Thursday, February 17, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine' Thursday, February ~ 7, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine - 0 Whut w l Wort/ North Stars brutalize Fro.sh: /J rtssur ea"0 i str sS/ r - . . . on the varsity Randy Phillips WHILE Michigan's varsity cagers were floundering to a dis- appointing 5-5 non-conference record amidst suspensions and ineligibility requirements, Wolverine fans could find solace in an outstanding freshman squad-perhaps the best frosh squad in the country. I And even as the varsity. begins to play near its potential and become a contender in the Big Ten race, fans are not able to resist the temptation of comparing the two Wolverine squads. Speculations like "the freshmen could do a better job" and wishful thinking like "wouldn't it be great if the freshmen could play this year" abound from amateur critics and Wolver- ine supporters alike. The truth of the matter is that the freshmen do play exciting ball, and they play good team basketball. And frankly, this year's freshmen games have been more ap- pealing to the fans than many of the sloppily-played varsity games. Some of the appeal can be traced to the publicity given the freshmen's star forward Campy Russell. But Campy's per- formances on the court are the real attraction. Much of the appeal can also be traced to consistent win- ning. The freshmen are 10-0 and are determined to remain undefeated through their last two games against Michigan Cen- tral and Michigan State. Equally important to winning is look- ing good while winning. And this the Baby Blue have done. Frosh coach Dick Honig has two major goals for his fresh- men squads: playing together and individual improvement. "We have five outstanding individuals; all were the pivotal men in their high school's offenses. The main thing is to get them to play as a unit, and they've adjusted better than any group I've been associated with," says Honig. Honig has the frosh running the fast break and zone press as well as anyone. The frosh have been more effective in both these areas than the varsity. As Honig says, "They do the things I've asked them to, do." He adds: "They're the type of players that like to play with good players; they enjoy making good passes and they appreciate a team that plays good defense." It's just one big happy family. Happy, yes-but hard working also. The freshmen practice one and a half hpurs each day, and they work non-stop. They know that when the ninety minutes are up they're through for the day. A longer practice might invite 'dogging' some drills or loaf- ing in scrimmages. But no one is caught loafing this season. The dividends have been paying off already. This season the frosh have broken numerous team and individual records for a Michigan freshmen team. Russell has three individual records himself, including most field goals and field goal at- tempts, and most points. The first and last were previously held by the varsity's All-American Henry Wilmore. . As a team, this season's ten victories has already broken the 1969-70 record of nine. That year the frosh were led by Wilmore, Ernie Johnson, and John Lockard to a 9-2 mark. As the team has improved so have the individual perform- ances of many of the players. Russell started off the season poorly, hitting only about a third of his shots and failing to get into position under the basket for rebounding. The poor performances were due to the great pressure of being the top high school recruit in the nation. Campy wanted to prove himself and as a result forced many of his shots. But the pressure became controlled and the fine shooting forward upped his percentage to over 50. He also learned what he could do and what he couldn't do against people with simi- lar abilities. John Kantner was known as a fine shooting guard when he was recruited out of Ohio. But he needed to improve his ball handling and defense, so that is where he has concen- trated his efforts. Kantner still sports an amazing 60.7 shoot- ing percentage, but he has taken the second fewest shots of the starting five. Honig thinks that he has six players who can definite- ly play for the varsity next year, and some.who may get the chance to start. Russell is a sure pick for one of the starters, and Kant- ner or Joe Johnson may get a good shot to start alongside Wilmore at guard. At any rate this year's freshmen will push the varsity hard for their jobs next year, and will at least give the Wolverines great depth at all positions. The freshmen really aren't very far away from the varsity this season. Intra-squad scrimmages have told the story, and they lend some support for those 'wild' speculations. Honig