Aday Mara scored 20 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead No. 4 Michigan to an 82-72 victory over host Washington in Big Ten action Wednesday night at Seattle.

Morez Johnson Jr. recorded 16 points and a career-best 16 rebounds as the Wolverines (15-1, 5-1) bounced back from their first setback of the season, 91-88 to visiting Wisconsin on Saturday.

Yaxel Lendeborg added 14 points and seven rebounds for Michigan in the opener of a two-game West Coast trip that includes a visit to Oregon.

JJ Mandaquit scored 15 points, Quimari Peterson added 13 and Zoom Diallo had 12 for the Huskies (10-7, 2-4).

Hannes Steinbach had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Jacob Ognacevic had 10 points for Washington, which lost for the third time in the past four games.

Michigan connected on 46.4% of its shots, but was just 5 of 23 from 3-point range. Mara also blocked three shots.

The Huskies made 37.5% of their attempts and were 9 of 33 from behind the arc.

Washington trailed 59-53 after a 3-pointer by Ognacevic with 12:24 left in the contest.

The Huskies again were within six four-plus minutes later on two free throws by Diallo.

Washington was within 69-63 with 6:57 left before Roddy Gayle Jr. scored five straight points and Lendeborg drove for a layup to give Michigan a 13-point lead with 4:23 remaining.

A short time later, Mara’s dunk and Johnson’s layup pushed the Wolverines’ lead to 80-65 with three minutes left en route to closing out the Huskies.

Johnson collected 11 first-half rebounds and tied Mara for a team-high eight first-half points as the Wolverines led 39-30 at the break. Peterson scored nine points in the half for Washington.

Michigan rattled off 12 consecutive points to take a quick 12-3 lead. Mara ended the run with consecutive baskets.

Will Tschetter later scored five straight points to give the Wolverines a 22-11 advantage.

Michigan led by 12 before the Huskies scored 10 of the next 15 points. Peterson drained a 3-pointer to bring Washington within 33-26 with 2:27 left in the half.

–Field Level Media