Michigan vanquishes Arizona, 91-73 in NCAA Final Four beatdown
Aday Mara dominated and Yaxel Lendeborg overcame an ankle and knee injury to drain two 3s in the second half as Michigan routed Arizona in Final Four.
INDIANAPOLIS − In order to be the best, you have to beat the best. Michigan basketball did exactly that. Arizona had lost two games this season, both in the second week of February, going 36-0 outside of that four-day stretch.
It hadn't trailed all NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines just ended it all. Michigan dominated on Saturday, April 4 at Lucas Oil Stadium and topped the Wildcats, 91-73, in the Final Four .
Michigan will play UConn − which earlier Saturday dispatched Illinois, 71-62 − in the national championship on Monday (8:50 p. m. ET) .
Aday Mara scored 26 points to go with eight rebounds, and Elliot Cadeau dished 10 assists and had four steals to overcome poor shooting (4-for-16), directing the Wolverines' fast pace against the Wildcats (36-3). Freshman Trey McKenney scored 16 points off the bench, going 4-for-6 on 3s. Michigan (36-3) became the first team in NCAA tournament history to score at least 90 points in five March Madness games.