It was a back-and-forth affair in Ann Arbor initially, but the hometown program found a way to get past the pesky opposing squad and advance to the second round on the National Invitational Tournament, as the Michigan Wolverines (18-15) took down the Toledo Rockets (27-8) by a final score of 90-80 on Tuesday evening.
The Rockets, champions of the MAC regular season, went out to a fast start, up 16-10 at the first timeout and expanding it out to 27-16 further into the period. The Wolverines rebuffed Toledo’s advances after the 10-minute remaining mark, pulling the contest to a tie game in the waning seconds before Toledo sunk a two-pointer to take the 42-40 halftime lead.