Michigan basketball

Kobe Bufkin fould Payton Sandfort on a 3 point attempt and of course the shot went into. That sent Sandfort to the line where he hit his foul shot. Dug McDaniel ...

The maize and blue will need to see McDaniel continue to soar for that to come true. Entering Thursday, Howard’s career high was 21 points and the freshman had that tied in the first half. The Hawkeyes love running and it proved true in overtime. But on Thursday, Michigan had a full-fledged track meet with the high-tempo Iowa Hawkeyes. Jett Howard and company shot lights out and the Wolverines did everything Iowa likes to do and then some. The Hawkeyes controlled overtime and Michigan fell apart.

Jett Howard scored a career-high 34 points but Michigan basketball coughed up a lead late in the second half and lost at Iowa, 93-84, in overtime.

With Dickinson and Howard off the floor, Bufkin went to work and used a Tarris Reed Jr. After a Dickinson face-up jumper, Murray buried another 3-pointer from the corner to get back within one before Filip Rebraca hit a driving slam to give Iowa its first lead of the game, 14-13. The two would finish the final 6:55 of the first half on the court and outscore Iowa, 11-8, during that stretch. Howard knocked down a 3-pointer from the wing, before a live ball turnover led to an uncontested transition layup for McDaniel. "It's also kind of tough to win ball games when you only shoot six free throws and the other team shoots 22," Howard said. Then after consecutive Dug McDaniel turnovers, Howard hit another 3; this time from the left corner after Bufkin drove baseline and swung the ball from underneath the hoop. From there, it was all Hawkeyes (11-6, 3-3 Big Ten), who scored the first eight points of overtime before Terrance Williams II hit a fadeaway with 1:39 to play. "We need him out there on the floor because the guy's a gamer. A Hunter Dickinson tip-in with 2:18 left made it a seven-point game before Iowa closed regulation on a 9-2 run. "The first two minutes (of overtime), we didn't look like we had any confidence, I will say that," Howard said. "A lack of defense on our part, Sandfort getting too many open looks," said Michigan coach Juwan Howard after the game of what went wrong. Michigan (9-7, 3-2 Big Ten) led by seven with less than two minutes to play and by four with less than 30 seconds in regulation after Kobe Bufkin's jumper from the elbow.

Payton Sandford made a game-tying four-point play in the final minute of regulation and hit an improbable shot behind his back in overtime to help lead Iowa ...

His block on Jett Howard with 8:26 to play was the first missed shot of the night for the freshman, and Murray’s triple tied the game at 30 a couple minutes later. He tallied the first 11 points of the night for Michigan as he led his team to a 13-9 lead at the first media timeout. Bufkin got the ball in to McDaniel, who drove into the paint but missed the rim with his floater. The Wolverines then built their largest lead of the night, 10 points, thanks to two buckets from Jett Howard followed by a Will Tschetter triple. The Hawkeyes scored the first eight points in overtime after erasing a seven-point deficit in the final two minutes of regulation. Prior to the late collapse, the Wolverines had led for most of the night.