evaluates the two squads: "It's about 50-50. We stay close to them in scrimmages; they don't blow us out, and we don't blow them out." Jus think; if the freshman eligibility rule were in effect this year, varsity coach Johnny Orr would have twice as many good players to choose from. l& r By The Associated Press. ST. PAUL - MINNEAPOLIS - Jude Drouin, stretching his goal streak to four straight games, shoveled in a deflected centering pass with five minutes to play as the Minnesota North Stars rallied for a 4-2 National Hockey League victory over the Detroit Red Wings last night. Drouin picked up Bob Nevin's pass as it slid across the crease and flicked in the deciding goal just six seconds after Detroit de- fenseman Gary Burgman was call- ed for tripping. Danny Grant hit an open-net goal for Minnesota with one second to play, Detroit having pulled goalie Al Smith with 1:32 to play. Tempers flared frequently in the' hard-hitting game, which saw game misconduct penalties handed out to Detroit's Ron Harris for pur- suing a fight with Doug Mohns and to Minnesota's Dennis Hextall for being the third man in the fight. The Red Wings, who remain tied with Toronto in the battle for the fourth playoff spot in the East Di- vision, took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Tim Eccelstone and Red Berenson. daily NIGHT EDITOR: BOB McGINN Seal stalemate MONTREAL - Pete Mahovlich's power-play goal late in the second period last nighttlifted the Mon- treal Canadiens to a 1-1 National Hockey League tie with the Cali- fornia Golden Seals. Rookie goaile Gilles Meloche of California was brilliant as he faced the Canadiens' 34-shot barrage- but it was his penalty at 14:06 of the second period that led to the tying goal. The netminder was called for delaying the game after he fired a puck into the stands. Just 46 seconds later, Frank Mahovlich set up his younger brother, who fired hIome his 22nd goal of the season. Ken Dryden was equally sharp in the Canadiens' nets, as the Golden Seals fired 32 shots at him. ings Only Gerry Pinder's 20th goal just 3:15 into the game marred nis per-E formance.# Flyers in deadlock CHICAGO-Jim Pappin scored two goals in six seconds and Stan Mikita also tallied in the third period last night, pulling the Chi-, cago Black Hawks into a 3-3 tie with the Philadelphia Flyers in a National Hockey League game. 1 Knicks knockr NEW YORK - Walt Frazier scored 28 points, pacing the New York Knicks to a 110-100 victory over the Houston Rockets in a Na- tional Basketball Association game last night. The Knicks, after missing their first nine field goal attempts, had to battle from behind and took the lead 47-46 with just 1:07 left in1 the first half. Frazier led that at- tack with clutch jumpers and cool free throws totalling 17 points. 4-2 Stu Lantz sparked the Rockets' early surge with 19 points in the first half. But he was limited to just six points in the second half. Elvin Hayes led Houston with 26 points. Lantz finished with 25 and Calvin Murphy had 16. * * * Sixers bamboozle PHILADELPHIA-The Philadel- phia 76ers won their first National Basketball Association game in two weeks last night by downing Cleveland 126-116, snapping a seven-game losing streak. The loss extended Cleveland's winless string to 10. * * * Bullets beaten ATLANTA-Pete Maravich scored 30 points and killed most of the final minute with a brilliant drib- bling exhibition, sparking the At- lanta Hawks to a 105-103 National Basketball Association victory over the Baltimore Bullets last night. -Associated Press DETERMINED GOALIE Robert Taylor hunches in goal during action in last night's nail-biting Chicago-Philadelphia hockey contest. The two teams pucked bitterly at each other and had to settle for a gruesome 3-3 standoff in windy old Chicago. i 1 I 3 :Professionc Leg ueStandings NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE I VIRGINIA TOPPLED Boston New York Philadeiphi Buffalo Atlantic Division W L 44 19 38 23 a 24 38 17 44 Central Division 25 35 24 38 18 42 17 44 Pct .698. .623 .387 .270 .424 .387 .300 .270 Marquette L By The Associated Press ,at intermission. MILWAUKEE - Second-ranked Ron Brown paced Penn State Marquette blew a 13-point first with 25 points, including several half lead last night, then stormed clutch foul throws. back behind sophomore Larry Mc- Barry Parkhill's 20 points led Neill and beat Jacksonville 88-79 Virginia, now 18-2. for its 21st college basketball vic- * * * tory of the season without defeat. Herd tramples Ernie Fleming, who finished with AE NOi TyoeCl.s 21 points ,and Harold Fox, led a ATHENS, Ohio-Tyrone Collns, Jacksonville surge from a 39-26 Russell Lee and Randy Noll com- deficit as the Dolphins