On March 3 against Northwestern , Dawkins posted a career-high 21 points in a 49-minute double overtime appearance . On March 7 , Michigan won its Big Ten Conference finale against Rutgers with a career-high scoring effort by Dawkins ( 31 ) . The 31 points was the most by a Michigan freshman since Trey Burke posted 32 against Minnesota on March 9 , 2012 in the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament . The 31-point effort included eight three-point field goals ( on 11 attempts ) , the second most ever by a Wolverine , the most by a Wolverine since Glen Rice posted 8 on March 23 , 1989 , vs. North Carolina in the 1989 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament and the most by a Big Ten player during the 2014 – 15 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season , earning Dawkins the final Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor for the 2014 – 15 Big Ten Conference men 's basketball season . At the time of the honor , Michigan head coach John Beilein noted that over the course of the season , he and his staff had worked with Dawkins to reconstruct the delivery of his jump shot : " He came in with an extremely high arch and a slow release ... He 's really done a great job of speeding up his delivery , lowering his arch ... " On March 12 , Dawkins continued his hot streak with a team-high 18 points against Illinois in the second round of the 2015 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament to help Michigan extend its streak of opening round wins in the tournament to 9 . His performance included 8 consecutive points during Michigan 's 23 &ndash; 4 run to end the first half and two memorable dunks . For conference play of the 2014 – 15 Big Ten Conference men 's basketball season , Dawkins led the league in both Effective field goal percentage and True shooting percentage , but that season did not show strengths in other aspects of the game such as assists , rebounding , defense and drawing fouls . By the following July , Dawkins put on pounds
2012 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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