Jett Howard scored 19 points, making 4 of 7 3-pointers, and Michigan basketball tuned up for a key non-conference stretch by defeating Jackson State, 78-68, on Wednesday night at Crisler Center.
Terrance Williams scored 11 points and Kobe Bufkin added 10 points for the Wolverines. Hunter Dickinson, Michigan’s leading scorer at 20.4 points per game coming in, had nine points and 12 rebounds.
U-M hosts No. 4 Virginia on Tuesday then heads to London for a game against Kentucky on Dec. 4 before opening Big Ten play.
Winless Jackson State was within 12 points, at 51-39, after Coltie Young hit a 3-pointer with 12:43 to go.