Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Push Past Wolverines, 69-67
3/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 4, 2006
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Marco Killingsworth scored 19 points and Robert Vaden and Roderick Wilmont added 13 apiece Saturday to rally Indiana to a 69-67 Big Ten victory over Michigan.
The win assured the Hoosiers (17-10, 9-7) a first-round bye in the Big Ten tournament and was Indiana's 10th consecutive win over Michigan (18-9, 8-8). The Wolverines finished the regular season losing six of their last eight games.
Daniel Horton scored 34 points and Graham Brown added 10 for the Wolverines.
Michigan scored nine of the first 11 points of the second half to open up a 39-29 lead with 16:11 remaining. Indiana followed with a 14-3 run to go in front for the first time, 43-42, with 11:41 left.
The Hoosiers increased the margin to six points, but Dion Harris returned the lead to Michigan on his 3-pointer with 7:26 left.
The teams traded the lead twice before Earl Calloway split a pair of free throws to put Indiana up 65-64 with 30.9 seconds left. Wilmont sealed the win with four free throws in the final 2 seconds.
It was the final regular-season game for Indiana head coach Mike Davis, who earlier announced his resignation effective the end of the season.
