The Michigan POS T-SEASON HOPES D WINDLE, Hoosiers handle Mi By BRIAN MARTIN Special to the Daily BLOOMINGTON-The Bloomington jinx goes on. There were no last second heroics last night, no buckets without any time left on .the clock, no new idols in Michigan basketball folklore to pay homage to. Instead, Indiana took advantage of numerous missed opportunities by the Wolverines, to win its twelfth game in a row over Michigan in Bloomington, 68- 62, before 13,073 vocal fans in Assembly Hall. ONCE AGAIN, Michigan failed to put the ball through the hoop when the op- portunity was there. The Wolverines shot a pitiful 34.4 percent from the field in the first half, managing to stay barely afloat thanks to Alan Hardy's hot hand. Hardy was four of five in the first half and Michigan trailed the Hoosiers by only six at intermission, 35- 29. But the opening minutes of the second half belonged to Indiana. The Hoosiers broke out of the gate with a 16-4 tear in the first five and a half minutes to take command, 51-35.. MICHIGAN'S CHANCES of recovery looked slim. Center Phil Hubbard picked up two quick fouls in retreat to the bench at the 17:61 mark with four personals, sending Paul Heuerman into the game.- However, characteristic of their play lately, the Wolverines refused to play dead. Slowly, the Hoosier lead dwindled despite urgent pleas from Indiana coach Bobby Knight. HUBBARD DIDN'T sit on the pines for long. Coach Johnny Orr sent his top rebounder back in after a two and a half minute rest, and the senior from Can- ton, Ohio responded with some less- than-cautious play to start the Michigan comeback.. Indiana, which turned the ball over 28 times during the course of the contest, seemed willing to let the victory slip away, a symptom that has plagued the Hoosiers before. Michigan pulled within six points on five occasions. With just over four minutes left, in the game, Mark Lozier pickpocketed the ball and fed fast- breaking Mike McGee downcourt. McGEE PICKED up his dribble at the foul line with Indiana's Butch Car- ter closing in. This time McGee's shot lipped out of the hole and the sophomore forward fouled Carter trying to get the ball back. Carter made both ends of the one- and-one, thus making what could have been a four-point lead an eight-point advantage with 3:48 left. "McGee missed the layup and I thought he was fouled,".Orr said after- wards, "but it wasn't called so it wasn't a foul." McGEE ALSO thought he was pushed. "He kind of pushed me and knocked the shot off rhythm a little bit. Y--Friday, February 2, 1979-Page 11 8-62 ehigan ball back to the Hoosiers. Garner tu'r- ned the ball over five times in only seven minutes of play. NEXT CAME an errant pass that landed out of bounds. A three-on-two *break developed but too many passes resulted in no basket. Usually reliable Marty Bodnar missed a wide-open bomb, then came McGee's missed layup and it was bye-bye ballgame. "We missed a lot of easy ones," Orr remorsed. "When I saw the stats at halftime (11 of 32 field goals, 7 of 13 free throws, 11 turnovers), I was amazed that we were still in the game." VICTORIOUS COACH Knight was anything but ectastatic with the out- come. "I've never believed a win is a win. To me, it's a matter of how well you play from the beginning to the end. And I'm not at all satisfied with the way we were playing from the beginning to the end." Mike Woodson led all scorers with 23 points for Indiana, followed closely by Landon Turner's 21 points. The forward tandem also combined for 18 of the 40 Hoosier rebounds. McGee poured 19 points through the hole, with Hubbardnex.at13 points and a team-high 10 boards. Mike !Woodson I don't know if it was really a foul, but there was contact. "I thought it was in anyway." This was but one in a long line of missed opportunities in the final stanza. With nine minutes left and Michigan, within six points, Thad Garner was called twice for travelling, giving the INDIANA'S MIKE WOODSON and Michigan's Keith Smith scramble for a loose basketball during last night's action in Bfoomington. The Hoosiers won, 68-62, upping their record to 12-9. Michigan fell to 10-7 overall; both teams are 4-5 in the Big Ten. Fatal Hoosier hex FACE NUMBER ONE IOWA TONIGHT Grapplers host top ranked teams By JOHN KROGGEL INDIANA' Min. FG/A FT/A R A PF Woodson....... 