r q d hich ill be 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 •• r· r n 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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