Yaxel Lendeborg scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead No. 7 Michigan to an 86-61 win over Middle Tennessee on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Lendeborg shot 9 of 12 from the field and made all five of his free-throw attempts.

Aday Mara had 10 points and 10 rebounds while Elliot Cadeau also had 10 points for Michigan (4-0), which went 26 of 42 on 2-point shots. That helped the Wolverines overcome a 5-of-25 performance from 3-point range and 13 turnovers.

Michigan went 19 of 26 (73.1%) from the free-throw line and held a 48-40 rebounding advantage.

Jahvin Carter came off the bench to score 18 points and Kamari Lands scored 11 points in defeat for Middle Tennessee, which shot 30.4% from the field overall (21 of 69) and 27% from 3-point range (10 of 37).

The Blue Raiders (3-1) turned the ball over 15 times and had just eight assists.

Leading 36-30 at halftime, Michigan separated in the first six minutes of the second half.

Michigan scored the first six points of the half to grab a 42-30 lead, and then went on a 10-3 run to take a 57-38 lead with 13:59 remaining in the game after a 3-point play by Lendeborg.

The Wolverines kept growing the lead, going up by 27 points at 69-42 with 9:55 left after a basket hook shot in the post by Mara.

Middle Tennessee couldn’t bring its deficit back to less than 20 points the rest of the game in losing for the first time this season.

Michigan had a good surge in the first half, going on a 12-0 run over a span of 5:06 to take a 20-9 lead with 10:34 remaining until halftime.

The Blue Raiders answered, going on a 15-5 run to cut Michigan’s lead to 25-24 with 3:56 to go in the first half.

Michigan held a six-point lead at halftime despite shooting 3 of 14 from 3-point range in the first half.

–Field Level Media