- Position
- F
- Number
- #13
- Pieces here
- 8
On the record
Called Shots →No Michigan player averages 2.0 or more blocked shots per game in the 2026-27 regular season, after Aday Mara averaged 2.6 in 2025-26.
Jalen Reed appears in Michigan's November 3, 2026 season opener against Oakland.
J.P. Estrella is charged with four or more personal fouls in Michigan's November 3, 2026 season opener against Oakland.
Written about him
Liburd started both exhibitions. Noland got the minutes in the close one
Michigan beat Oregon State 98-93 in an exhibition at Crisler Center on October 16, after beating Eastern Michigan 87-62 on October 11. The official box scores list the same five starters both times: Elliot Cadeau, Trey McKenney, Ricky Liburd, J.P. Estrella and Moustapha Thiam. Kenny Noland came off the bench in both games and played 14 and 25 minutes; Liburd played 11 and 15. Against Oregon State, McKenney fouled out, Cadeau finished with four fouls, and eight Michigan players took 185 of the 200 minutes. Joseph Hartman played 18 minutes on October 11 and 7 on October 16. Roddy Gayle Jr. has not played in either exhibition while Michigan waits on an amendment to his court order. The Tenth Circuit heard argument in Wisne v. NCAA on October 13 and did not say when it would rule. Michigan plays Houston in Grand Rapids on October 25 and opens against Oakland on November 2.
Michigan's fifth starter had never played a minute for Michigan
Michigan beat Eastern Michigan 87-62 in an exhibition at Crisler Center on October 11. The official box score lists Elliot Cadeau, Trey McKenney, Ricky Liburd, J.P. Estrella and Moustapha Thiam as starters. Liburd, a sophomore guard who did not appear in a game in 2025-26 and did not play on the August tour, had 2 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes. Roddy Gayle Jr. did not play; Mike Boynton Jr. said his injunction order did not address his participation in Summer League and that Michigan hopes for an amendment within days. Kenny Noland, whose Indiana order does carry that wording, played 14 minutes off the bench. Quinn Costello scored 16 in 24 minutes and Joseph Hartman 10 in 18. Michigan plays Oregon State in its second exhibition on October 16.
Michigan's One Tour Win Came On A Night Mega Superbet Missed Twenty-Six Threes
Michigan beat KK Mega Superbet 84-81 on August 27 in Igalo, Montenegro, to close its European tour 1-2. Both teams attempted exactly thirty-two three-pointers; Michigan made twelve and Mega made six. The three scoring columns reconcile to the margin exactly: Michigan won the three-point column by eighteen points, lost the two-point column by six (sixteen of twenty-six against nineteen of thirty-five) and lost the free-throw column by nine (sixteen of twenty-eight against twenty-five of thirty-three). Michigan shot 48.3 percent overall and held Mega to 37.3 percent, and outrebounded the club 41-35. Michigan also made twelve threes in the tour opener and lost that game by twelve, so the difference in Igalo was Mega's 18.8 percent from the arc rather than Michigan's 37.5. Trey McKenney scored a game-high 25 points on nine-of-sixteen shooting with seven rebounds; he and Elliot Cadeau scored 19 of Michigan's 22 fourth-quarter points, including a 13-0 run that turned a three-point deficit into a 77-67 lead. Cadeau had 15 points in just over seventeen minutes in foul trouble, going seven of nine from the line. J.P. Estrella scored 16 on seven-of-eleven shooting and fouled out in sixteen minutes. Michigan lost the first half 49-38 and won the second half 46-32. The Wolverines committed 21 turnovers, their third straight tour game in double figures, and blocked no shots. Brandon McCoy Jr. started and lasted one minute: about twenty seconds in he slipped driving in transition, his right leg rolling underneath him, and he was carried to the locker room without putting weight on it, per the Detroit News and 247Sports. He does not appear anywhere in Michigan's published account of the game, and the program has said only that he will continue to be evaluated. Michigan scored 245 points across the three games to its opponents' 259, and took 105 of its 199 field-goal attempts from behind the arc.
J.P. Estrella Played Thirty-Five Of Forty Minutes For A Michigan Team Down To Eight
Michigan lost the second game of its European tour 82-77 to Lithuania's National B Team on August 24 in Utena, a day after losing 96-84 to the Lithuania senior national team in Vilnius. Michigan's box score listed ten players and Michigan used eight, with Moustapha Thiam, Trey McKenney and Ricky Liburd all resting nagging injuries as a precaution and Lincoln Cosby and Jalen Reed still rehabbing. Four Wolverines played more than thirty-one minutes after none had reached thirty-one the previous night: J.P. Estrella 35:34, Quinn Costello 34:34, Oscar Goodman 32:04, Brandon McCoy Jr. 31:06. Michigan's reserves scored seven points on three-of-twelve shooting in 44:33, against forty bench points on Sunday, though Costello and Goodman had both come off the bench in Vilnius and started here. Michigan attempted forty-three three-pointers and thirty-three two-pointers, making eleven and seventeen. The Wolverines scored ten points in the third quarter and led 47-46 at halftime. Elliot Cadeau had nineteen points and eight assists in 22:09. Michigan closes the tour against Mega SUPERBET in Dubrovnik on August 27.
Michigan Lost Three Starters To Fouls And The Ball Twenty-Seven Times
Michigan opened its European tour with a 96-84 exhibition loss to the Lithuania senior national team at Arena Vilnius on August 23. The Wolverines led 56-44 at halftime and by fourteen early in the third quarter, then were outscored 52-28 after the break. Michigan committed 27 turnovers and 28 fouls. Trey McKenney, Elliot Cadeau and J.P. Estrella each committed a fifth personal foul, left the floor at it and did not return, all three inside the last eight minutes. Quinn Costello led Michigan with 17 points on five three-pointers off the bench in 27:45, second on the team in minutes. Joseph Hartman played 20:58 with five assists and finished the game at point guard. Michigan's bench played 105:10 to the starters' 94:50. Azuolas Tubelis, who played three seasons at Arizona, scored 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting for Lithuania. Michigan plays the Lithuania B Team on August 24 in Utena and Mega SUPERBET on August 27 in Dubrovnik.
Michigan Won A Title With Its Big Men And Flies To Lithuania Without Them
Michigan's championship frontcourt never missed a game: three men, 40 appearances each, 78.7 minutes a night between them. Its replacement is Moustapha Thiam, J.P. Estrella and Jalen Reed, and Reed has played 14 of LSU's last 64 games. The plane leaves in six days, the first exhibition is in eight, and the opener against Oakland is 80 days out.