The Wolverines closed out their preseason slate in nail-biting fashion on basketball’s grand stage.

Michigan overcame a bunch of turnovers and pulled out a 96-94 overtime win over St. John’s on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The exhibition pitted two teams ranked in the top 10 entering the 2025-26 college basketball season. St. John’s, picked to repeat as Big East champs, is No. 5 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll and Michigan, picked to finish second in the Big Ten, is No. 7.

What unfolded was a tight battle and a one-possession game much of the way until overtime, where there were a pair of runs and a wild finish.

The Wolverines scored the first eight points in the extra session. Morez Johnson Jr. scored five of those points, the last coming when he turned a block

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