TH r 311CMIGAN DAILYy YLI , Faces Illini, Boilermakers Next igers Seek First Big Ten in in Two Home Contests Michigan Five Loses Three Games Between Semesters By DAVE ANDREWS Michigan's basketball team will ace Illinois and Purdue this reekend with two objectives in nind. The first will be to snap a five rame conference losing streak ad capture its first Big Ten victory of the campaign, and the second will be to avenge an 83-63 oss handed them by Purdue at .afayette on Jan. 30. Coach Bill Perigo's cagers, whose hopes for a respectable showing in the Big Ten the rest of the season have been improved by the addition of Bob Brown, the Michigan Scoring G FG FTA-FT Avg. Tidwell 15 110 95.71 19.4 Miller 15 88 53-44 14.7 Farris 15 68 80-52 12.5 Maentz 12 41 23-12 7.8 Meyer 5 9 27-19 7.4 Clark 11 24 25-12 5.5 Robins 3 6 4-3 5.0 Sangster 3 6 1-1 4.3 Brown 1 2 2-0 4.0 Higgs 2 2- 1-0 2.0 Zimmerman 4 0 3-2 0.5 Donley 12 4 22-10 1.5 Lyons 6 1 2-0 0.3 Schoenherr 22 2 0-0 0.3 TOTALS 15 362 338-226 60.1 return to action of Dick' Meyer, and the return to school of Jon Hall, will tackle the Illini tomor- row night and follow with the Boilermakers on Monday. Both games will be played at Yost Field House. Started at OSU Brown, a 6'5" forward from Kalamazoo, joined the team re- cently and started in last Mon- day's game at Ohio State. Meyer, who adds more height to the lineup with his 6'7" frame, had been ill and missed the opening games on the Conference sched- ule. Jon Hall, a 6'1" guard from Havana, 11., was not in school last semester, and will become eli- gible for the encounter with Pur- due on Monday, the first day of class. Leading the Illini against the Wolverines will be a trio of re- turning veterans, John Wessels, Govenor Vaughn, and Mannie Jackson. These three led the Illini to victories in their first five games of the season before they fell to defending NCAA cham- pions California. Winning Record Since that time they have com- piled a seven won and two lost record with a three and two rec- ord in Big Ten action. Against Purdue the Wolverines will be faced with the chore bf stopping the Boilermakers' sopho- more scoring sensation, Terry Dischinger. Dischinger, a 6'61/2" center, has better than a 26-point average for all games. His top performance was against Indiana when he threw in 43 points. Coach Perigo will probably start John Tidwell, who leads the team in scoring, Captain Terry Miller, Lovell Farris, Meyer, and Brown against the Illini, while Hall, who Perigo rates as "a fine prospect," will probably crack the starting five against Purdue. The new men will help fill the gaps left by Dick Clark and ScottM Maentz. Clark is recovering from a serious operation and Maentz has been ruled academically ineli- gible. By TOM WITECKI Michigan's cagers lost three of four contests during the semester break and seemingly are well on the way to becoming the losingest basketball team in Wolverine his- tory. By losing to Minnesota, Purdue and Ohio State and edging Wash- ington of St. Louis, the Wolver- ines dropped their second record to the 3-12 level. A 6-16 mark, posted by both the '51-52 and '52-53 squads, is the all-time low. Michigan has nine games re- maining, all in the Big Ten, where they have yet to win a game in five starts and are co-holders of the cellar position. Lose to Gophers The Wolverines suffered f'the first of their three.between semes- ter losses against Minnesota on Jan. 15, the Saturday before ex- ams. Michigan scored only 18 points in the first 20 minutes of this cold shooting contest to trail 34-18 at the half., Action picked up somewhat in the second half as both teams scored 40 points to make the final score 74-58. John Tidwell had half of Michigan's points in the second half and finished with a total of 23, the game's high. The Wolverines picked up their lone triumph in this period, a 65-59 decision over Washington of St. Louis, on Thursday, Jan. 28, the last day of exams. The cagers played without forward Scott Maentz, who became academically' ineligible by flunking a course. High man for Michigan was Tid- well once again, with 30 points. Following this contest Coach Bill Perigo's squad took to the road for what proved to be a rather rough weekend. Saturday, Jan. 30, they fell to a powerful Purdue squad, 83-63. The Boiler- makers got off to a fast 21-5 lead and after that the Wolverines never came close. Leading Purdue was their soph- omore sensation, Terry Disch- inger, who scored 26 points. Tid- well, however, led