The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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NOVEMBER 2017 THE WOLVERINE 57 2017-18 BASKETBALL PREVIEW Fifth-Year Seniors G/F • DUNCAN ROBINSON 6-8 • 215 • New Castle, N.H. (Phillips Exeter Academy [N.H.]) U-M Career Highlights: Played in all 38 games last year, starting three … Averaged 7.7 points per game and shot 42.4 percent from three- point range … Scored in double figures 13 times and had a season-high 17 points against Maryland Eastern Shore … Aver- aged 11.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game as a junior while playing in every contest and starting 27 times … Ranked second in the Big Ten and ninth in the na- tion for three-point percentage (45.0) in 2015-16 … Scored in double digits in 21 contests … Transferred in from Williams College, a Division III school where he was named a fourth- team All-American by D3Hoops.com and helped the squad reach the national title game during his rookie campaign … Sat out the 2014-15 season … Has scored 1,241 career points between the two schools (693 at U-M) … Ranks 12th on Michigan's all-time list for three-pointers made with 159. Honors & Awards: Won U-M's Sixth Man Award in 2017 … Received U-M's Outstanding Free Throw Shooting Award in 2016 after making a team-best 88.6 percent of his attempts. Prep Career Highlights: A New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class A All-League first-team choice in 2013 … Helped Phillips Exeter to a 28-1 mark and the school's first-ever NEPSAC Class A title as a senior. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2015-16 28.9 11.2 3.5 1.8 0.6 0.2 .457 2016-17 20.1 7.7 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.2 .470 Career 24.4 9.4 2.6 1.32 0.5 0.2 .463 G • JAARON SIMMONS 6-1 • 185 • Dayton, Ohio (Archbishop Alter) College Career Highlights: Graduate transfer from Ohio University that is im- mediately eligible … Ranks fourth all time at Ohio in career assists with 475 … Set Ohio's program and the Mid-American Con- ference's single-season assist record with 275 in 2015-16 … Has scored 1,034 career points … Started all 31 games at Ohio last season, leading the Bobcats to their second straight 20-win season … Averaged 17.2 points per game … Ranked eighth in the country in assists per game (6.5) … Notched 27 double-figure scoring games … Scored a career- high 38 points against Akron in February … Averaged 15.5 points, 7.9 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game in 2015-16; the latter figure ranked third nationally … Tied the school single- game record with 17 assists in his debut season with the Bobcats … Transferred to Ohio after one season at Houston and sat out the 2014-15 season … Started all 66 games in his two seasons at Ohio and posted 12 double-doubles with 53 double-digit scoring efforts. Honors & Awards: All-MAC first team in 2017 and second team in 2016 … MAC All-Tournament Team in 2017 … NABC All-District 14 first team in 2017 and second team in 2016. Prep Career Highlights: Named Associated Press (AP) All-Ohio Division II third-team choice in 2011 and special mention in 2013 … Two-time Greater Catholic League Player of the Year (2011 and 2013) … Just the sixth in Archbishop Alter history to surpass 1,000 points and ended his career as the all-time points leader for both his school and league … A three-star prospect per Rivals.com. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2013-14* 11.0 2.0 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.0 .339 2014-15^ Did Not Play 2015-16^ 36.5 15.5 3.5 7.9 0.8 0.0 .465 2016-17^ 36.0 15.9 3.5 6.5 0.9 0.1 .433 Career 28.0 11.2 2.6 5.2 0.7 0.0 .441 * at Houston; ^ at Ohio Senior G • MUHAMMAD-ALI ABDUR-RAHKMAN 6-4 • 190 • Allentown, Pa. (Catholic Central) U-M Career Highlights: Has played in 103 games during his career and is the 66th player in school history to surpass the 100 mark … Played in all 38 contests last season with 37 starts … Was fifth on the team in scoring with an average of 9.1 points per game … Scored in double figures in 20 outings … In Big Ten play, he was second in the league for three-point shooting percentage (48.9) … Played in all 36 games with 25 starts as a sophomore in 2015-16 and averaged 8.6 points per contest … Notched a career-high 25 points at Purdue … Played in 29 contests with 13 starts as a freshman in 2014-15 and tallied 4.5 points per game. Honors & Awards: Named Michigan's Wayman Britt Out- standing Defensive Player in 2017 … Made the 2K Classic All-Tournament team in Nov. 2016 … Earned U-M's Rudy Tom- janovich Most Improved Player Award and U-M's Steve Grote Hustle Award in 2016 … Won U-M's Award for Outstanding Free Throws in 2015, posting a team-high 93.3 percent. Prep Career Highlights: The first four-time all-state player in Lehigh Valley history, earning Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class AAA first-team honors in 2013 and 2014, and second-team laurels in 2011 and 2012 …Two-time Lehigh Valley MVP (2013 and 2014) … Ended his career with a school-record 2,136 points … Tabbed as a three- star prospect by Rivals.com. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2014-15 19.0 4.5 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.0 .419 2015-16 27.8 8.6 2.7 1.7 0.6 0.3 .458 2016-17 30.6 9.1 2.1 2.0 0.9 0.1 .463 Career 26.4 7.6 1.9 1.6 0.7 0.1 .453 Meet The Wolverines Player Bios Of The 2017-18 Men's Basketball Team