The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL and blocks (nine), while ranking second in scoring (12.6 points per game). Notable Stat: Michigan led the Big Ten in three- point shooting percent- age through eight games. The Wolverines put up 123 three-pointers and connected on 52 of them (42.3 percent). Michigan was also second in the conference in free throw shooting at 77.0 percent, thanks in large part to Siera Thompson who was 22 of 23 (96.0 percent). Upcoming G ame To Watch — at Rutgers, Jan. 7: C. Vivian Stringer has been the head coach at Rutgers since 1995, and she has the Scarlet Knights off to a 7-1 start in their inaugural Big Ten season. As a member of the Big East, Stringer and her Scarlet Knights had a winning record in all but two of her 18 seasons as head coach and made the NCAA Tournament 10 of the last 12 years. Last sea- son, as a member of the American Athletic Confer- ence, her 28-9 squad won the WNIT championship. The Wolverines will have a tough road test in Pis- cataway, N.J. — Brandon Brown Head coach Kim Barnes Arico's team won six of its first eight games, matching the best start (2012-13) in her three seasons in charge of the program. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS