ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Valdislav Goldin scored 31 points, Nimari Burnett added 13 and No. 20 Michigan rallied to beat Northwestern 80-76 in overtime Sunday.
Roddy Gayle Jr. and Tre Donaldson each had 10 points to help the Wolverines (14-4, 6-1 Big Ten) rebounds from an 84-81 overtime loss at Minnesota on Thursday night.
Michigan made 9 of 10 free throws in the final 1:20 to finish off the Wildcats (11-7, 2-5).
Brooks Barnhizer led Northwestern with 21 points. Nick Martinelli added 20, and Jalen Leach had 19 before he was ejected.
After Gayle gave the Wolverines a 65-63 lead with 34 seconds left in regulation, Matthew Nicholson made two free throws with 4.8 seconds remaining to send it to overtime.
Northwestern: The Wildcats’ pesky defense plagued Michigan throughout the game. Northwestern held the Wolverines to 29% shooting in the first half, with Michigan missing 12 of its first 13 shots.
Michigan: The Wolverines survived despite shooting a season-worst 36% percent.
Leach was ejected on a flagrant-2 call for kicking Goldin with 9:23 left. Goldin made both free throws to pull Michigan to 54-53.
The Wildcats have not won at Michigan since 2010.
Northwestern returns home to face Indiana on Wednesday night. Michigan is at Purdue on Friday night.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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B. Barnhizer G | 21PTS | 8REB | 1AST | |
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V. Goldin C | 31PTS | 8REB | 2AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
B. Barnhizer | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
N. Martinelli | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
J. Leach | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
M. Nicholson | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
A. Ciaravino | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
T. Berry | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
B. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
J. Mullins | – | – | – | – |
B. Barkley | – | – | – | – |
K. Windham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
K. Fitzmorris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
G. Hurlburt | – | – | – | – |
J. Clayton | – | – | – | – |
Total | 76 | 40 | 7 | 25 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
V. Goldin | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
N. Burnett | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
R. Gayle Jr. | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
T. Donaldson | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
D. Wolf | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
R. Jones | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
W. Tschetter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
S. Walters | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
J. Pippen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
I. Burns | – | – | – | – |
C. May | – | – | – | – |
H. Hochberg | – | – | – | – |
P. Brooks | – | – | – | – |
L. Cason | – | – | – | – |
H. Eisley Jr. | – | – | – | – |
J. Howard | – | – | – | – |
Total | 80 | 38 | 14 | 22 |