MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – Regular season Big Ten champion Michigan defeated Wofford 57-40 Thursday.
Nik Stauskas had 15 points to lead the Wolverines past the Terriers in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Milwaukee.
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Glenn Robinson III added 14 points and seven rebounds for No. 2 seed Michigan (26-8), which will play No. 7 Texas or No. 10 Arizona State in the third round of the Midwest Region. Jordan Morgan added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolverines, who outrebounded Wofford 31-26.
Karl Cochran had 17 points and five rebounds for No. 15 seed Wofford (20-13), which fell to 0-3 at the tournament. Justin Gordon went 4-of-5 for eight points off the bench for the Terriers, who went 1-of-19 from the 3-point line.
Robinson had nine of Michigan's final 13 points - including a layup, 3-pointer and jumper on consecutive possessions - as the Wolverines built a 34-20 halftime lead. Cochran had nine points - including Wofford's first 3-pointer after 14 misses - during a 13-2 run that got the Terriers back within 40-33 with 9 1/2 minutes left.
Morgan's three-point play stopped Wofford's run and Michigan pushed the lead back to 15 with Robinson's tip-in and Caris LeVert's 3-pointer with just over four minutes left. Derrick Walton Jr. and Stauskas added late 3-pointers as the Wolverines - who hit 7-of-17 3s - closed out the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wofford missed 12-of-14 shots during a Michigan 20-4 run early in the game and shot 32.1 percent in the first half. ... Stauskas became the 48th Michigan player - and eighth sophomore - to reach the 1,000-point mark. ... Michigan coach John Beilein recorded his 699th career win.