Michigan basketball rides massive run past Marquette in bounce-back win

James Hawkins, The Detroit News on Nov 11, 2026

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One game after the Michigan Wolverines were handed their first loss by a Big East team, they bounced back by beating a different Big East opponent.

No. 21 Michigan used an overwhelming run that spanned the first and second halves to top Marquette for an 84-70 win at Crisler Center on Wednesday.

J.P. Estrella had 18 points and eight rebounds and Elliot Cadeau had 17 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for Michigan (2-1), which got back on track after falling to UConn last week in Boston.

After using a 20-5 run to turn a seven-point deficit into an eight-point halftime lead, Michigan picked up where it left off out of the break. Estrella canned an open corner 3, his first of the season, before he batted out a pass into the post for another deep ball by Trey McKenney.

Cadeau joined the 3-point barrage with another long-range shot in transition. So did Quinn Costello, whose two 3s helped cap a 43-14 run spanning both halves and gave Michigan a commanding 58-36 cushion with 10:41 left in the second half.

Marquette, after missing 15 of its first 18 shots in the second half, got back in the game and cut it to single digits with a 15-2 spurt. The Wolverines missed three free throws, including the front end of a one-and-one and a foul on a rebound that put Marquette in the bonus, and took some poor shots as their lead dwindled to 60-51 with 7:14 to go.

Moustapha Thiam and Estrella stemmed the tide with back-to-back buckets inside. Cadeau canned a wide-open 3-pointer. The Wolverines widened the margin to 69-53 with 5:18 remaining.

Marquette made another push and pulled within nine two more times in the final three minutes. But Michigan answered both times to keep the Golden Eagles at arm’s length before making three 3-pointers in the final 1:46 to pull away.

Costello scored 15 on five made 3-pointers, McKenney added 15 points and Thiam had nine points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for Michigan, which shot 50.8% from the field, made 11 3-pointers and scored 18 points off 12 Marquette turnovers.

Colin Porter scored 21 before fouling out late and Adrien Stevens added 16 for Marquette (2-1), which shot 35.2% from the field. Nigel James Jr., the Big East freshman of the year last season, was scoreless and missed all 11 shots he took.

The Wolverines got off to a rather slow start. They turned it over on their first three possessions — on a bad pass from Moustapha Thiam and two giveaways from Roddy Gayle Jr. — missed their first four shots and didn’t score until nearly three-and-a-half minutes into the game.

The Golden Eagles, though, didn’t fare much better. They missed six of their first seven shots and turned it over several times, with Gayle coming away with a steal and Cadeau drawing a charge.

The scoring eventually began to pick up. Cadeau capped a string of four straight made shots with a driving layup following a possession where he and Thiam each blocked a shot. Costello added a 3-pointer during a 5-for-6 shooting stretch to give Michigan an 11-7 lead with 12:31 left in the first half.

Marquette’s offense, after a 3 for 13 start to the game, came to life midway through the half. The Golden Eagles ripped off an 8-0 run in the span of 50 seconds to force a Michigan timeout. That came during a stretch where Marquette made four straight shots, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Porter, to grab a 22-15 lead at the 8:56 mark.

The Wolverines responded with a 20-5 flurry over the final 7:50 where they used a strong stretch from Estrella, took advantage of turnovers and held the Golden Eagles to two baskets. Estrella started the run with six straight points, including a dunk on a fast break following a Marquette turnover.

After McKenney capped a string of 13 unanswered points with a steal out on the perimeter and a finish in transition, Estrella scored five straight to put the finishing touches on the run. He threw down an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Cadeau. He scored on a short hook shot after another Marquette turnover. Michigan flipped the game and took a 35-27 lead into the break.

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