ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan basketball looked like it had this one in the bag in the first half. A late rally from UCLA made it a one-possession game heading into the break, forcing the Wolverines to recalibrate for the final half.

They did. The second-ranked Wolverines kicked it into overdrive in the final 20 minutes, outscoring a surging Bruins team by 28, winning 86-56 on Saturday at Crisler Center.

The victory makes it 10 in a row for Michigan (24-1, 14-1 Big Ten), who will have a case to the No. 1-ranked team in the country next week.

Michigan hit eight straight shots during that second-half flurry, a stretch that saw four different players contribute. Forward Yaxel Lendeborg, the transfer from UAB, posted a game-high 17 points and eight rebounds. Morez Johnson Jr. added 15 points on 6 of 6 shooting.

Backup guard L.J. Cason, coming off a career performance against Northwestern, scored 13 and added two assists.

Dusty May’s team opened the game on Saturday poised and ready to play, jumping out to an early 22-12 lead. UCLA was fresh having not played a basketball game in a week, yet started just 4 of 13 from the floor. Offensive rebounds and second-chance points kept the Bruins in the game, until they found their rhythm and closed the first half on a 10-1 run.

Suddenly, an 11-point lead for Michigan with 2:39 to play quickly turned to just two.

Michigan ramped up the defensive pressure in the second half, forcing UCLA’s Xavier Booker to throw up a shot-clock violation air ball to open the half. Nimari Burnett would quickly knock down a wing 3 and the Wolverines were off to the races, netting easy basket after easy basket en route to a 28-9 start. An Elliot Cadeau layup here, a Lendeborg steal and transition layup there.

By the time UCLA coach Mick Cronin used his first timeout of the half, with 12:27 to play, a pair of Lendeborg 3-pointers had lengthened Michigans lead to 14. And it only got worse from there, with Michigan winning the half 46-18.

The Wolverines shot 62 percent for the game, despite finishing just 7 of 19 from deep. UCLA, winners of seven of its last nine, was held under 38 percent after shooting at a 48-percent clip in the first half.

Trent Perry led the Bruins (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten) with 14 points.

Up next: Michigan hits the road Tuesday to play at No. 13 Purdue (6:30 p.m., Peacock), the first of two back-to-back games against ranked opponents away from Crisler Center. The 20-4 Boilermakers play at Iowa later today.