PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Survive and advance, even in February.
Staring at a potentially crushing blow, Michigan found its reserve tank.
Losing on the road to Rutgers – two-win Big Ten Rutgers, never-beaten the Wolverines Rutgers – U-M talked in a time-out with 6:38 remaining, down by four.
The adrenaline shot worked as the Wolverines ripped off a 10-0 run to take the lead.
That was enough as Michigan held on by its fingernails with a 68-64 win tonight over the Scarlet Knights at the Rutgers Athletic Center.
This was a game Michigan needed for its resume, not because Rutgers was good, but actually because the Scarlet Knights are so bad.