37 11/16 1/2 10 5 3 Turner ......... 35 9/14 3/4 8 0 5 Tolbert........40 4/12 4/4 4 4 1 Carter ......... 29 3/5 2/2 6 2 3 Whittman... 40 2/4 0/0 2 5 2 Eells .......... 16 0/0 0/0 2 1 2 Risley......... 3 0/0 0/1 0 1 .0 Team Rebounds 8 Totals........200 29/51 10/13 40 18 16 Fouled Out: Turner Halftime: Indiana 35, MICHIGAN 29 Att. 13,073 P )Itc ts. McGee. 23 Hardy ........ 21. Hubbard.. 12 Staton....... 8 Smith....... 4 Bodnar, Marty 0 Garris ....... 0 Garner... Heuerman .. 68 Lozier....... Team Rebounds Totals........ .Mi 31 36 I MIlCHIGAN n. FG/A FT/A .7 7/19 5/5 5 5/9 1/4 6 4/12 5/6 2 4/9 0/0 8 0/4 2/4' '2 2/4 0/0 I .0/0 0/0 7 2/3 0/0 4 0/0 0/0 8 0/1 1/2 R A PF 5 '*0 3 10 0 4 2 5 2 0 2 1 02 1 26 13 1 Pts. 19 1H 13 8 2 4 0 4 ~0 1 62 Michigan's streaking wrestlers are making final preparations for one of the biggest weekends of their season. The Wolverines, currently 10-2 and ranked tenth in the nation, take on number-one ranked Iowa Friday night and seventh- ranked Minnesota at Crisler Arena Saturday night. The grapplers are healthy and peaking for this weekend's meets. "We can't peak all season," points out Coach Dale Bahr. "But we worked harder this past week; we're picking up the tempo for the ranked teams." Bahr continued, "We are attempting to peak for the next three matches," referring to Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan State on Thursday. Iowa may be more than a formidable opponent. "We don't have the overall strength to beat Iowa," commentedt Bahr. "We hope to be at that level in four to five years." For this match Bahr is, "looking for a 100 per cent ef- fort from the team." The Hawkeyes have a strong winning tradition. "Iowa in wrestling is similar to UCLA's domination of basketball in the past," stressed Bahr. Although vic- tory is not out of the question, Bahr hopes to "let Iowa know they have been in a match." Hustle and a good effort are the keys to Michigan's success. The match against Iowa will be highlighted by some exciting confron- tations in the heavier weights. Two of these could be Big Ten championship previews. At 167 pounds, All-American Mark Churella (32-1) will meet Iowa's Mike De Anna (15-3). The other preview will feature Bud Palmer, (15-7-1), a former All-American, against Steve Fraser f Spartans down Buckeyes in OT, Johnson plays despite hurt ankle By the Associated Press EAST LANSING-Earvin Johnson scored 15 points after suffering a sprained ankle last night as Michigan State dealt seventh-ranked Ohio State its first Big Ten loss, 84-79 in overtime. The Spartans led 64-60 with 48 secon- ds remaining when 5-foot-9 guard Todd Penn sank an 18-foot jumper for the Buckeyes and Jim Ellinghausen was fouled by Johnson away from the play. ELLINGHAUSEN sank both ends of a one and one to put the game into over- time, FOURTEEN OF THE Spartans' points in overtime came on free throws. For the game, Johnson scored 23 points. Gregory Kelser had 21 and Jay Vincent 19 for the Spartans. Kelvin Ransey of OSU was high with 25 points. The loss dropped the Buckeyes to 8-1 in the conference, 13-5 overall, but Ohio State still is atop the Big Ten. MSU is 5- 4in the conference. Illinois 67, Minnesota 57 CHAMPAIGN-Levi Cobb scored 19 points and Mark Smith added 18 to lead 14th-ranked Illinois to a 67-57 Big Ten win over Minnesota last night, snapping. a three-game losing streak. THE ILLINI, 17-4 on the season and 5- 4 in the conference, recorded their first victory over the Gophers after 13 straight losses. It also marked the 300th career win for Illini Coach Lou Henson. The Gophers fell to 8-10 on the year, and 3-6 in the conference. They were led in scoring by freshman Trent Tucker with 17 points. Illinois outscored Minnesota 16-2 in the last seven minutes of the first half-with guard Rob Judson hitting a 30-footer at the buzzer-to build a commanding 39-20 halftime lead. Iowa 70, Wisconsin 64 MADISON-Ronnie Lester, taking advantage of Wisconsin's switch in tac- tics, scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half yesterday to boost Iowa to a 70-64 Big Ten basketball victory over the Badgers. THE HAWKEYES outscored Wiscon- sin 14-4 to forge a 46-35 lead with 11:05 to play after Wisconsin coach Bill Cofield switched from a first-half