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By HARRY • ANDERSO ,Jr.
n Citizen
F r the p t thre ns, th
wa n't much cheering for th W U
'Worn n B ketb 11 qu d. Th
Lady T rtars tumbled through thre
con ecutive 10 ing . e on. La t
. ea on the Lady Tarta m na ed
only 10-17 overall and 3-13 Ore t
Lak Intercollegiate Athletic Con
ference (GUAC) record which w
only good for an eighth pl ce fini h
out of eight teams. Confidence, team
moral and just plain d termination
w at n all-time low.
But new WSU Head Co ch Diane
Wisnew ki i determine to chan
things around thi sea on. Wi
new ld, who was the WSU i tant
coach for the pa t three eason
notice the chang already.
"J u t the coaching change h
brought about po itive ense of at
titude if not a different one," Wi -
new ki aid. "My approach i g ing
to be different by telling them that
were going to be disciplined, we're
going to execute and be explaining
things over and over again. The e
. things will make them feel better
about th mselves and about the game
of basketball."
"We have two new very good a -
sistant coache (Angela Jackson and
Patty Weidman) that are young and
enthusiastic and have a lot of
knowledge about the game of basket-
wor on.
like to the team
get the job done.
"We want to get out and run,"
Wi ne ki explained. "We have the
people woo can tart the fastbreak off
n inbound p or rebound. Deten
ively, we w nt to pressure the op
position nd force teal and
turnovers.
"W ALW Y HAD outside
shooter (Johnson, Filpus and
Wright), but want to strengthen our
inside game by getting the ball to
Delonda Little and Kri tin Wright."
"We're looking forward to the
season," he dded. "Our main goal
i to improve on our 10-17 (3-13
GUAC) record. Our next goal is to
fini h above 500 nd make the
GLlAC po t- eason tournament in
which we have to fini h no lower than
fourth ptace to clinch a pot." "I ex
pect everyone to pick us to finish
"We want to usc everyone on .the towards the bottom, but ere takinS
team because we want to give one step at a time."
everyone a chance to play. By using' .
more people you can motivate the
positive attitude ense we like to
promote. That means everyone will
Monique Johnson
Angie Davis
at the forward po iti
tigrew is a very intrense .... l1
player who's not afra
basket.
b 11. They were al 0 good players
th m elv ." Between the three ofus
we bring a lot of po itive feedback.
We alway had the talent on this
team, we now must build a mesh to
bring this talent together."
"Johnson (11.5 points per game),
95 assists, 59 steals a'nd 12 blocked
hots) is one of the better guards in
the league as long omebody stays
on her, Wisnew lei explained." She
capable of being a great player, but
the coaches need to tay on her. If
they do, she'll perform well."
'Little, last year' Team MVP
(10.8 ppg, 8.1 rebounds per game, 20
steal, 12 b'ocked shots) worked out
Over the summer by lifting weights
and has bulked up to more size.
She'll be a force on inside when
we want to get the ball inside. Davis
(.806 free throw percentage, 20
steals, 14 a sists). is a consistant
player with good rebounding skills
despite her 5'9' ize."
"Filpus i the best pure shooter on
the team. She' had half problem
withacouple of fingers, butshe' till
from the perimeter and can pull down
rebounds. She' coming off a foot
injury last eason."
"She'll definately step in, "Wis
newski aid. "She'll give us trong
back up at forward. Other pI yers
who'll probably contribute right
away will be Yolanda Gore (Fre h
man, Northern) and Shannon Morris.
TH KEY returning players for
the WSU Lady artars will be enior
point guard Monique Johnson (Os
born), junior forward Angie Davis
(Benton Harbor), junior gua�d Julie
Filpus, ophomore guard, Delonda
Li Hle.(O born), enior center Kristin
Wright, and junior forward
Walker (Denby).
OTHER PIA YERS Wisnewski
talked about were junior Shem
Walker from Denby and Shannon
Pettigrew, a junior college transfer
from Coahoma (Mi issippi) Junior
College. According to Wisnewski,
Walker, who's coming off a knee in
jury last season, should provide depth
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By Harry M. Ande� on, Jr.
SpfIC�1 to IIlch/�n Cltlz.n
and Art Johnson (11.7 ppg and 68
steal ) have finished their careers last
year. Hammye explained it will be
hard to find omeone to replace them.
aid. "They can provide us with quite
much depth."
"The crowds did come with us
and we played in front of more people
at home last year than we did my last
10 years here when I was assistant
coach." .
