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Bruins Maul Wolverines in Blowout Victory
Bucknuts.com - Dec 24, 2006
If Saturday afternoon’s road contest against top ranked UCLA was an early season barometer for the Michigan Wolverines, the mercury has now dipped a little too low for their liking. On the strength of a senior-laden starting line-up and the confidence garnered from an 11-1 start, many believed the Maize & Blue at least had the ingredients to present a formidable challenge to Ben the Bruins. After all, the two teams had split the previous four meetings, and each game was decided by seven or fewer points. Unfortunately for Wolverines, history did not foretell this story. The intense defensive pressure UCLA unleashed on the Tommy Amaker’s club was disruptive from the opening possession.

The Bruins came out of the gates on fire and built an early 8-0 lead, thanks to two consecutive three-pointers from Arron Afflalo. Meanwhile, Michigan turned the ball over four times in the opening four minutes, and didn’t hit their first field goal until the 15:53 mark. That, however, was enough to cut the deficit to 10-4. The Wolverines managed to slice another point off the lead minutes later when Lester Abram hit a lay-up to make the score 13-8, but that’s as close as they would get. A 13-5 UCLA run over the next nine minutes pushed the home team’s lead to double figures (26-13), and they would never look back.

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:52:00 GMT

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