The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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NOVEMBER 2016 THE WOLVERINE 53 2016-17 BASKETBALL PREVIEW Seniors G • ANDREW DAKICH 6-2 • 190 • Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville Community H.S.) U-M Career Highlights: Has appeared in 49 contests during his Michigan career … Played in a career- high 24 games off the bench last season as a junior … Scored four points and recorded three assists against Delaware State, both of which were career bests … Finished the 2015-16 season with 16 rebounds and 14 as- sists while averaging 4.6 minutes per game … Appeared in 13 games off the bench as a sophomore in 2014-15, and scored five points on the year … Tallied a career-high 16 minutes at Michigan State Feb. 1, 2015 … Competed in 12 games off the bench as a freshman in 2013-14, compiling three points … Scored his first career points on a three-pointer against Houston Baptist Dec. 7, 2013. Honors & Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten in 2015 and 2016 while also receiving the U-M Academic Achievement Award both years. G/F • ZAK IRVIN 6-6 • 215 • Fishers, Ind. (Fishers H.S.) U-M Career Highlights: Has played in 104 games, becoming just the 63rd Wolverine to appear in 100-plus games … His 1,115 career points rank 40th in Michigan his- tory … Played in 35 games last season with 34 starts, coming off the bench against Elon Nov. 16 while recovering from a back injury … Averaged 11.8 points per game while scoring in double figures 21 times … Scored a season- best 22 points in victories over No. 3 Maryland Jan. 12, and No. 18 Purdue Feb. 13 … Was sec- ond on the team in rebounding (4.5 per game), assists (3.1) and steals (0.8) … Tied his career high in rebounds with 12 against Rutgers Jan. 26, and racked up a career-best nine assists in a loss at SMU Dec. 8 … Was only one of two Wolverines (along with Ka- meron Chatman) to play in all 32 games in 2014-15, all of which were starts … Led the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game … Scored a career-best 28 points at Northwestern March 3, 2015 … Averaged 4.8 rebounds, including a career-best 12 against Nebraska Jan. 27, 2015 … Tallied three double-doubles against Nebraska (14 points and 12 rebounds), Northwestern (28 points and 11 rebounds) and Wisconsin (21 points and 11 rebounds) … His 77 three-pointers ranked sixth in the Big Ten … Led the team with 33 steals … Appeared in all 37 games off the bench as a freshman in 2013-14, averaging 6.7 points per game … Scored a season-best 24 points against Coppin State Nov. 29, 2013. Honors & Awards: All-Big Ten honorable mention in 2016 by the coaches and media … Named to the 2016 All-Big Ten Tour- nament Team … Earned numerous U-M awards in 2015, includ- ing Wayman Britt Outstanding Defensive Player, Loy Vaught Re- bounding Award, Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player and Iron Man Award while also winning the latter two in 2016 … Was awarded U-M's Thad Garner Leadership Award in 2016 … Earned Aca- demic All-Big Ten honors in 2015 … Recognized twice as Big Ten Freshman of the Week Dec. 2, 2013, and Dec. 23, 2013 … Won U-M's Sixth Man Award and U-M's Academic Achievement Award in 2014 while also earning the latter in 2015. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2015-16 32.9 11.8 4.5 3.1 0.8 0.0 .407 2014-15 36.2 14.3 4.8 1.5 1.0 0.1 .402 2013-14 15.4 6.7 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 .434 Career 27.7 10.7 3.5 1.6 0.7 0.1 .410 G • DERRICK WALTON JR. 6-1 • 190 • Detroit (Chandler Park Academy) U-M Career Highlights: Has played in 89 games during his Michigan career with 88 starts … Played in and started 33 games last season … Recorded the fifth triple-double in Michi- gan history last year against Youngstown State Dec. 19, with 10 points, 11 rebounds and a career-best 13 assists … Racked up a double-double (19 points and a career-best 12 rebounds) in the road win at Nebraska Jan. 23 … Averaged 11.6 points per game, in- cluding a career-high 26 at Minnesota Feb. 10 … Led the team in rebounds and assists with 5.4 and 4.5 per game, respectively … Dished out 12 assists against Indiana March 11 in the Big Ten Tournament, which set the confer- ence tournament single-game record … Tallied a career-best six steals against Notre Dame March 18 in the NCAA Tourna- ment … Started the first 19 games of 2014-15, before missing the rest of the season with a toe injury … Averaged 10.7 points per game, highlighted by a season-best 22 points against Hill- sdale Nov. 15, 2014 … Was one of seven Wolverines to play in all 37 games in 2013-14 … Started every game of the season but one, missing the Iowa start Jan. 22, 2014, due to illness … Compiled first career double-double against Ohio State Feb. 11, 2014, with 13 points and 10 rebounds … Averaged 7.9 points per game, along with 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists. Honors & Awards: Earned All-Big Ten third-team honors by Meet The Wolverines Player Bios Of The 2016-17 Men's Basketball Team 2016-17 MICHIGAN ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class 0 Brent Hibbitts F 6-8 210 R-Fr. 1 Charles Matthews G 6-6 190 So. 3 Xavier Simpson G 6-0 180 Fr. 5 D.J. Wilson F 6-10 240 R-So. 10 Derrick Walton Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr. 11 Andrew Dakich G 6-2 190 Sr. 12 M. Abdur-Rahkman G 6-4 190 Jr. 13 Moritz Wagner F 6-11 240 So. 14 Fred Wright-Jones G 5-11 170 R-Fr. 15 Jon Teske C 7-0 245 Fr. 20 Sean Lonergan F 6-5 210 R-Jr. 21 Zak Irvin G/F 6-6 215 Sr. 22 Duncan Robinson G/F 6-8 215 R-Jr. 23 Ibi Watson G/F 6-5 190 Fr. 34 Mark Donnal F 6-9 240 R-Jr. 51 Austin Davis F 6-10 240 Fr.