Michigan Basketball: 3 things we learned from loss to Penn State

Teske doesn’t deliver

Like Simpson, Teske wasn’t horrible against Penn State. The big man scored nine points, grabbed 11 rebounds, blocked a couple of shots and played alright.

But in a must-win game, you’d expect Teske and Simpson to carry the day and they shot a combined 12-of-33. Of course, having Teske and Simpson be your top scorers is a flawed strategy, is what Michigan has at this point, as Franz Wagner shot 1-of-9 and Brooks was 4-of-12.

As a team, the Wolverines shot an atrocious 5-of-28 from 3-point range against the second-worst defense in conference play. The only defense that gives up more points in Big Ten play than Penn State is Michigan.

But still, the offense couldn’t score and really right out of the gate, the Nittany Lions took control and that was a little shocking. And against a team, he had a huge size advantage against, it was disappointing to see Teske go just 4-of-10. He also didn’t make a single shot from beyond the arc and his play, on both ends, just needs to be better.