took a 50-49 bined for 72 points last night, lead- lead on Fleming's three-point play ing 10th-ranked Marshall to a 95- three minutes into the second half. 76 basketball triumph over Ohio They widened* the lead to 65-60, University. but then Marquette outscored the Collins poured in 26 points, Lee Dolphins 18-4, 12 of the points by 25 and Noll 21 as the Thundering McNeill, to take a 73-64 advantage Herd whipped the Mid-American with 6:06 left. The Warriors ran Conference co-leaders for fhe sec- delay patterns after that to sew ond time this season for a 20-2 up their 71st consecutive victory record. at the arena. The loss dropped the Bobcats' Jim Chones led the Warriors record to 11-9 in the nonconference with 23 points, while Bob Lackey contest. scored21 and Marcus Washington Marshall, on suspension from the 20. McNeill had 18, all but four Mid-American. connected on 51 v/tips J The Billikens, moving into sec- ond place in Valley standings at 7-2 behind Louisville's 8-1 mark, opened a 26-14 lead following North Texas' last advantage at 12:10. St. Louis' victory, its sixth in a, row, boosted its over-all record to 15-4 as North Texas State fell to 2-7 in the conference and 8-12 over- all. Rogers' 26 points paced St. Louis. Ephriam McDaniel, limited to two points in the first half, led North Texas State with 16 points. Broncos bust KALAMAZOO - Western Mich- SCORES Maryland 79, North Carolina 77, ot St. Joseph's 81, Georgetown 70 W. Michigan 75, Bowling Green 74 Navy 80, Rochester 62 West Virginia 87, William and Mary 71 Penn State 86, Virginia 74 Temple 89, Pittsburgh 74 Wake Forest 59, Clemson 51 Cincinnati 76, Xavier 71 Kent State 78, Miami of Ohio 77 Marquette 88, Jacksonville 79 Albion 73, Kalamazoo 66, ot Davidson 74, Duke 72 N. Michigan 86, Lake Superior State 81, -ot Syracuse 91, Bucknell 74 Vanderbile 85, Mississippi 83 St. Bonaventure 94, St. Francis 58 r-yule igan University broke a three-game losing streak by coming alive with 73 seconds left to play and sneak- ing by Bowling Green, 75-74, in Mid American Conference basket- ball here yesterday. WMU, led by Earnest Pettis, who tied his career scoring high Milwau J Baltimore Atlanta Cincinnati Cleveland with 33 points, had a two-point lead at the end of the first half but went down in the second until tying the game at 72-72. With four seconds left, it was 75-74, and Bowling Green missed a 15-foot jump shot to give the Broncos the game and a 6-13 sea- son, 3-4 in conference action. WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division ikee 50 13 .794 Chicago 44 18 Phoenix 38 25 . Detroit 22 40 . Pacific Division Los Angeles 51 8S. Golden State 38 24 . Seattle 37 25 Houston 24 39 . Portland 15 49 . Yesterday's Games New York 110, Houston 100 Atlanta 105, Baltimore 103 Philadelphia 126, Cleveland 116 Los Angeles at Phoenix, inc. Boston at Seattle, inc. only games scheduled NHL East Division W L T Pts Boston 40 8 9 89 .710 603 355 864 613 597 .381 .234 Toronto 23 25 11 57 Buffalo. 11 32 14 36 Vancouver 15 35 5 35 GB West Division _Chicago 38 13, 7 83 - Minnesota 31 18 9 71, 19Y2 California 18 29 12 48 26 St. Louis 19 31 8 46' Philadelphia 17 28 11 45' Pittsburgh 17 31 9 43 2y Los Angeles 15 37 7 37 7=/ Yesterday's Games 10 Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 2 California 1, Montreal 1 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 3 Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 5 St. Louis at Los Angeles, inc. 12 Today's Games 272 Boston at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Buffalo New York at Los Angeles 142 Only games scheduled 15% ABA 15 East Division' 382 W L 38% Kentucky 48 12 Virginia 37 25. New York 28 33 Carolina 24 37 Floridians 94 37 Pittsburgh 21, 39 . West Division Utah 43 20. Indiana 35 26J Dallas 30 34, GA Denver 24 37 126 Memphis 23 37 128 Yesterday's Games 148 Utah 119, New York 114 180 Kentucky 129, Pittsburgh 105 149 151 137 193 157 159 158 138 143 145 pct .800 .597 .459 .393 .393 .350° .682 .524 .460 .393 .383 GB 11 20 24 24 27 163 214 197 118 130 217 191 175 187 228 ' l SGF 234 New York Montreal Detroit 36 31 24 11 13 24 5 12 9 81 243 74 212 57 183 II .1 in the second half. Nittany Lions roar UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-Penn' State survived a second half Vir- ginia scoring surge and upset the sixth-ranked Cavaliers 86-74 in a college basketball game last night. Penn State jumped out to 'an early 25-13 first half lead on a lay- up by Chuck Christ, but Virginia fought back to tie the score 32-32 0 per cent of its floor shots and broke away late in the first half for a 45-34 halftime lead. *4 * Billikens win-iken ST. 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