Five takeaways from Michigan’s win over Southern Miss

Michigan heads to Maui with a 3-0 record and a whole lot of questions. Though the Wolverines have won each of their three games, they’ve cut it close in all three as well. Here are five takeaways from Thursday’s win over Southern Mississippi.

Jon Teske can be a real contributor

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman’s reaction put it better than anything else. After the game, in the interview room, Abdur-Rahkman came out with Teske to talk to the media and about 75 percent of the media walked over to Teske. Rahkman laughed, put his hands on his knees, then did the same thing again. There was nothing else he could do.

Teske — just days after what John Beilein called his best performance in college to date — put in a 10-point, 11-rebound performance. The sophomore was a defensive tour de force as well, forcing miss after miss from Southern Miss during a decisive 10-minute stretch in the second half.