Wolverines battle No. 11 Wisconsin to open early Big Ten play

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Fresh off winning the 2024 Fort Myers Tip-Off title, the University of Michigan basketball team travels to Madison, Wis., on Tuesday (Dec. 3) for an early Big Ten battle with undefeated (8-0) and No .11 Wisconsin at Kohl Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. CST on Peacock (NBC Sports).

• Michigan has won five straight games before the Big Ten’s first home-and-away series in December: at No. 15 Wisconsin (Dec. 3) at the Kohl Center before returning to Ann Arbor for a test with Iowa (Dec. 3 ). 7) at the Crisler Center.

• Michigan has won four of its last six meetings and is 99-75 all-time against Wisconsin. The Wolverines have a 36-48 record in Madison. Michigan’s last win at the Kohl Center was a 67-59 victory on February 14, 2021 during the COVID-19 altered schedule.

• With three neutral games in the books, Michigan’s game at Wisconsin will be its first “real” road game. Michigan is in the middle of a five-of-six road stretch. In fact, the Wolverines will be away from Ann Arbor for seven of their next 10 games.

• With a 78-53 victory over No. 22 Xavier, Michigan won the 2024 Fort Myers Tip-Off. The holiday tournament title was Michigan’s first in five years, following Battle 4 Atlantis in 2019. Michigan defeated Virginia Tech in the first Fort Myers Tip -Off with 75-63. MVP Danny Wolf joined in Roddy Gayle Jr. on the All-Tournament Team.

• Michigan’s 78-53 victory over No. 22 Xavier was its first win over a ranked opponent Dusty May as head coach of the Wolverines. Overall, he is 6-2 against ranked opponents.

• Wolf, who is averaging a team-high 10.9 points and 9.9 rebounds, has a team-high three double-doubles: Cleveland State (19 points, 13 rebounds), TCU (14 points, 14 rebounds) and No. 22 Xavier (20 points, 14 rebounds).

• Vladislav Goldin has had two double-digit scoring games in his last three games. He scored his first goal at Michigan with 12 points against Tarleton State before scoring a season-best 18 in a win over No. 22 Xavier. In summary, Goldin scored 38 of his 64 total points during this three-game span.

• Speaking of the Xavier game, Goldin went for it and made his first career three-pointer. He had not attempted a three-point field goal in 123 games before scoring his first goal against the Musketeers.

• Tre Donaldson leads Michigan with 28 assists (4.0 apg) and Gayle has 21 (3.0 apg). Wolf is right behind the duo with 20 assists (2.9 apg).