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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Iowa;
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wins
91-75
Wolverines squeak by
as Wilmore scores 35
By AL SHACKELFORD }
Special To The Daily
IOWA CITY-Dan Fife con-
verted a pair of free throws
with four seconds left to give
the Michigan Wolverines an
86-82 win over Iowa last night.
Fife's icy shooting climaxedt
a real barnburner which sawI
Michigan's Henry Wilmore and1
Iowa's Fred Brown stage a
sizzling scoring duel before
12,900 raucous Hawkeye sup-,
porters.:
Two long bombs by Wilmore"
*~gave Michigan a 79-77 lead with
about four a half minutes left.
A free throw by towering- centerl
Ken Brady, an easy fast break
bucket by Wilmore and Fife's free'
throws put the final hurt on Iowa.
The Hawkeyes blew a chance to,
tie the game at 82-all when Brown
*missed a drive and repeated tips
by the Hawkeyes simply would not
fall in.
Brown, playing his final game
before Hawkeye fans, collected 35
points and kept Iowa neck-and-neck
with Michigan through much of the
game. Brown and Iowa got a lucky
break when Fife left the game at
the 6-minute mark with a lame an-
kle, and missed four crucial min-
utes of play.
daily
sports
NIGHT EDITOR:
BOB ANDREWS
Wilmore converted yet another
hostile crowd to Wilmorism with a
dazzling 35-point effort which in-
cluded a variety of long range set
shots and twisting drives. The 6-3
soph flash kept Michigan ahead in
the second half by tossing in 20
points, mostly at crucial points
when Iowa threatened to'regain the
lead.
Faced with the domineering pres-
ence of Kevin Kunnert underneath,
Michigan just could not break free
of Iowa for any length of time. The
Wolverines raced to their biggest
lead of the game 73-65, midway
through the second half only to see
Brown and backcourt mate Gary
Lusk trim the lead back to nothing.
Kunnert led all reboundle:s with
22 and also garnered 14 points,
mostly on tips. His rugged perform-
ance was offset, however, by
Brady, who played one of his finest
offensive games of the season. A
demon in the first half, Brady
tailed off in the second stanza and
f, 86-82,
points
finished with 20 points, including
a 9-14 effort from the field.
While Iowa got good scoring from
its guards, Michigan's Fife and{
Wayne Grabiec could total but ]3.
Rod Ford, utilizing a surplus of
sneaky moves, contributed 17 to
back the strong performances of
Brady and Wilmore.
Iowa raced to an early lead in the
first half behind the explosive scor-
ing of the 6-3 Brown. At times lit-
erally faking defender Fife to the
floor, Brown accounted for twenty
points and, at one point, tallied ten
straight for the Hawkeyes.
The Hawks saw their lead of 38-
31 slip away late in the half as
Wilmore came alive.
Eight points by Wilmore sand-
wiched around a fast break bucket
by Grabiec put the Wolverines
ahead 41-40 with 2:17 to go in the
half.
Brown then scored on a pass
from Lusk for a 42-41 Hawkeye
lead, but Brady threw in a driving
hook to send Michigan into the
locker room with a 43-42 lead.
Brady and Wilmore , neutra~lzed
Brown's potent scoring in the first
half as each put in 15 points. Brady
moved around 6-11 Kunnert for
short hooks and tips and even
moved outside to score from the
key.
A strong performance by Kun-
nert, especially on the defensive
board, gave the Hawkeyes a 24-23
rebounding edge in that first half.
Surprisingly enough, guard Gra-<
biec led all Wolverine carom-grab-
bers with seven.
The win for Michigan clinches
at least a second place tie in the
Big Ten for the Wolverines and
almost surely wins them a trip to
the National Invitational Tourna-
ment.
Buckeyes romp over Hoosiers
to capture Big Ten championship
By The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State
shot 60 per cent from the floor last
night to whip Indiana 91-75, wrap-
ping up the Big Ten basketball title
and a berth in the NCAA post-sea-
son tournament.
