Box Score
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Senior guard
Christa Wodarczyk scored a team-high 10 points and grabbed five rebounds Friday night in a losing effort as the University of Michigan rolled to a 106-35 win over visiting Slippery Rock University in a women's basketball exhibition game at Crisler Arena.
The NCAA Division II Rock hung with their Division I foes in the early going but proved to be no match for the Wolverines, who received votes in the Associated Press preseason national poll.
Michigan, which compiled a 20-12 overall record and earned an NCAA tournament berth last winter, scored the first eight points Friday night before redshirt sophomore forward
D'Asia Chambers hit a jump shot with 17:06 left in the first half for SRU's first points.
The Rock trailed by only eight points, 18-10, with 11:48 left in the half after senior guard
Erinne Cunningham buried a 3-point shot.
Michigan then took firm control of the action as the hosts went on a 38-9 run to close out the first half of action and take a 56-19 advantage into the intermission.
The hosts made 65% (24-37) of their field-goal attempts in the opening 20 minutes of action, including four of seven (57%) from 3-point range, but sank only half four of eight free throws.
The Rock, meanwhile, shot 35% (8-23) from the field with a 3-for-12 (25%) showing from beyond the arc and did not attempt a free throw in the first half.
SRU, which was only outrebounded by an 18-13 margin in the opening stanza, also hurt its chances by committing 16 turnovers in the first half compared to only two miscues by Michigan.
Michigan outscored SRU by a 38-2 margin “in the paint” in the opening half and by a 15-4 margin “off the bench.”
Wodarczyk led The Rock's first-half scoring effort with six points, Cunningham added five points and Chambers four.
Cunningham finished the game with seven points and Chambers ended the night with six points and a team-high rebounds.
SRU ended the game with a 29% (16-55) efficiency on its field-goal attempts with an 11.5% (3-26) reading from 3-point range and an 0-for-2 showing at the foul line. The Rock committed 25 turnovers.
Michigan, which was led by scoring by sophomore guard Nicole Elmblad's game-high 20 points, made 615 (43-71) of its field goal tries, 57% (8-14) from 3-point range, and 12 of 17 (71%) free throws. The Wolverines had a 42-30 rebounding advantage behind the lead of 6-foot-4 senior Kate Thompson (10 rebounds) and only turned the ball over five times.
The Rock will play their second and final preseason exhibition game Saturday at Division I Bowling Green State University. Tipoff is set for noon.
SRU officially tips off its 2012-13 season Nov. 10 with a 6 p.m. home game against Urbana University in Morrow Field House.
