Wolverines 3-0 after easy win over Ball State

ANN ARBOR » Isaiah Livers scored 21 points on 8- of-11 shooting, Hunter Dickinson had his first career double-double, and Michigan beat Ball State 84- 65 on Wednesday night.

Dickinson, a freshman, finished with 12 points and a season-high 11 rebounds.

Franz Wagner added 14 points and Mike Smith scored 10 for Michigan (3- 0).

Chaundee Brown chipped in nine points for the Wolverines.

After Ball State’s Ishmael ElAmin made a layup to open the scoring, Wagner scored seven points — including the first four — in an 11- 0 run that gave the Wolverines the lead for good. Dickinson made a layup to make it 34-14 with 5:39 left in the first half, but the Cardinals scored 19 of the last 25 first-half points.

El-Amin hit a jumper early just 14 seconds after halftime to trim Ball State’s deficit to 40-35, but Michigan scored the next six points and the Cardinals got no closer.

K. J. Walton led Ball State (0-2) with 20 points. Luke Bumbalough added 13 points, including three 3-pointers, and El-Amin scored 10. Walton and Bumbalough combined on 13-of-24 (54%) while the rest of the Cardinals shot just 29.7% (11 of 37) from the field.

The Wolverines shot 56% (33 of 59) from the field and outrebounded the Cardinals 41-26.

The Wolverines are off until Sunday when they host Central Florida.