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Michigan Rolls in Basketball, Flops in Hockey
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Leave a CommentI said last week that at least it’s basketball season, and that still rings true this week. The football team lost another game and the hockey team was swept by Michigan State, but the basketball team beat Northern Michigan 97-50. Yes, it’s Northern Michigan, but based on the score alone you can see how well the team played on Saturday.
Michigan’s best player against NMU was its best player in general — Manny Harris. Manny recorded only the second triple-double in Michigan history, scoring 18 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and dishing out 10 assists. Better yet, he did all of that in only 29 minutes. I’m guessing this won’t be the only triple-double for him this season.
DeShawn Sims was Michigan’s leading scorer with 22 points. He also grabbed 10 rebounds to record a double-double. The next-highest scorer after Sims and Harris was Matt Vogrich, who scored 15 points on 5 three-pointers. All 5 shots he took during this game were from behind the arc, and he didn’t miss a single one of them. Also scoring in double digits were Darius Morris and Zack Gibson, who both had 11 points.
Michigan’s next game is on Friday when Houston Baptist comes to Crisler Arena. The game starts at 7 p.m. and will be shown on BigTenNetwork.com.
Unlike this past weekend, I really hope more than one major sports team gets a win for Michigan this week. As I said, the football team lost to Wisconsin and the hockey team was swept by Michigan State. As bad as the Wisconsin game turned out to be in football, I think I was more frustrated with the hockey team. It lost 3-1 at Yost on Friday and then lost 2-0 on Saturday in East Lansing. Plain and simple, this is not a very good team right now.
The three biggest problems I’ve noticed with the hockey team are penalties, turnovers in their own zone, and an extremely lackluster power play. Against MSU on Friday, at least, all of those things were big issues, and Michigan is now below .500 on the season because of them. Between the stupid penalties, turnover after turnover in front of Bryan Hogan, and doing nothing on the power play, it was tough to stomach the game on Friday. I didn’t even watch the game on Saturday, but based on the highlights, it was more of the same. Michigan State’s second goal was the direct result of a turnover in front of Hogan, and it was something you just have to shake your head at.
Michigan hosts Bowling Green on Friday and plays them in Toledo on Saturday. The Wolverines need a sweep to get the season turned around, because with the way it’s going right now, it doesn’t look like we will see Michigan anywhere near the top of the CCHA standings anytime soon.
