EVANSTON, Ill. -- Jordan Poole and Michigan finally faced some adversity Tuesday night.
Pushed right to the very end, they delivered.
Poole made two big plays in the last 2 1/2 minutes and Ignas Brazdeikis scored 13 of his 23 points in the second half to help the fifth-ranked Wolverines hold off Northwestern for a 62-60 victory.
"I feel like a game like this brings us even more together, more chemistry, more everything," Brazdeikis said. "So this was really important for us."
Michigan opened with eight straight wins by at least 17 points, including blowouts against Villanova, North Carolina and Purdue.