Michigan basketball loses 87-86 to Oklahoma on crushing 4-point play in Jumpman Invitational

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The Michigan basketball team nearly left the Queen City feeling like kings.

Instead, for the second consecutive game, it’s just the joker.

Michigan, which has largely played well through the first month-plus of the young season, again blew a halftime lead to a high-powered attack. This time, after mounting an 11-point lead with less than 10 minutes to play, U-M allowed Oklahoma to put together a 21-4 second half run.

Even still, Michigan led by three points late and looked poised to win, but Roddy Gayle Jr. ran into Jeremiah Fears’ leg on a 3-point attempt with 11.5 seconds left. The freshman not only made the long ball, but added the free throw to go up one. Michigan’s Tre Donaldson couldn’t make a 3-pointer with three seconds left, Danny Wolf’s put-back attempt came up short and the Wolverines were stunned in an 87-86 loss in the Jumpman Invitational at Spectrum Center in Charlotte on Wednesday.

Vladislav Goldin of the Michigan Wolverines drives to the basket against Sam Godwin of the Oklahoma Sooners in the first half of their game at Spectrum Center in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

While much of the blame can go to the discrepancy in shooting from long range — Michigan made just 4 of 28 attempts while the Sooners made 12 of 25 — this game was more than there for the taking for the Wolverines.

Michigan led for more than 30 minutes (31:36) but couldn’t come up with enough stops down the stretch as the Sooners made five of their final seven shots and scored 30 points in the final 9:42 of the game.

This comes after last week’s performance at Madison Square Garden, when Dusty May’s group led Arkansas by 15 before it eventually fell behind by 18 in what winded up as a close loss.

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-12-19 04:37:00

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