Michigan crushes Florida in the round of 16 for the third year in a row

BOX SCORE: No. 2 Michigan 64, No. 10 Florida 49

Michigan will face the winner of Sunday's game between Texas Tech, number 3, and Buffalo, number 6, Thursday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The time of the match and the designation of the television must be determined.

Jalen Hudson scored the goal for Florida, No. 10 (20-16), who was 34.5% (19-55) and less than 50 points for the first time this season.

Michigan came out of the break and used an 11-0 run to start the second half. First-year striker Ignas Brazdeikis started with a friendly 3-pointer result before Poole had a hand in the next eight points.

He recognized an imbalance in the post and lobbed the ball to Teske for a lay-up. Then, after Michigan imposed a five-second call, Poole completed the pass with a three-point game and a 3-point score to make it 43-28 at 17:46.

But just when it looked like Michigan was about to run away, Hudson broke the race with a 3-pointer and some defensive failures helped Florida to meet with a 9-0 run to cut the score at 43:27 at 14:20 mark.

And after Poole briefly mastered the situation with three free throws – the only points in Michigan in seven minutes – the misfires began to build up at an alarming rate as the Wolverines made a 1-for-12 shootout.

However, the defense never gave way and second-year striker Isaiah Livers converted a three-point game to 51-41 with 7:34 remaining.

The Wolverines won with a 9-0 run crowned by a glitzy dunk of Livers and a 3-pointer from Poole to bring the score to 60-44 at 2:00 am of the end.

The Michigan ball event with junior goaltender Zavier Simpson and junior center Jon Teske gave the Florida man-to-man defense advantage while the Wolverines opened the meet with three dunks and a layup.

Michigan scored its first outside shot only after about five minutes in Poole's four-point game, which followed with another 3-point score for a 15-6 lead with 13:59 to go in the first half -time.

Teams combined to hit eight points on three shots in the first 10 minutes, while Florida hit five deep balls to give 17-6 points. During the push, Florida moved to a 1-3-1 zone and Michigan could only accumulate three points in six minutes, missing seven of the eight shots – many in well-timed attempts. A distance of 3 points – to be left behind. , 23-21, at 6:47.

The Wolverines pulled out of the crisis by defending Florida and holding the Gators to two baskets in the far right. The Redshirt junior wing, Charles Matthews and Simpson, both attacked the basket before Livers drains a 3-point corner to give Michigan a 32-28 advantage at half-time.