Special to Detroit Free Press
For the Michigan women’s basketball team, this has been a season of firsts.
After a 10-0 start, the Wolverines reached an all-time high No. 11 national ranking in January. Junior forward Naz Hillmon became the first Wolverine — man or woman — to score 50 points in a game, at Ohio State on Jan. 21. Two months later, she became the program’s first Big Ten Player of the Year after averaging 25.1 points and 11.3 rebounds across 18 regular season games. She was also named an AP second team All-American, making her the program’s first player to earn the honor.