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NEW YORK (AP) — Duncan Robinson made Michigan’s only field goal in overtime, a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:15 left, and the 15th-ranked Wolverines survived foul trouble and poor shooting to beat Iowa 77-71 on Thursday to advance to the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines (25-7) face fourth-seeded Nebraska on Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Michigan was 3 for 19 from 3-point range and Robinson made all of them. His OT 3 put Michigan up 72-70, and the Wolverines made just enough free throws to hold off the Hawkeyes (14-19), who got a basket from Luka Garza on their first overtime possession and not another one.
Michigan was 18 for 32 from the free-throw line, but Robinson made two with 10 seconds left to make it 76-71.
Jordan Bohannon made a 3 off the dribble with 16.3 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 67 for Iowa, which trailed for much of the second half.
Michigan’s leading scorers, Moe Wagner and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, were both saddled with foul trouble. Wagner fouled out with 4:37 left, having played only 15 minutes and scoring 11 points. Abdur-Rahkman fouled out with 2:34 left in overtime, having scored nine points in 22 minutes. The scoring burden Thursday fell to Charles Matthews, who led the Wolverines with 16 points.
Tyler Cook and Luka Garza scored 13 points apiece for Iowa.
The Wolverines trailed 40-35 at halftime and had allowed the Hawkeyes to shoot 55 percent from the field.
Michigan managed to regain the lead early in the second half, but the Wolverines did not make a 3 until 9:30 was left in the second half and that kept them from pulling away.
Wagner picked up his fourth foul with 9:52 left — a call that stoked the ire of the many Michigan fans at the Garden — on what turned out to be a three-point play for Ryan Kriener. That cut Michigan’s lead to 53-51. Finally, Robinson found the range from deep. First, the senior dropped in a 3 from the right corner, holding the follow-through for a beat, to make the score 56-51. Michigan had missed its first 12 3-point attempts.
On Michigan’s next possession, Robinson swished a 3 from up top with 7:45 left to push the lead to eight.
Michigan is 11-0 in its opening Big Ten tournament games under coach John Beilein.
UP NEXT
Iowa: On to next season for the Hawkeyes.
Michigan: The Wolverines lost their only meeting with Nebraska this season, 72-52 in Lincoln.
The Hawkeyes (24-6) will meet top-seeded and 13th-ranked Ohio State in Friday’s first quarterfinal.
Meyer opened the game with a 3-pointer and had three in the first quarter as the Hawkeyes raced to a 22-1 lead as the Wildcats went 0 for 15 from the field.
Northwestern (12-19) trailed by 11 at the break and got as close as five in the fourth quarter.
Lindsey Pulliam, who scored 10 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter for Northwestern, made it 47-42 after back-to-back jumpers with less than four minutes to go. Alexis Sevillian, who had all nine of her points in the fourth, answered with a clutch 3-pointer and Northwestern missed its last five shots to finish the game at 27 percent.
Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah had 17 rebounds for the Wildcats, the fourth-highest total in a Northwestern tournament game.
Class 5A Semifinals
Iowa City High 58, Johnston 52
Iowa City West 58, Indianola 45
Class 4A Semifinals
Marion 56, Center Point-Urbana 46
Grinnell 68, LeMars 47
Class 3A Semifinals
Crestwood 72, North Polk 48
Sioux Center 65, Monticello 57
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the bracket for the Class 4A Boys State Basketball Tournament next week in Des Moines. Take a look at the full bracket by following the link below.
Class 5A Semifinals
10:00 a.m. – Johnston (21-3) vs. Iowa City High (24-0)
11: 45 a.m. – Iowa City West (17-7) vs. Indianola (21-3)
Class 4A Semifinals
1:30 p.m. – Center Point-Urbana (22-3) vs. Marion (24-0)
3:15 p.m. – Grinnell (22-2) vs. LeMars (18-6)
Class 3A Semifinals
5:00 p.m. – Crestwood (24-0) vs. North Polk (22-3)
6:45 p.m. – Monticello (20-5) vs. Sioux Center (25-0)
1A State Quarterfinal
Central Decatur, Leon 52, Montezuma 48
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 57, AGWSR, Ackley 47
Newell-Fonda 61, Kee, Lansing 45
Springville 54, Bishop Garrigan 36
2A State Quarterfinal
Cascade,Western Dubuque 61, Dike-New Hartford 44
North Union 47, Panorama, Panora 46
NEW YORK (AP) — The first Big Ten tournament game at Madison Square Garden featured a couple of teams that were a combined 1,665 miles — give or take — away from home, no players from New York City, and a kid from Iowa having a blast on the big stage.
The Big Ten opened a five-day run at the “Mecca of Basketball” with Jordan Bohannon leading Iowa past Illinois 96-87 on Wednesday night. Bohannon scored 25 points and had six assists, including a bounce pass to Luka Garza for a jam with 34 seconds left to keep the Illini at bay.
The 12th-seeded Hawkeyes (14-18) got solid work inside from Tyler Cook (19 points, five rebounds) and Garza (20 and eight) to go with the accurate shooting of Bohannon. The sophomore was 5 for 7 from 3-point range. Iowa will face fifth-seeded Michigan on Thursday. “They’re not an easy team to guard,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffrey said. “They share it. They spread you out. They have multiple 3-point shooters. They also have multiple drivers.”
The Exira-EHK Spartans turned up the defensive pressure in the second half and came away with a Class 1A Quarterfinal win over AGWSR 57-47.
It was a close game throughout the first half and the Spartans trailed by one 27-26 at the break. The Spartans were able to gain a 2 point edge by the end of the third quarter at 40-38. The Spartans then took over in the fourth outscoring the Cougars 17-9 in the final period.
Senior Kealey Nelson was a big difference maker in the second half with 12 points and a number of key steals and rebounds down the stretch. Nelson finished with 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Fellow senior Sophia Peppers worked hard to get to the free throw line in the second half, knocking down 10-12 from the line in the half to help seal the win. Peppers finished with 24 points and 9 rebounds. After the game Peppers said they knew what they needed to do in the 4th quarter to get the job done, and they turned up their intensity to win the game.
Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen talked about his seniors getting the job done, “I know it gets old saying it, but you don’t get two players like that in your program very often. So when you do you have to cherish it.”
AGWSR was led by 14 points from their star guard Mandy Willems but the Spartans were able to limit her outside shooting prowess with just two makes from downtown. The Cougars see their season end with a record of 21-4.
The Spartans improve to 25-1 and will move on to the Class 1A Semifinals on Friday. The Spartans will take on two-time defending champion Springville on Friday afternoon at 1:30pm.
Class 2A Quarterfinals
10:00 a.m. – #3 Cascade 61, #6 Dike-New Hartford 44
11:45 a.m. – #7 North Union 47, #2 Panorama 46
Class 1A Quarterfinals
1:30 p.m. – #1 Springville 54, #8 Algona Bishop Garrigan 36
3:15 p.m. – #4 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton (23-1) vs. #5 AGWSR (21-2) – ON KJAN Pregame 1:45pm
5:00 p.m. – #3 Newell-Fonda (24-0) vs. #6 Kee (22-1)
6:45 p.m. – #2 Central Decatur (24-0) vs. #7 Montezuma (20-3)
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