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Michigan (6-9 SU, 5-10 ATS) meets Maryland (9-6 SU, 4-11 ATS) from College Park on Thursday from Xfinity Center at 7pmET. These teams are struggling to say the least with both squads sitting at 1-3 in the Big 10, which places them tied for the bottom.
Last season, the Terps won at home 64-58 as a 3-point favorite and were crushed on the road 81-46 by the Wolverines.
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The first half of the season has been a disaster for Michigan, a proud program that won one NCAA title and eight Final Fours. The Wolverines come into College Park, Md., having lost four straight games to Florida, McNeese State, Minnesota and Penn State in their last game. They played the Penn State game at The Palestra in Philadelphia and Juwan Howard decided to make associate head coach Phil Martelli the head coach in his hometown. Things did not work out as the Wolverines fell 79-73 to fall to 1-3 in the league. Terrance Williams II led Michigan with 24 points with five boards on 8-of-14 shooting (0-4 3pt). Michigan shot 50% from the field, but turned the ball over 18 times. That was the difference because they held the Nittany Lions to just 42% shooting from the field. and 30% (7-of-23) from long distance.
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Michigan is ranked 69th according to KenPom and their Adjusted Defensive Efficiency (104.6) is at 186th. They also rank 322nd in turnover ratio at -2.7, which has been a huge problem. Dug McDaniel, a 5-11 sophomore, leads the team in scoring with 17.8 points per game and 5.1 assists on 44.2% shooting (38.2% 3pt). Olivier Nkamhoua (6-9, 235) adds 16.8 points per game and 7.7 rebounds on 55.6% shooting from the field and 40% from long distance. Overall, they are fine on offense, averaging 81.7 points per game on 48.1% shooting and 37.6% (32nd) from long distance. Defensively, they've been awful, allowing 78.7 points per game on 44.9% shooting (279th) and 35.6% (309th) from long distance.
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