SAN ANTONIO — Michigan basketball's struggles with layups and free throws proved too costly in the Sweet 16.
Jermaine Samuels scored 18 points as No. 2 seed Villanova beat No. 11 seed Michigan, 63-55, in the South regional semifinal on Thursday at AT&T Center.
Hunter Dickinson had 15 points and 15 rebounds for U-M (19-15) and Eli Brooks, in his final game at Michigan, had 12 points and five rebounds.
Michigan trailed the entire second half and cut the lead to 54-50 with 3:19 to go. But Samuels' layup, followed by a Dickinson missed layup and a Collin Gillespie 3 stretched the lead to nine with 1:53 remaining.