It was technically a Michigan home game, even though it was played 45 minutes away from Ann Arbor.
The Wolverines had more fans in the crowd, approximately 75% of the 14,206 spectators who crowded into Little Caesars Arena wore Michigan maize and blue, but they didn't make noise until late, because it was Eastern Michigan's Emoni Bates who stole the show.
But it was Michigan that stole the game, avoiding the upset with a 88-83 win. Hunter Dickinson had 31 points and six rebounds and Terrance Williams II added 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The Ypsilanti native and first five-star to ever play on a MAC team, who transferred home after a disappointing freshman season and then battled legal trouble earlier in the fall − resulting in a suspension from the team and then reinstatement just more than one month later − looked like a player with the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders.