PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Freshman Nick Stauskas scored 22 points in his first start and No. 3 Michigan survived a late run to beat Bradley 74-66 on Saturday in front of 11,019 fans at Carver Arena.
Stauskas started for Matt Vogrich and delivered early with eight first-half points to help the Wolverines (7-0) hold onto a narrow halftime lead, 34-30.
Walt Lemon Jr. led Bradley (5-2) on a late run to close to 70-65 with half a minute to play. But the Braves were forced to foul and the Wolverines held on to win.
Trey Burke added 16 in the Wolverines' first trip to Bradley since 1997. Glenn Robinson III scored 13 and Jordan Morgan scored 10 and pulled down 10 rebounds.
Lemon led Bradley five Bradley players in double-figures with 15 points. Tyshon Pickett added 11 for the Braves, who also got 10 points each from Will Egolf, Jalen Crawford and Jordan Prosser.