BUT MISSING FROM the Tar
tar lineup for the first half· of the
season will be the team's lel\ding
scorer Danny Lewis, a senior g rd
from Kalamazoo Central (17.2 pps..
.770 FT A, 74 steals, 14 blocked shots
and 85 assists) due to poor grades.
"Danny will be ineligible during
the first half of the season," Hammye
said. "We'll be hurt by his loss
during the first half, but I hope he can
have his grades together by January .
where the G LIAC part of our
schedule comes around. Here at
WSU school comes first and athletics
comes second. I hope he realizes at
WSU you're a student first."
Another plus for the Tartars last
season, and hopefully this one, is the
strong turnout in fan support the Tar
tars received. Hammye however
credits the people who work around
him for that part of the team's suc
cess.
"It's a credit to the people who
were in the program for four years,"
Hammye said. "This also includes
. our coaching. staff. It's going to be
hard to duplicate 23-8 record which
actually brought out the fans, but
we're trying to do so. The fans come
with winning and that comes with the.
people in your program. When you
have good in you program, good
people will follow you."
Since taking over as head coach of
the Wayne State Men's Basketball
squad, Ron Hammye has improved
the quality of the game on th Detroit
campus. He took over the reins in the
1988-89 season. Each year his
team's record improved; from 8-20 in
his first eason to 13-14 in 1990-91.
But no one expected his squad to
do what they accomplished last
season: posting a 23-8 overall
recored and winning the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletics Conference
Title (GLIAC), with a 12-4 con
ference mar while earning a spot in
the NCAA Division II National Tour
nament making it to the final 16. The
skipper is remaining optimistic about
this season.
"We are the defending cham
pions," Hammye said. "And when
you're. the defending champions
people are going to play harder
against you. The ball is in our court
and it's going to take a lot of talent to
accomplish repeating as champions.
I think we have talent but it's going
to take a lot of preparation and luck
to fall in place." .
The Tartars -graduated two key
starters last season who were impor
tant in elements in WSU's success on
the court. Otis Evans (East Catholic,
13.6 ppg, 20 blocks, 19 steals 7.0 rpg)
"I DON'T THINK you can
replace two young men with that type
of caliber," Hammye said. "I don't
mean points and rebounds. They
provided leadership and plenty of
desire to win. I'm not sure we can
replace them but, we do hope we can
find some young man on our squad
who can step in and become leaders
like An and Otis."
Leading the way on this years
quad is Derek Hardy a 6'3" guard
and forward from Redford. Hardy
averaged 14.8 points with a free
throw percentage .721. He also had
31 steals, seven blocked shots and 47
assists. Other key returning players
are Andy Ayrault, a 6'7" senior cen
ter (9.3 ppg and .694 FT A) and Scott
Arms trong, a 6'3" forward and guard.
"Both Derek and Andy have been
playing well," Hammye said. "We
look for both of them to step in and
. provide role's of leadership."
Adding to the list of newcomers
on this year's Tartar hoop squad are
transfer students 6'6" William Paige,
6'6" Mark. Heron and 6'9" Brian
Kyzelski. Hammye feels they can
step in and give Hardy and Ayrault a
lot of help on the court.
"These three can come in and play
a big pan on this team," Hanunye
TilE GLIAC PROVIDES the '
Tatylrs with very stiff competition,
probably among the best in the
NCAA Division II. Hanunye ex
plained that although they're among
the favorites, anyone of the other
eight teams can win the title.
"There's a surprise som where in
the pack," he explained. "Grand Val
ley and Ferri State arc always in the
hunt. Northern Michigan has some
returning players from the last season
including some who were injured last
season. Oakland University has
transfers coming in and Hillsdale and
Michigan Tech will have good teams
and don't count out Saginaw Valley."
"We were picked to finish eighth
last year and we wolf the GLIAC with
a 12-4 record. That, the first time in
the league's history orne team won
the conference by losing four games.
you normally win the GLIAC losing
three games or less, that show you the
type of parity we have in our league ..
This season is going to be a toss up."
"The biggest improvement on our
squad which will help us win the
GLIAC will be our size. With guys
that are 6'6", 6'8" and 6'9" we have
the size compete with other op
ponents on the inside. The all can
Derek Hardy
"
play defense and help us with our
inside game. But we need leadership
and to have someone to step forward
and assume that role."
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WSU Women's 92-93 Tentative Schedule
WSU Men's 92-93 Tentative Schedule
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7:30 p.m.
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Nov.mbtr 21
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7:00 p.m.
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