4 months ago
- Wolverines
- Updated: Jan. 02, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 02, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
ANN ARBOR — Michigan hit USC connected Friday nighttime by 30 points contempt 2 starters sitting for nan last 16 minutes aliases so.
With 16:26 left, Nimari Burnett landed awkwardly connected his ankle and subsequently banged his caput against teammate Roddy Gayle Jr.’s knee. Burnett’s near eyebrow instantly started bleeding; he limped disconnected nan tribunal and did not return.
A half-minute later, Yaxel Lendeborg was subbed retired for nan last time. He’d been limping since precocious successful nan first half and, contempt starting nan 2nd half, continued to show signs of discomfort.
Michigan won 96-66 to amended to 13-0. Head coach Dusty May provided updates connected some injured Wolverines aft nan game.
Lendeborg has a bruised calf, while Burnett required stitches supra his eye. “They some asked to spell backmost in,” May said. He added that nan substitutes were playing good and deserved extended run. The scoreboard prevented May from pushing nan injured players.
It doesn’t sound for illustration either wounded will forestall them from playing successful Michigan’s crippled Tuesday astatine Penn State. Both yet returned to nan bench; Burnett had a bandage complete his stitches.
Lendeborg didn’t person his champion violative crippled against USC, making conscionable 3 of 10 shots and finishing pinch 8 points complete 18 minutes. Burnett missed each 4 of his field-goal attempts and had 4 points.
Their play numbers are overmuch much impressive: Lendeborg leads No. 2 Michigan successful minutes and points per game; Burnett is averaging 8.2 points per game, a proven 3-point shooter who brings a batch of different skills to nan table.
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Andrew Kahn covers University of Michigan athletics for MLive. His superior thumps are Michigan football, men's hoops and women's basketball. He joined MLive successful 2017 aft antecedently freelancing for The Wall...
