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Newsstand: Michigan women's hoops grabs huge top-five win over Indiana

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome02/01/22anthonytbroome

The Michigan basketball women grabbed a huge 65-50 victory over No. 5 Indiana on Monday night to keep its hot streak going. It is the Wolverines’ second win over a top-five opponent this season.

Naz Hillmon scored 21 points, while Emily Kisker grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds in the victory. The showdown was the first between top-six ranked teams in the Big Ten since 2004.

It was an ugly game for Michigan, who turned the ball over 25 times. The first half saw them commit 17 of those turnovers. However, a 52-20 advantage on the boards and 14 second-chance points helped spark the win.

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UM women defeat 5th-ranked Indiana, take Big Ten lead

Angelique S. ChengelisThe Detroit NewsView Comments0:341:05https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.496.0_en.html#goog_283078890

Ann Arbor – On the day the Michigan women’s basketball team reached the program’s highest-ever ranking, the Wolverines made a huge splash on national television in a Top-10 matchup.

The Wolverines, now ranked No. 6, defeated fifth-ranked Indiana, 65-50 before a spirited crowd at the Crisler Center. The win pushes Michigan into the Big Ten lead. It was the first meeting of top-six Big Ten teams since 2004.

“This was huge,” co-captain Danielle Rauch said, via the Detroit News. “We have the pieces to beat anybody right now. Indiana was kind of the standard. They were at the top of the Big Ten undefeated, so we knew that coming in, and we knew we were going to have to prove everybody that we are the best team right now.”

Monday was a historic day for the Wolverines, who rose to the program’s highest-ever spot in the rankings by being elevated to No. 6.

Next up for Michigan, who sits at 19-2 on the season, is a road trip to Illinois.

Tweets of the day

Michigan quote of the day

“I’m excited about Mike Macdonald. I’m excited about building that staff right now with Mike and putting the guys together — which we’re working on right now together as we speak. Building the defense out again.

“It’s not going to be dramatically different, structurally, because you try to build on where you’ve been before. And that’s the thing that we’ve done here.”

– Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh on hiring Mike Macdonald away from Michigan

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