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No. 2 Michigan hosts La Salle after Marshall’s 22-point outing

La Salle Explorers (4-8) at Michigan Wolverines (10-0, 2-0 Big Ten)

Ann Arbor, Michigan; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: La Salle visits No. 2 Michigan after Jaeden Marshall scored 22 points in La Salle’s 84-72 loss to the High Point Panthers.

The Wolverines are 4-0 on their home court. Michigan is second in college basketball with 41.6 rebounds led by Aday Mara averaging 8.3.

The Explorers are 0-4 on the road. La Salle has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Michigan scores 94.7 points, 25.7 more per game than the 69.0 La Salle allows. La Salle has shot at a 43.3% clip from the field this season, 7.5 percentage points higher than the 35.8% shooting opponents of Michigan have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yaxel Lendeborg is scoring 16.4 points per game with 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Wolverines. Morez Johnson Jr. is averaging 12.9 points and 6.6 rebounds while shooting 66.3%.

Josiah Harris is averaging 8.2 points and 5.7 rebounds for the Explorers. Marshall is averaging 11.0 points over the last 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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