Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Vandy holds off No. 8 Michigan

Shooting inefficiency costs Michigan in last-minute loss

Three-point shooting is rarely the reason the No. 7 Michigan women’s basketball team wins. But usually, high-frequency scoring in the paint makes up for it.  “I think we’re a great three-point shooting team,” Wolverines coach Kim Barnes Arico said Thursday. “But if you look at the paper, it doesn’t say that. It says that we’re a stinky three point shooting team. I get to work with them every day in practice, and I know how they make shots, so I …

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Vandy holds off No. 8 Michigan

Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Vandy holds off No. 8 Michigan

Aubrey Galvan scored 20 points and helped No. 5 Vanderbilt remain perfect by staving off No. 8 Michigan 72-69 on Monday at the Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, N.J. Mikayla Blakes and Justine Pissott each added 14 points and Pissott ‍added team highs of eight rebounds and five assists for the Commodores (19-0), who assisted on 20 of their 25 made baskets. Vanderbilt went on a 10-0 run in the first quarter and dominated the second quarter to…

Aubrey Galvan's 20 points help No. 5 Vanderbilt hold off No. 7 Michigan 72-69

Freshman guard Aubrey Galvan hit a late free throw and finished with 20 points as No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 7 Michigan 72-69 on Monday as part of a doubleheader played at the Prudential Center on Martin Luther King Jr.

Second-Half Rally Falls Short Against No. 5 Vanderbilt

The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team erased a 19-point deficit and pulled within two points on three occasions in the final five minutes, including once with 44 seconds remaining, but could not complete the comeback in a 72-69 loss to No. 5 Vanderbilt on Monday afternoon (Jan. 19) at the Prudential Center.

No. 5 Vanderbilt 72, No. 7 Michigan 69

VANDERBILT (19-0)