Michigan 14 beat state rival No. 12 Michigan in double digits in Ann Arbor on Friday night, but the Spartans did so after turning the ball more than nine times in the first half.
Coach Tom Izzo provided a cruel comparison of Michigan’s departure after the game.
“These sales – I’ll give credits for some of them (Michigan),” he said. “We blame a lot of them. We spoke. We wanted to go too fast. We wanted to be faster, but we couldn’t hurry. .
“We flipped the ball over and it spun it did It leads to touchdowns and those are bad turnovers. Ask the Chief of Kansas City. They don’t work in sports, but I thought our security guards did a pretty good job Their Security guard. ”
Of course, Izzo references the Chiefs’ 40-22 Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this month. Kansas City has turned the ball more than three times, including two second quarter interceptions from Patrick Mahomes. One of them was returned for a touchdown.
Nevertheless, after trailing at halftime, Michigan flipped the ball over just once in the second half, surpassing Michigan State 41-24. Overall, the Spartans knocked down nine three-pointers and repeated Wolverine 31-24.
Jace Richardson led the way to Michigan with 21 points, six rebounds and three steels, while Tre Holloman provided 18 points and four assists from the bench.
The victory was the Spartans’ third straight victory and the second consecutive victory over ranked teams (beating 13th-ranked Purdue on February 18th). Overall record of 22-5. Michigan is currently second in the 12-3 conference record and the 20-6 overall record.
Michigan will be uploaded to Maryland’s 20th place finish in the Big Ten (21-6, 11-5) on February 26th. Itzo’s greatest Big Ten win in history, recently passing the legendary Indiana Hoosiers legend Bobknight at MSU in its 30th season.
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