The Buckeyes, finishing their
league season with a 13-1 mark, will
take a 19-5 record into the Mid-
East regional. They will play Mar-
quette or Miami of Ohio.
Jim Cleamons led Ohio State
to its ninth straight victory with 30
points and sophomore Allan Horn-
yak had 24. George McGinnis fired
in 25 and Joby Wright 22 for the
Hoosiers, 9-4 in the conference and
17-6 overall.
It was a rough game with 40 per-
sonal fouls called. There also was
a minor second half scuffle under
the Ohio State basket between Mc-
Ginnis and Stan White, a regular
linebacker for the Ohio State foot-
ball team.
Ohio State raced to a 52-35 lead
early in the second half. Indiana
rallied to within 66-64 with seven
minutes to play before Cleamons
and Hornyak sparked a late Ohio
State drive.
The Buckeyes last won a Big
Ten cage title in 1968 when they
won a playoff for the champion-
ship with Iowa. They went on that
year to finish third in the NCAA
tournament, before losing to North
Carolina in the semifinals.
* * *
Boilermakers steam
sixth consecutive victory last nigt,
battling from behind to defeat Wis-
consin 81-77 in a Big Ten basket-
ball encounter.
The victory was their 10th
against three losses in the confer-
ence, keeping the Boilermakers in
contention for a National Invitation
Tournament bid.
Purdue was down 42-35 at inter-
mission, but took command of re-
bounds in the second half with
William Franklin and Bob Ford
setting the pace.
Larry Weatherford repeatedly
scored on long shots, winding up
with 28 points to lead Purdue.
* * *
Spartans triumph
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The
scoreboard clock wasn't working,
but Michigan State was and it paid
off in a come-from-behind victory
for the Spartans last night as they
finished Minnesota's season 73-71 in
a Big Ten basketball contest.
The Spartans trailed through
most of the second half until about
3% minutes to go, when Bill Kil-
gore put MSU ahead on a driving
hook shot. Brad Van Pelt added
one on a free throw, but Ollie
Shannon tied it up on two foul shots
at 69-69 with just over two minutes
left.
A short time later, a layup by
Pat Miller proved the clincher for
the Spartans.
Michigan State senior guard
Benjamin scored 20 points to move
into third place on the all-time
MSU scoring list with 509 points
for the season.
Michigan State is now 4-9 in the
Big Ten and 10-13 overall, while
the Gophers finished their season
at 5-9 in the conference and 11-13
overall.
S* * *
Wildcats rampage
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- North-
western took command at the half
and then handed Illinois its eighth
straight Big Ten basketball loss,
85-70 last night behind Rick Sund's
30 points.
The Wildcats, winning only their
second conference game of the sea-
son, led most of the first half and
held a 39-36 lead at intermission.
Illinois, dropping to 4-9 in Big
Ten play, never got any closer as
the Wildcats scored the first six
points of the second half.
Nick Weatherspoon topped Illi-
nois scorers with 24 points while
teammate Rick Howat was held to
12, his low for the season.
The victory was Northwestern's
second in 13 conference games.
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-Associated Press
INDIANA SUPERSTAR GEORGE McGINNIS (35) grapples with
Mark Wagar (15) of Ohio State for a rebound in last night's rough
and tumble affair in Columbus. The Buckeyes clinched the Big
Ten championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament by blast-
ing the Hoosiers 91-75.
