Wolverines spank Griz for the second year in a row

A year ago, it was frosty second-half shooting against Michigan that did in the Montana Grizzlies in the first round of the NCAA tournament. One year later, it was the first half.

In a rematch with the No. 2 seeded Wolverines in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA tournament Thursday night in Des Moines, Iowa, 15th-seeded Montana made just one of its first nine shots and shot just 22 percent in the opening 20 minutes in a 74-55 loss inside the Wells Fargo Arena.

It was the second-straight year that the Griz saw an exciting season come to an end at the hands of the Wolverines.

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