{"id":476644,"date":"2026-10-25T23:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T23:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:50:20","slug":"michigan-falls-to-no-10-houston-in-exhibition-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476644\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Falls to No. 10 Houston in Exhibition Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00bb Roddy Gayle Jr.<\/a> led Michigan with 14 points in his first game back after being cleared for a fifth year of eligibility, shooting 5-for-9 from the field and knocking down two three-pointers.

\n\u00bb Moustapha Thiam<\/a> finished with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds, going a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line.

\n\u00bb Michigan erased a 10-point first-half deficit with a 15-1 run, capped by an Oscar Goodman<\/a> three-pointer, to take a 29-25 lead with 5:03 remaining in the opening half.<\/p>\n

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan men’s basketball team fell to No. 10 Houston, 83-66, in its exhibition finale on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 25) as part of The Battleground 2k26 at Van Andel Arena.<\/p>\n

Roddy Gayle Jr.<\/a>, a member of Michigan’s 2026 national championship team, led the Wolverines with 14 points in his first appearance after being cleared to return for a fifth season. Moustapha Thiam<\/a> added 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while Elliot Cadeau<\/a> finished with nine points and three assists. Trey McKenney<\/a> and Oscar Goodman<\/a> each chipped in eight points.<\/p>\n

Michigan got on the board first with a Thiam layup before McKenney connected on a three-pointer to give U-M an early 5-3 lead. Houston took a 24-14 lead midway through the first half, but the Wolverines responded with a 15-1 run to take the lead.<\/p>\n

A Gayle layup and two Thiam free throws helped spark the comeback before Cadeau added a layup to bring Michigan within four, 24-20, with 8:14 remaining. U-M continued to find success at the free-throw line, with Cadeau, Thiam and McKenney combining for six points before Goodman knocked down a three-pointer to cap the 15-1 run and give Michigan a 29-25 lead with 5:03 left.<\/p>\n

Houston answered with 13 straight points to regain control and take a 38-29 lead. Gayle ended the run with a jumper in the closing seconds, sending Michigan into the break trailing 38-31.<\/p>\n

Michigan came out strong to begin the second half, with Gayle connecting on a three-pointer before adding two free throws to cut the deficit to four. A dunk from J.P. Estrella<\/a> pulled U-M within two, 40-38, with 15:47 remaining. Estrella added another dunk off an assist from Cadeau less than two minutes later, but Houston answered and eventually extended its lead to 60-44 with 11 minutes to play.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines continued to battle, with Thiam adding four points at the free-throw line before Gayle knocked down his second three-pointer of the afternoon. Quinn Costello<\/a> then connected on two three-pointers, both off assists from Kenny Noland<\/a>, to cut the deficit to nine, 68-59, with 5:57 remaining.<\/p>\n

Houston pushed its lead back to double digits, and Michigan could not close the gap down the stretch as the Cougars secured the 17-point win.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines finished the afternoon shooting 34 percent (17-for-50) from the field and 27.3 percent (9-for-33) from three-point range. Michigan converted 23 of its 29 free-throw attempts (79.3 percent), but was outrebounded 42-30 and outscored 26-14 in the paint. U-M received 16 points from its bench compared to 11 for Houston.<\/p>\n

Michigan concludes its three-game exhibition slate with a 2-1 record and will open the 2026-27 regular season on Monday (Nov. 2), hosting Oakland at Crisler Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m., and the game will be televised on Big Ten Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00bb Roddy Gayle Jr. led Michigan with 14 points in his first game back after being cleared for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-476644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}