Evanston, Ill. – Michigan hasn’t had much success away from the confines of Crisler Center during Big Ten play.
Six-point setbacks at Maryland and Michigan State. A crushing overtime loss at Iowa. A blowout bashing at Penn State. One loss after another sent the Wolverines sliding down the conference standings and closer to .500.
But for the first time in nearly two months, Michigan prevailed on the road and used a huge second-half run to pull away for a 68-51 win over Northwestern on Thursday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Junior center Hunter Dickinson had 19 points, sophomore guard Kobe Bufkin added 15 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists and grad transfer wing Joey Baker scored 14 for Michigan (12-10, 6-5 Big Ten), which shot 55.