The Michigan women’s basketball team has been all about being program ground-breakers this season and has now crossed another goal off the list.
But it wasn’t easy.
Michigan, the No. 3 seed, went down to the wire with No. 10 South Dakota, but advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite 8 with a 52-49 win Saturday night at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
This is the first Elite 8 for Michigan, which made the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance last season.
"I'm just so happy for this group for them sticking together," Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said.