National Basketball Association
Michigan 86, Louisiana State 78
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, March 22, 2021
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Robert Riley, # Jeffrey Anderson
Attendance:
5546
By Field Level Media
Chaundee Brown scored a season-high 21 points off the bench and Michigan, the top seed in the East Region, eliminated LSU 86-78 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Indianapolis on Monday.
Eli Brooks also scored 21 points and had seven assists as Michigan (22-4) reached the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive time. The Wolverines will next face fourth-seed Florida State (18-6) after the Seminoles defeated No. 5 Colorado 71-53 Monday.
Franz Wagner supplied 15 points and seven rebounds and Hunter Dickinson tossed in 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Cameron Thomas led eighth-seeded LSU (19-10) with 30 points. Javonte Smart contributed 27 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Dickinson made a layup early in the second half to give Michigan a two-point lead. LSU reeled off the next eight points, including four by Smart, to gain a 51-45 lead.
The Wolverines responded with a 10-0 run that included 3-pointers from Mike Smith and Brooks and a dunk by Brown.
A 12-3 LSU run put the Tigers back on top, 63-58. That included seven points from Smart and five from Thomas.
Michigan answered with nine unanswered points, seven from Brown, to regain the lead and it never trailed again.
Brown drained a 3-pointer from the wing with just under six minutes left for a 72-64 Wolverines lead.
Wagner knocked down a 3-pointer with 3:56 left to make it 79-70. He added a dunk and layup down the stretch and the Tigers never got closer than six points.
Brooks had 13 first-half points to lift the Wolverines to a 43-42 halftime advantage.
Thomas, who racked up 19 first-half points, scored 10 points in the first six minutes of the game. He got fouled on a 3-point attempt with 8:18 left in the half and made each free throw to give LSU a 27-19 lead.
A three-point play by Darius Days nudged the Tigers' lead to nine. Michigan scored the next six points, including a three-point play from Dickinson.
Late in the half, Michigan took the lead by scoring seven unanswered points, including three free throws by Wagner. Thomas scored a basket with two seconds left in the half to pull his team within one.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Louisiana State |
|
Michigan |
Cameron Thomas 30 |
Scoring |
Eli Brooks 21 |
Javonte Smart 6 |
Assists |
Eli Brooks 7 |
Javonte Smart 9 |
Rebounds |
Hunter Dickinson 11 |
Cameron Thomas 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Chaundee Brown 6 |
Aundre Hyatt 3 |
Steals |
Brandon Johns Jr. 1 |
Trendon Watford 3 |
Blocks |
Brandon Johns Jr. 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Louisiana State
|
78 |
39.1 |
6-21 |
18-23 |
8 |
25 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
Michigan
|
86 |
53.8 |
10-25 |
20-25 |
22 |
34 |
4 |
1 |
12 |