MADISON,
Boilermakers
Wis. -- Purdue's
chalked up their
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Totals 36-77
SCORE AT HALF
Iowa-42
14-20 50 86
SPLIT WITH STATE
Totals 37-87 88-10 49 82 Michigan--43
Icers skate out
By TERRI FOUCHEY the point which Bagnell stbpped. r
The Wolverine icers, although IDean Blais, however, shoved the 1
eliminated from any chance of rebound past Bagnell.
makmingte WrOH ayoffshane Even with this loss the icers'9
making the WCHA playoffs after retained their newly found mo-i
a 7-3 loss against Minnesota, did rentum for t h e season finales I
not lie down and play dead for with Michigan State. Bernie Gag-
?..their last three games as they all ~.ihMcia tt eneGg
-s<gty non got the first goal of his hatX
went into overtime demonstrates. trick on a power play at 5:42 int
In the first Minnesota contest, the first period. The Spartans
the story was similar to that of picked up two tallies in the frame
: the majority of this season's but the Wolverines managed to
games. The Gophers had an in match both and went off the ice
.'' surmountable 4-0 lead before the with a 3-2 lead.
Wolverines managed to put the Michigan kept the pressure on,
light on. The highlight of the game scoring twice in the second per-
came midway in the second period iod, but State put the light on
*:: when a tripping incident involving three times and the rivals opened
Bernie Gagnon and Gopher cap- the third period at 5-5. The Spar-
tain Fred Sanders exploded into a tans took a two goal lead at 4:07
free-for-all which ended with 10 and the contest seemed headedi
C penalties being assessed and Sand- for the usual result - another
; ers and Gary Connelly being del- Wolverine 1 o s s. It wasn't until
egated to spectator status for the 1:22 remained in' the game that
remainder of the contest and for Gagnon got his final goal to knot
the match on the morrow. the score and send the game into
The realization of being elimi- overtime.
nated brought about a loose, re- This overtime was the only suc-
laxed quality to the Wolverines' cessful one of the trio as Gamsby
..play which had not been evidenced scored on a power play at 6:28 for
earlier in the year. Michigan car- the eighth Wolverine score to wind
ried the play and goalie Karl Bag- up the home season on a victor-
nel continually frustrated the Go- ,ous note. He comments, "The
phers. guys were fired up because it was
Captain Paul Gamsby com- the last home game and the fans
z.° ments, "We knew we had to win here have been good. When 3400
the last four games, and with that people come to see a loser in the
- .loss we knew we were out of it. middle of spring break, it makes
We probably were more relaxed, you feel good. Besides, it's always
.*. but we played just as hard as we nice to beat State."
r.did in the middle of the season. The fates were not so kind in
S£; sI In the first of the overtime trio East Lansing. Gilles Gagnon dup-
-Associated Press the Wolverines lost 6-5 with 57 licated his cousin's feat of the
WOLVERINE DAN FIFE (24) tips the ball away from Iowa's remaining in the overtimee-d__
Fred Brown (32) in last night's game at Iowa City. Brown poured Matschke brought the puck across NEW OUSE0AR
in 35 points, but it wasn't enough as Michigan prevailed 86-82; the blue line and took a shot from
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season
night before and obtained a hat
trick. Two of Gagnon's goals were
short-handed and his last tied the
game. Also duplicating the prev-
ious night, with only the uniforms
being changed, State captain
Randy Sokoll scored on a power
play at 3:07 into the overtime and
thus the fates finally ended their
harassment of the Wolverine icers.
W L Pet.
Ohio State 13 1 .929
MICHIGAN 11 2 .847
Purdue 10 3 .770
Indiana 9 4 .692
Minnesota 5 9 .357
Illinois 4 9 .308
Wisconsin 4 9 .308
Iowa 4 9 .308
Michigan State 4 9 .308
Northwestern 2 11 .154
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MICHIGAN 86, Iowa 82
Ohio State 91, Indiana 75
Michigan State 73, Minnesota 71
Purdue 81, Wisconsin 77
Northwestern 85, Illinois 70
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March' 17
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Vancouver 3, Montreal 3
L.A. 4, St. Louis 0
New York 132, Virginia 120
Denver 146, Texas 127
Eastern Mich. 119, Ohio Dominican 81
Brown 95, Rhode Island 78
Colgate 85, NYU 77
Fairmont 79, Texas Southern 78
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