Michigan basketball shot the lights out at Crisler Center in its 2025-26 debut − literally.

Trey McKenney hit a scooping and-one layup midway through the second half as the lights momentarily went out and came back on just as the ball fell through the hoop. On the other side of the break, he hit the free throw to put Michigan at the century mark as one of many Wolverines who had a dazzling debut .

From start to finish, U-M blitzed Oakland, setting a program record for points in a first half with 69 and dominated in a resounding 121-78 season-opening victory on Nov. 3.

Michigan made its first seven shots, all dunks or layups, and shot 64.3% as a team, including 54.3.% on 3-pointers (19-of-35). Morez Johnson Jr. was unstoppable, scoring a career-high 24 points while Aday Mara added a

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