ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The American University women's basketball team's historic season came to an end on Saturday as the 14th-seeded Eagles fell to three-seed Michigan in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, 74-39.

AU closes the book on 2021-22 with its third Patriot League title and an overall record of 23-9, including 13-5 in Patriot League play and a near-perfect 16-1 record at home.

The Wolverines will advance to Monday's second round game to face 11-seed Villanova.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Junior Lauren Stack paced AU with 10 points before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter.
• Senior Taylor Brown was next with eight points, five rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals.
• Sophomore Ivy Bales led the Eagles on the boards with seven.
• Naz Hillmon led the field with 24 points and 11 rebounds followd by 13 points from Emily Kiser.
• Leigha Brown added another 11 off the bench for the Wolverines along with six assists.
• The Eagles got the looks but couldn't quite find the sweet touch and clsoed shooting only 29.8 percent (17-57) from the floor to Michigan's 48.5 percent (32-66).
• U-M led across the board, picking up 25 points off American's 21 turnovers and adding 10 second chance points and 23 points off the bench. The Wolverines also controlled the paint, 48-26.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• American had a strong start to the day, leading by as many as four behind buckets from Fisher, Edwards, Stack, and Bales. 
• Michigan called a timeout midway through the stanza and came out of the huddle swinging, hitting a 7-0 run to close the quarter with an 11-8 advantage.
• The Eagles struggled to their rhythm again in the second, as Michigan hit a 28-5 run to take a 39-13 lead at the half.
• American nearly matched Michigan basket-for-basket in the third quarter, but couldn't find the stops defensively against Michigan's size in the paint as the Wolverine's took a 57-25 lead into the fourth quarter.
• It was a similar story in the final 10 minutes as American continued to keep pace offensively behind six points from Brown. But Michigan continued to control the pace and closed with the 74-39 victory.

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