The first ever Top 5 basketball battle between No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Ohio State more than lived up to the hype on Sunday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio. The game featured an incredible 17 lead changes and 11 ties, as the Wolverines and Buckeyes went to war. Michigan delivered the final blow with three seconds remaining when Eli Brooks hit a pair of free throws, and the Wolverines headed back to Ann Arbor with a well-earned 92-87 victory. The intensity was high in the early back-and-forth between the opposing ball clubs, as Ohio State grabbed a 19-14 lead through the first nine minutes of play. Michigan responded with back-to-back triples from Chaundee Brown to take a 20-19 edge with 9 minutes to play in the half. That was the story of the entire first half: Punch. Counter-punch. Punch. Counter-punch. A battle of two titans of college basketball, going toe-to-toe,…
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