ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Binghamton men's basketball (4-10) outshot and outrebounded No. 2 Michigan (13-0) for more than 30 minutes before the Wolverines pulled away late for a 74-52 win Sunday afternoon at a sold out Crisler Center.

"We played really hard and I thought we kept them off balance and did everything we could to hang in there and give ourselves a chance to win," head coach Tommy Dempsey said. "As fatigue set in late in the game the bigger and stronger team enforced their will and we didn't have a lot of answers in the last six or seven minutes. That's a team that can win the national championship. They have the size and the defensive DNA and they are undefeated for a reason. I was proud of our team."

The Bearcats played within single digits of the reigning NCAA runnerup Wolverines until the final eight minutes when UM used a 17-3 run to finally gain separation.

Freshman guard Sam Sessoms brought BU to within three, 46-43 with a driving layup with 11:49 left. But Michigan broke through the 2-3 zone for its decisive run.

Six-foot-four senior forward Chancellor Barnard, giving up nine inches in the post, guiled his way to 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Classmate Caleb Stewart added 13 points and a pair of blocks.   

Senior guard Everson Davis added eight points and six rebounds.

The Bearcats outshot Michigan in the opening 20 minutes and only trailed by five, 34-29 at the break. Stewart had 10 points and Barnard added nine points, including his first three-pointer of the season.

Binnghamton next hosts Columbia on Wednesday at the Events Center.

NOTES
The Wolverines were the highest-ranked opponent Binghamton has faced in its 73-year history. In their 18-year Division I tenure, the Bearcats have played seven teams ranked in the AP top 5 … senior guard J.C. Show moved to within (25) points of the 1,000 mark. He has 975 career points, including the 236 he tallied in his freshman season at Bucknell.