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04/04 22:38 CDT Michigan overpowers Arizona and reaches national title game
with 91-73 win
Michigan overpowers Arizona and reaches national title game with 91-73 win
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) --- Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the 'Cats
all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year
into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night.
Junior center Aday Mara scored a career-high 26 points and had nine rebounds, a
dinged-up Yaxel Lendeborg had 11 points in 14 minutes and the Blue blew through
their fifth straight March Madness opponent by double digits while becoming the
first team to break 90 points five times in a single tournament.
Next up, a title matchup Monday against UConn, a 71-62 winner over Illinois in
the early semifinal that was billed --- wrongly --- as the undercard to this
battle of No. 1 seeds.
Michigan and Arizona came in with the nation's top two defenses, a pair of
top-five offenses and somewhere between eight and a dozen NBA stars between
them.
But it was the Wolverines (36-3) who looked like pros, running to a
double-digit lead only 5:31 into the contest, then swatting and slamming
Arizona into oblivion.
Koa Peat had a quiet 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Big 12 champion Wildcats
(36-3). They shot 6 for 17 from 3, 36% overall and had two assists and nine
turnovers over a first half that ended with them trailing 48-32. Sparkplug
Jaden Bradley got his fourth foul 94 seconds into the second half and finished
with 13 points, most in extended garbage time.
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AP March Madness bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket and
coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness
