. Michigan did a great job of staying composed through that
February 7th, 2022 at 9:26 AM ^
Caitlyn Clark was unreal..... but in the end, its pretty rare that one player beats a team.
GO BLUE
February 7th, 2022 at 9:48 AM ^
She was chucking (and making) threes from State Street! She missed the last one, turned around with a big grin on her face, and shrugged her shoulders. ?♀️
February 7th, 2022 at 9:57 AM ^
it was reported that she was able to not only hit threes on a dead run, but also with people in her face and while shooting from as far away as lenawee county.
February 7th, 2022 at 10:50 AM ^
I think she had 10 assists as well, so it wasn't quite like Jordan or young Lebron putting up 60 in a losing effort, but I stand by my statement.
February 7th, 2022 at 10:49 AM ^
I'm admittedly a band wagon fan for non-football/basketball Michigan sports. (I flew to watch the Hockey team in MN. Go Blue!) Just like baseball when we got into the world series I'm sort of excited to watch some women's basketball.
February 7th, 2022 at 10:59 AM ^
I was at the game last night, and I don't know that I've ever seen anyone do quite what Clark did from around 3 min left in the third through the end of the game.
Double teamed, well guarded, step back three from beyond the arc? check.
Crossover stepback three? check.
Three from the point of the big M, that touched nothing but net? check.
Me: "hey, if she wants to heave it up from there that early in the shot clock... oh."
Huge grit win to withstand the onslaught. It would be nice if Iowa and Indiana had to make up their game that got postponed- Indiana needs the Caitlin Clark Experience.
February 7th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
I was there too and I’ve never seen anything like it. People would have talked about it if she done it once but it seemed like she made a half dozen of those shots.
February 7th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
It would have been entertaining as hell if it were happening to a different team.
February 7th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
Double post
February 7th, 2022 at 1:16 PM ^
I couldn't believe how bad the quality of shots she was taking, and yet it felt like she made about 7 of them in a row. I've never seen anything like it in basketball. There was under a minute left, we were up 7 and I still wasn't sure we were going to win.
February 7th, 2022 at 2:45 PM ^
That pull up from the V in the M is something that will terrify me for a very long time. It was an objectively bad, dumb shot, that was never not going in.
February 7th, 2022 at 11:48 AM ^
Michigan up to #3 in ESPN power rankings:
1. South Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Michigan
4. Louisville
5. Arizona
6. NC State
7. Georgia Tech
8, Maryland
9. UConn
10. Baylor
Nice to see we have two wins over current top ten teams.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33234989/women-college-basketball-power-rankings-tennessee-panic-tumbles-top-10
February 7th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
Not sure I'd put us ahead of Louisville given the head to head, but awesome to see nonetheless. Go Blue!
February 7th, 2022 at 2:21 PM ^
Agree, that was a head scratcher. Louisville is the one team to thoroughly dominated us this season, and as far as I know, they haven’t lost recently. We are getting credit for beating two ranked teams in a row, I assume, and I’m not sure how strong the ACC is outside of NC state and Louisville (I guess ga tech is good?). anyway, I’ll take it!