both teams with 28. On Monday, the Wolverines traveled to the home of one of the top teams in the country, Ohio State. Here before a capacity crowd of 13,497, they came out on the losing end of a 99-52 score. The Wolverines were never in the contest as the Buckeyes sunk an amazing 14 of their first 16 shots, to roar to a 29-12 lead. The Buckeye Blitz was led by two of the nation's best sopho- mores, Jerry Lucas with 23 and Mel Nowell with 19. Lovell Farris led the game but outclassed Wol- verines with 17 points. M) . jINANCEI want men' practical e ..:.THEMIC provides practic in finance Think Aboi Watch for tryout meetir j. : MEN! FIRMS with xperience ..; HIGAN DAILY CaI eXperienCe ut Joining .0 , dates of ngs ____ ilt" Big Ten Ohio State Minnesota Illinois Iowa Michigan State Purdue Northwestern Indiana Michigan WIisonsin Standings W L Pct. 6 0 1.000 S 3 .625 3 2 .600 4 3 .571 4 3 .571 3 3 .500 3 3 .500 2 3 .400 0 5 .000 0 5 .000 STADIUM CAR WASH FOR SPEED, EFFICIENCY and January 16 Minnesota 74, Michigan 58 Iowa 63, Purdue 54 Ohio State 81, Northwestern 64 llinois 96, Michigan State 88 January 18 Minnesota 77, Illinois 70 January 23 Northwestern 62, Minnesota 61 Ohio State 85, Purdue 71 .Michigan State 90, Iowa 80 January 25 Minnesota 87, Iowa 72 January 30 Ohio State 111, Michigan State 79 Purdue 83, Michigan 63 Mnesta 86, Wisconsin 72 February 1 Michigan State 84, Minnesota 63 Ohio State 99, Michigan 52 Indiana 76, Northwestern 58 VISITING STARS-Mannie Jackson of Illinois and Terry Disch- inger of Purdue will both play again'st the Michigan cagers in Yost Fieldhouse this weekend. Illinois will be here tomorrow night and Purdue Monday night. LUCAS, NOWELL, HAVLICEK STAR. SPARKLING RESULTS Sophomores Lead Buckeye Cagers i " r " " " R e r " R f FREE MUFF LE R AND TIRE INSTALLATION! rSM T .K U i ThisAdWorth I a $2.50 to YouI I on a Muffler Brake Job or Pair of Tires I For Competitive Prices See Diamond Automotive 226 Detroit Street, A.A. NO 3-4158 U a ..... m .................... ....--mm-mmm----m-.- m m By TOM WITECKI Unfortunately for Michigan bas- ketball fans and fortunately for Michigan's basketball team, the Wolverines will play the Buck- eyes of Ohio State only once this year. That once . was last Monday night in Columbus, when the Buckeyes blasted the Wolverine cagers off the floor by a 99-52 margin, Because the Big Ten schedule allows the Wolverines to play four of their nine opponents only once a season, local fans will be denied the privilege of seeing one of the nation's best teams in action. (The Associated Press rates them fourth.) But Michigan Coach. Bill Perigo isn't complaining about seeing the Buckeyes only once this year.. One of Best Said he, "They are really great. They have one of the best teams the Big Ten has seen in several years. I would compare them to the Indiana teams back in 1952, and 1953." The Hoosier teams Perigo re- ferred to not only won the Big Ten title, but also went on to win the NCAA crown both years. Thiss high praise by Perigo, but it isn't any higher than the bouquets tossed at the Buckeyes by other Big Ten coaches. Min- nesota Coach Johnny Kundla said "Ohio State is a tremendous bas- ketball team, probably the best in the country." After watching his Michigan State team absorb a 111-79 beat- ing at the hands of the Buckeyes, Coach Forddy Anderson said, "They're big, they're good, and they're deep."' Not many basket- ball teams have all these qualities, but the Buckeyes do. Lack Experience Perhaps the Buckeye's only weak point is the lack of experi- ence in their starting lineup, which contains three sophomores, a junior and a senior. It certainly didn't show up against the Wol- verines, but it may appear when Ohio State takes on some real rough teams, such as the ones they will meet along the NCAA tourney trail. The Buckeye sophomore start- ers include the fabulous Jerry Lucas whose 27 point average leads the Big Ten. This 6'8" center is considered a cinch for All- American honors. Mel Nowell is not as well known as Lucas, but his deadly outside shooting and blinding speed are essential to the Ohio State at- tack, The 6'2" guard has been averaging 14 points a game. 6'5" John Havlicek's rebounding and his 11-point average also lend to the Buckeye attack. 14-Point Average Backing this youthful trio up is hot-shooting guard junior Larry Siegfried, who has a 14-point average, and a handful of com- petent seniors. 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