Before embarking on the 10-day trip to Spain, Michigan interim head coach Saddi Washington made it clear the Wolverines had a lot of work to do.
Thursday’s exhibition game against Serbian pro team KK Mega Bemax reaffirmed that.
Hamstrung by a sputtering offense, Michigan trailed by as many as 18 points before staging a second-half comeback that came up short in an 81-73 loss at Pavello Esportiu Municipal in Sant Julia de Vilatorta.
After falling behind 56-45 with 8:24 to play, Michigan began rallying and chopped Mega Bemax’s lead down to 57-55 at the 5:32 mark following back-to-back layups by freshman forward Ignas Brazdeikis.