National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan 88, Eastern Michigan 83
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 11, 2022
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Officials: # D.J. Carstensen, # Chris Beaver, # Tony Meeks
Attendance: 14204

Hunter Dickinson scored 31 points to lead No. 22 Michigan to an 88-83 win over Eastern Michigan on Friday in Detroit.

Terrance Williams II added 18 points for Michigan (2-0), which shot 5 of 21 (23.8 percent) from 3-point range and 25 of 40 (62.5 percent) from the free-throw line.

Emoni Bates, who played in his first game for Eastern Michigan (1-1) after transferring from Memphis, scored 30 points. The Eagles' Noah Farrakhan added 19 points before fouling out.

With the game tied at 77-77, Michigan went on a 6-0 run and took an 83-77 lead with 2:04 remaining on a basket by Jaelin Llewellyn, two free throws by Llewellyn and a put-back basket by Dickinson.

Eastern Michigan cut Michigan's lead to 83-80 with 1:27 left after a three-point play by Tyson Acuff, but Llewellyn made two more free throws with 55 seconds remaining to give the Wolverines an 85-80 lead.

Michigan then went up 87-80 with 22 seconds to go on a jumper on Dickinson before Bates hit a 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left to make it 87-83.

Llewellyn sank hit a free throw with 9.3 seconds remaining.

Eastern Michigan held a 45-42 lead at halftime, then stretched its lead to 51-43 with 17:40 remaining in the game.

Michigan answered by going on a 7-0 run to cut Eastern Michigan's lead to one with 15:49 left.

Eastern Michigan had a 73-69 lead with 6:11 remaining, but Michigan responded with five straight points to take a 74-73 lead with 4:48 left.

Michigan held a 20-14 edge with 11:20 to go in the first half, but Eastern Michigan went on an 10-1 run to take a three-point advantage with 7:18 to go until halftime.

The Wolverines regained the lead at 36-35 with 2:53 left in the half, but Eastern Michigan answered with an 8-2 run to take a 43-38 lead with 1:04 remaining until intermission.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Eastern Michigan   Michigan
Emoni Bates 30 Scoring Hunter Dickinson 31
Tyson Acuff 4 Assists Dug McDaniel 5
Noah Farrakhan 6 Rebounds Terrance Williams II 11
Tyson Acuff 4 Free Throws Made Jaelin Llewellyn 8
Legend Geeter 3 Steals Kobe Bufkin 3
Orlando Lovejoy 1 Blocks Kobe Bufkin 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Eastern Michigan 83 45.3 5-15 20-27 9 29 2 7 11
Michigan 88 48.3 5-21 25-40 15 38 5 8 11