Tuesday night’s loss was all too familiar for the Michigan men’s basketball. While the Wolverines got off to a great start, a scoring drought and defensive mistakes led to a second half collapse. The Wolverines ended up getting blown out at MSU, 81-62.
Being successful in transition has been a trademark of Tom Izzo basketball teams for years, and breakdowns on defense when the pace of the game got quicker killed the Wolverines.
“It first started with the transition defense,” Howard said after the game. “In the first half we gave up one point in transition, second half we gave up 17.