Film Session: Michigan
Livers sets the ball screen for Simpson:
Teske sinks off setting a true second screen for Simpson, but De’Ron Davis hedges regardless. Thompson has Livers covered on the left wing:
As De’Ron Davis stops the ball and starts to recover back to Teske, Thompson has rotated over to Teske on the help. Simpson looks in:
Thompson jumps off Teske, anticipating Simpson might rifle a pass to Livers — who’s shooting a scorching 45.9 percent from 3-point range on the season. Simpson feasts on that and instead zips the pass to Teske:
He catches in space:
And dunks it home with no resistance:
Thompson’s defense was good against Iowa. But here’s the second straight play this Film Session where Simpson bested him.
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Filed to: Michigan Wolverines, Zavier Simpson