OWednesday, March 10, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'Page Seven WWednesday, March 10, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven G /t9 ldl cagers trip Iowa; osU 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. coming ... DAYS,-' HI-F BUYS Ann Arbor-tast tansinq 618 S. Main 769-4700 "Quality Sound Through Quality Equipment" So close, yet so far .. . 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MADISON, Boilermakers Wis. -- Purdue's chalked up their .MEJMMMAM~iiE! .i --O Big Ten Standings J4' l 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