Danielle Rauch found her shot just before the buzzer rang before halftime.

Her launched three-pointer was buried and the Michigan women's basketball team extended its lead to 20 points after putting up 15 unanswered in the second quarter Saturday in Mount Pleasant.

Rauch played a team-high 33 minutes and would be one-of-three Wolverines to notch double-digit points with 13 on 5-of-9 shooting and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. Emily Kiser converted six field goals for 16 points while Laila Phelia went 4-of-11 for 12 points.

Michigan's defense was lockdown in the 69-45 victory over Central Michigan, holding the Chippewas to just five free throw attempts and 3-of-23 from the three-point line. Only two players tallied more than eight points.

The Wolverines went with a 11-player rotation that was without injured Amy Dilk and Leigha Brown. All-American forward Naz Hillmon did not play in the year's first road game, leaving others like Cameron Williams and Elise Stuck hefty time on the floor.

Trailing 19-11 after the first quarter, CMU got to within four points but back-to-back triples from Kiser and Rauch uprooted the Michigan run. The No. 13 ranked team in the country extends their winning streak to four games to open up the season.

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