Top 25 roundup: No. 2 Michigan rallies from 16-point deficit to beat Northwestern

L.J. Cason scored 18 points and Yaxel Lendeborg notched a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 2 Michigan rally for an 87-75 victory against host Northwestern on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.

Michigan faced its largest halftime deficit, nine points, and trailed by a season-high 16 when the Wildcats' Angelo Ciaravino hit a jumper in the paint to cap an 8-2 run with 14:22 left.

The Wolverines (23-1, 13-1 Big Ten) regrouped behind torrid shooting. Trey McKenney drilled...