zone to a man-to-man format to open the second half. Joe Chrnelich scored three quick baskets to get Wisconsin to within 48-42, and the Badgers were down only 56-54 with 4:22 to go. Then 'Iowa went to a four-corner game that produced layups and drew fouls, securing the lead. (30-4) in the 190 weight class. These two wrestlers finished third and sixth respectively in last year's NCAA tour- ney. The 177-pound matchup between Michigan's Bill Petosky and Iowa's Dave Fitgerald should be a "good mat- ch", observed Bahr. The heavyweight battle will also highlight two fine grap- plers; Wolverine Steve Bennett and the Hawkeyes' John Bowlsby.d n Saturday's match could be even more important to Michigan. Minnesota and Michigan are very equal. "If each team wins the matches they should, then it will be very close," said Bahr. 4 Michigan's next four matches will be against the number one, seven, sixteen, and three ranked teams. "We hope to at least split those four, although the number one (Iowa) and number three (Wisconsin) teams are. stronger. than we are," observed Bahr. Again the meet will pit strength against strength in the heavier weights. Bahr explained that "from 150. and up, Min- nesota is very strong." The two key Gopher grapplers are Dan Zilverberg at 158 and Jim Becker at heavyweight. Both have done well against Michigan in the past, according to Bahr. "Zilver- berg beat Churella last year and'earlier this year, Becker defeated Bowlsby (Iowa)." The weekend will not mark the end of Michigan's crucial dual meet schedule, however. Next Thursday the grapplers have a chance to avenge an early loss to the Spartans. Coach Bahr summed up the team's feeling. "We want to beat State, because that loss was our poorest performance of the year. We will be ready, we've improved and we want to prove that we are the more improved team." As for this weekend, however, there are two outstanding matches in town, the Iowa meet tonight at 7:30, and the Minnesota matchup tomorrow at 6:00 following the basketball game. Pistons top Cavs, 120-116 By the Associated Press RICHFIELD, Ohio-Bob Lanier and M.L. Carr both poured in 29 points to pace the Detroit Pistons to a 120-116 National Basketball Association vic- tory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Carr's final two points put Detroit ahead 117-112, but Campy Russell, who had 29 points, and Austin Carr, who had 26, came up with quick baskets to cut the Pistons' edge to 117-116 with 21 seconds left. 200 24/61 14/21 X -COUNTRY SKI, RENTA;LS, LESSONS OND SKIING at Leslie Park Golf Course 668-9011 Tues.-Thurs. 10-6, Fri.-Sat. 10-10, Sun. 8-6 Closed Mondays Big changes ftrte Bttr The ew ilage Bell Stop by one evening. SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Cauthen finally wins, By The Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. - Steve Cauthen, the 18-year-old Triple 'Crown-winning jockey who had fallen into a deep slump, broke his 110-race losing streak yesterday with a victory in the fourth race at Santa Anita. The win, aboard Father Duffy, ended the dry spell that began Jan. 2. ' It was Cauthen's third race of the day. His mount in the first race was scrat- ched. He finished dead last in the second and did not ride in the third. Cauthen rode Affirmed to the Triple Crown for three-year-olds last year. Brown quits Nuggets DENVER - The Denver Nuggets called a press conference last night, presumably to announce that Larry Brown is giving up the head coaching reins. Boulder radio station KBOL quoted a source close to the National Basketball Association team as saying Brown will resign for health reasons and assistant coach Donnie Walsh will take over his duties. (sonka released New York- The Giants decided yesterday not to exercise the option year of Larry Csonka's contract. The power running back who rushed for over 1,000 yards in three consecutive years with the Dolphins and .had two 100-plus yard performances in the Super Bowl, is now free to negotiate with any team. Csonka, meanwhile, has indicated he would like to return to the Dolphins or play for Miami's former offensive line coach, Monte Clark, at Detroit. If Csonka signs with another NFL team, the Giants will not receive any compensation. 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