PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team squared off with Stanford on Thursday night (Nov. 23), going toe-to-toe with the Cardinal before a 22-2 second-half run helped push the Wolverines to an 83-78 victory in a back-and-forth consolation game in the Battle 4 Atlantis at Imperial Arena.

Leaders and Best

U-M (4-2) was led by Dug McDaniel, who scored 20 points, shot 7-for-12 from the field, and added eight assists. Terrance Williams II dropped 17 points. He shot 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and grabbed four rebounds. Olivier Nkamhoua added 16 points and shot 7-for-12 from the field.

The Turning Point

Michigan went on a 7-0 run to break a 72-72 tie and held the Cardinal scoreless for nearly five minutes before closing out the game.

Second Half

After being down seven early in the half, the Wolverines went on a 22-2 run to take the lead over Stanford, 67-54, heading into the 11:49 media timeout.Nkamhoua scored eight points during the run and Michigan made seven of its last nine field goals (77.7 percent) up to that point.

After U-M took a double-digit lead, the Wolverines went on a three-minute scoring drought and did not make a field goal for eight minutes. However, the Cardinal went on a scoring spurt of their own -- making six of eight field goals to tie the game, 72-72.

Nkamhoua broke the tie with a jumper as U-M held Stanford scoreless until the final seconds. Michigan went on an 11-6 run to close out the game.

First Half

Stanford went on a 12-2 run in the first six minutes of the half. Thanks to shots from McDaniel and a three from Will Tschetter, the Wolverines went on a 9-0 run, trimming the deficit to three points, 28-25, with 7:33 left in the first half.

Michigan took its first lead of the game, 30-28, off a steal and breakaway dunk from Tarris Reed Jr. with six minutes left in the half.

Williams and Tschetter each hit a three-pointer as Michigan made six of its last seven field goals to close out the half leading, 45-44.

What's Next

Michigan will take on Texas Tech in the fifth-place Battle 4 Atlantis game on Friday (Nov. 24) at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU

Notes

McDaniel has scored in double figures in every game this season.

Nkamhoua has had 15-plus points in all but one game this season.

Williams has made at least two, three-point shots in five out of the six games.

U-M scored 22 points off opponent turnovers.

Michigan's overall Battle 4 Atlantis record moves to 6-2.

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