INDIANAPOLIS -- In a huddle with 2:53 remaining at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday, Derrick Walton Jr. and his teammates didn't celebrate, as much as they nodded silently to each other. A couple of fist-bumps.

That's how you get the job done.



After a week of questions whether Michigan could bring all those made 3s and good mojo from Washington D.C. to the NCAA Tournament, the Wolverines responded with more mojo and more 3s.

The Wolverines made an NCAA Tournament program-record 16 made 3s, including a dizzying 11 of 15 in the second half, to post a hectic 92-91 victory over Oklahoma State to advance to the second round of the tournament.

Now seventh-seeded Michigan (25-11) will face No. 2 Louisville (24-8) in Sunday's second round in Indianapolis. The Cardinals, who beat Michigan in the 2013 national title game, took care of 15th-seeded Jacksonville State on Friday, 78-63.

Five different U-M players made 3s. Six of them came from Derrick Walton Jr., who delivered another chapter in his ongoing March storybook with a game-high 26 points and 11 assists.

Nineteen of Walton's points came in the second half.

His final field goal came on a penetration against Oklahoma State's Jawun Evans -- a checkmate floater with 54.9 seconds remaining. It was the appropriate ending in a brilliant one-on-one duel between the two.

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Zak Irvin scored 16 points apiece on a combined 7-of-12 3s. Duncan Robinson hit two 3s of his own.

D.J. Wilson scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds.

No. 10 seed Oklahoma State (20-13) finished with five players in double figures, led by 23 from Evans.

In a second-half firefight, the two teams arrived at the midway point of the half in a 64-64 tie.

Robinson broke it with a transition 3 on a kick by Walton. Walton followed on the ensuing possession with a dead-eyed 3-pointer from 30 feet out with the shot clock winding down. He turned and smiled to the bench as OSU coach Brad Underwood reeled and called a timeout.

Whatever Underwood tried to draw up, time and time again, was no answer for Michigan's perimeter shooting.

All told, in the final 15:31 of the game, Michigan made 11 of its final 13 3s.

Oklahoma State, to its credit, never backed off. Even with the barrage, U-M's lead never went over eight points. The Cowboys kept it close to the wire, as Michigan need Walton to hit a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left.

In a game pitting one team that had won 10 of its last 12 (Michigan) against one with 10 wins in its last 14 games (Oklahoma State), the two were nearly even for 40 minutes.

What was billed as an offensive chess match opened with a whimper. Both teams piled up empty possessions. Eventually, Oklahoma State made a move, twice building a seven-point lead.

Most of that came with Moritz Wagner watching from the bench with two fouls. He was whistled for his second foul with 16:49 left in the half, though, there was a bit of confusion. The first foul called on Wagner appeared to be on Abdur-Rahkman. Nonetheless, Wagner was relegated to the bench.

When things turned dicey and Oklahoma State was leading 25-18, Beilein went out of character and reinserted Wagner. Little was working for Michigan and something need to be done as the half crept under the eight-minute mark.

Wagner converted a layup on his first touch and was on the floor as the deficit dropped from seven to two in less than three minutes. As Wagner checked back out, Irvin hit a 3 to give Michigan a 28-27 lead, capping a 10-2 run.

U-M held that edge for the remainder of the half and led 41-40 at the break. There were, though, some issues. Oklahoma State scored 22 of its 40 points in the paint and nine came off of nine offensive rebounds. Additionally, Michigan shot only 41.9 percent from the field and went 5-for-14 on 3-pointers.

GAME NOTES

* Michigan, leading the country with only 9.4 turnovers per game, committed only four turnovers. The Wolverines scored 15 points off 10 OK State turnovers.

* Michigan was outrebounded 40-21 and outscored in the paint 50-20.

* D.J. Wilson was key in the first half, shaking off a lackadaisical start to post 10 first-half points and a key blocked shot.

* The Wolverines won despite getting only six points in 14 minutes from Wagner.