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Turnovers in Michigan's first basketball game in Spain no cause for panic

MADRID -- For much of the first half of Monday's game, Michigan looked like a team that had flown across the Atlantic and taken in the sights in a new country for the past three days.

That is, of course, exactly what the Wolverines had done.

"We anticipated there would be a little bit of rust to knock off," interim head coach Saddi Washington said.

Michigan eased into the first of three exhibition games it will play in Spain this week. A sharper focus and greater energy in the second half led to an 82-72 win over the Madrid Generales, a collection of local professional players.