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Takeaways from Michigan’s women’s basketball’s win over American University

The 3-seeded Wolverines advanced to the Round of 32 after thrashing 14-seed American University, 74-39.

Michigan was rather dominant for the majority of the game. After starting out slow going 2-for-9 from the field to begin the game, the Wolverines used a 28-5 second quarter to cruise to an easy victory over the Eagles.

With the win, Michigan improves to 15-0 at home and will take on the 11 seed Villanova at the Crisler Center on Monday.

Here are a few takeaways from the blowout victory.

Naz Hillmon makes life easy for herself before getting the ball in the post

We’ve written about Hillmon a few times this year, as the future WNBA player did a great establishing positioning in this game and dominating in the paint.