Saint Louis Billikens at Michigan Wolverines

· NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Midwest Region - 2nd Round

Saint Louis Billikens

29-5, 7-3 Away

Michigan Wolverines

32-3, 14-1 Home

Michigan Wolverines and Saint Louis Billikens meet in NCAA Tournament second round

Game Preview

Saint Louis Billikens (29-5, 16-4 A-10) vs. Michigan Wolverines (32-3, 21-2 Big Ten)

Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 12:10 p.m. EDT

Wolverines -12.5; over/under is 161.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 Michigan and Saint Louis play in the NCAA Tournament second round.

The Wolverines have gone 21-2 against Big Ten opponents, with an 11-1 record in non-conference play. Michigan leads the Big Ten with 27.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Aday Mara averaging 5.0.

The Billikens' record in A-10 action is 16-4. Saint Louis is 23-2 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Michigan scores 87.2 points, 17.5 more per game than the 69.7 Saint Louis gives up. Saint Louis has shot at a 51.2% clip from the field this season, 12.7 percentage points higher than the 38.5% shooting opponents of Michigan have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yaxel Lendeborg is averaging 14.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Wolverines. Mara is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games.

Robbie Avila is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds for the Billikens. Dion Brown is averaging 12.2 points and 4.8 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wolverines: 8-2, averaging 78.8 points, 32.6 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 4.4 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.5 points per game.

Billikens: 6-4, averaging 79.8 points, 32.6 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 6.6 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.7 points.

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Michigan: 83.1%

Saint Louis: 16.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

SLU		MICH
W1	Streak	W1
69.7	Points Against	69.5
87.7	Points Per Game	87.2
51	Field Goal %	51
40	Three Point %	36
40.1	Rebounds Per Game	39.8
18.6	Assists Per Game	18.7
3.6	Blocks Per Game	5.9
7.2	Steals Per Game	5.7
0.2	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.3
12.6	Total Turnovers Per Game	12.2

Game Information

Venue: KeyBank Center

Location: Buffalo, NY
Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic 10 Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Saint Louis	15-3	-	29-5
VCU	15-3	-	28-7
Saint Joseph's	13-5	2	23-11
Dayton	12-6	3	24-11
George Mason	11-7	4	23-10
Davidson	10-8	5	20-14
Duquesne	9-9	6	18-15
George Washington	8-10	7	19-15
Fordham	8-10	7	17-15
Rhode Island	7-11	8	16-16
Richmond	5-13	10	15-17
La Salle	5-13	10	9-23
St. Bonaventure	4-14	11	17-17
Loyola Chicago	4-14	11	9-24

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Michigan	19-1	-	32-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	27-6
Michigan State	15-5	4	26-7
Illinois	15-5	4	25-8
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	27-8
UCLA	13-7	6	23-11
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	21-12
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-17
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-19
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20