Michigan delivers 3-point punch to knock out Oklahoma St.
INDIANAPOLIS — Derrick Walton Jr. stuck to the plan Friday.
He kept running the Michigan Wolverines offence against an aggressive Oklahoma State defence and eventually things fell into place. Again.
Walton scored 26 points and had 11 assists as the Wolverines made a school record 16 3-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game, getting past Oklahoma State 92-91 in the first round of the Midwest Regional.
“We haven’t played a team that got up into us in a minute. It’s hard to simulate that in practice,” Walton said. “In the second half, I settled down. I wanted to make the right play consistently.”