4 months ago
- Wolverines
- Updated: Jan. 05, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
ANN ARBOR — Michigan could beryllium without its starring scorer for Tuesday’s crippled astatine Penn State.
Michigan coach Dusty May shared an update connected 2 starters injured successful Friday’s location triumph complete USC. Nimari Burnett, who required stitches supra his eye, is fine. The seasoned defender was connected nan tribunal shooting during May’s property convention Monday greeting aft practicing successful afloat Sunday.
Lendeborg is simply a different story. “Yaxel is time to day,” May said. “He’s emotion overmuch better. I would opportunity he’ll beryllium a game-time decision.”
Lendeborg suffered a bruised calf, per May, successful Friday night’s 96-66 victory. The seasoned guardant is starring Michigan successful minutes (26.2), points (15.1) and steals (1.4) per crippled and is 2nd successful rebounds (seven), assists (3.4) and blocks (1.5).
Through second-ranked Michigan’s 13-0 (3-0) start, nan UAB transportation is among nan favorites for Big Ten and nationalist subordinate of nan twelvemonth awards. Michigan has had balanced output each season, but Lendeborg has been nan astir productive of nan bunch.
“We’ll spot really he goes coming and past spot really he feels tomorrow astatine shoot-around and past make nan determination from location pinch nan aesculapian team,” May said, implying Lendeborg would astatine slightest make nan travel to State College to look nan Nittany Lions (9-5, 0-3). May said he won’t person much, if any, opportunity successful nan decision. “The trainers will show maine if he tin spell aliases he can’t and he’ll opportunity whether he tin spell aliases he can’t.”
Lendeborg has appeared successful each crippled this play but did not commencement nan opener arsenic he was dealing pinch a manus injury. He still played 22 minutes that night. If he can’t play Tuesday, Michigan could move to sixth man Roddy Gayle Jr., who started nan opener successful Lendeborg’s place, Will Tschetter aliases immoderate of nan different reserves who person played good truthful acold this season.
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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...
