Michigan Doubles Up Maryland-Eastern Shore, 98-49

NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer

ANN ARBOR (AP) — Derrick Walton scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and Michigan rolled to another easy win Saturday, 98-49 over Maryland-Eastern Shore.

The Wolverines (9-3) jumped out to a 19-2 lead, and Michigan was shooting well over 80 percent — both overall and from 3-point range — after a layup by Zak Irvin made the score 35-13 with 7:33 remaining in the half.

The Wolverines eventually fell off that torrid pace, but Michigan was still able to set a season high in scoring for the second consecutive game. The Wolverines beat Central Arkansas 97-53 on Tuesday night.

Bakari Copeland led the Hawks (1-10) with 15 points.

Michigan made its first seven shots from the field and led 19-2 after a 3-pointer by Walton. It was 49-22 at halftime.

Duncan Robinson had 17 points for the Wolverines, and D.J. Wilson added 16 — including a couple dunks early in the second half. Moe Wagner's one-handed, breakaway dunk put Michigan up 66-31.

Wagner had nine points on 4-of-4 shooting, and he's 39 for 52 (75 percent) over his last seven games.

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman had seven points and a career-high 10 assists.

BIG PICTURE

Maryland-Eastern Shore: The Hawks were coming off a week-long break after a loss at Central Florida last Saturday, but the time off didn't lead to a good start in this game. This was the third game of a six-game stretch away from home.

Michigan: This is a much easier stretch in the Wolverines' schedule after they took on the likes of Virginia Tech, Texas and UCLA earlier. None of the Michigan players went 30 minutes Saturday, and the Wolverines left no doubt of their superiority with their fast start.

UP NEXT

Maryland-Eastern Shore: There won't be as much time off before the next game for the Hawks — at American on Monday. Saturday's game began a stretch of four in six days for Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Michigan: The Wolverines will be heavily favored again Thursday night at home against Furman in their final game before the start of Big Ten play.

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