O'Brien and Detroit Mercy host No. 20 Michigan

Published Dec. 13, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Detroit Mercy Titans (6-1, 1-0 Horizon) at Michigan Wolverines (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten)

Ann Arbor, Michigan; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy faces No. 20 Michigan after Emaia O'Brien scored 22 points in Detroit Mercy's 81-55 win against the Cleary Cougars.

The Wolverines have gone 6-0 at home. Michigan is 7-0 in games decided by 10 or more points.

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The Titans have gone 0-1 away from home. Detroit Mercy is sixth in the Horizon giving up 67.6 points while holding opponents to 40.1% shooting.

Michigan makes 46.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.0 percentage points higher than Detroit Mercy has allowed to its opponents (40.1%). Detroit Mercy scores 14.3 more points per game (68.9) than Michigan allows (54.6).

TOP PERFORMERS: Syla Swords is scoring 17.4 points per game and averaging 7.7 rebounds for the Wolverines.

Aaliyah McQueen is averaging 14.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals for the Titans.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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