No. 15 Michigan escapes upset vs. Rutgers with deep buzzer-beating 3
No. 15 Michigan escapes upset vs. Rutgers with deep buzzer-beating 3
After Michigan appeared by up to 13 points on Rutgers, he escaped with a deep 3-point strike from Nimari Burnett when the corner sounded.
Nimari Burnett, God 😱 @Umichbballl
March can’t come early enough 🔥
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– NCAA MARCH MADNESS (@MARCHMADNESSMBB) 28 February 2025
Tyson Acuff gave Scarlet Knights back to 82-81 with 12 seconds remaining and transformed two of three attempts on a free throw line. Michigan called the time limit to advance the ball and threw the border play together.
Danny Wolf then took one dribling and threw him Burnett, who sank him from Hluboký. Burnett earned a 20 -point high season, four rebounds and two assists and combined 42 of Michigan’s 84 points with Vladislav Goldin. Burnett went 2 out of 5 out of the 3-point range and transformed when it was the most important for Wolverines.
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Michigan watched 57-49 in a half-time break and never led until the last minute of regulation.
The victory improves Wolverines to 22-6 in the season and 14-3 in the conference game and maintains the pace at the top of the Big Ten with the Michigan state-Terris needed his own buzzer of miraculous games to win just one night. Rutgers will drop to 14-15 and 7-11 in the conference game.
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