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By BILL CRANE
THE MICHIGAN Wolverines came into last night's game with
Minnesota lodged in fourth place in the Big Ten and nervous-
ly near the bring of elimination from any hope of post season'
action this year.
By JEFF SCHILLER
In an ending that smack-'
ed of pure irony, Michigan's
little men, guards Joe John-3
son and Steve Grote, col-
laborated on a last-second
l a y u p over the gigantic
Minnesota Gophers to give
the Wolverines a 67 - 65
overtime win at Cris e r
Arena last night.
With the score tied ati
court,
Grote
and passed off to shot.
for the winning De
Sure, if Michigan would have lost and dropped to 7-6 in Big 65-65 and s e v e n seconds
Ten play, the Wolverines wouldn't have been matematically left in the overtime period,
eliminated from tournament action. Realistically, however, an Michigan in-bounded t h e
addition to their loss column would have severely dampened ball from u n d e r its own
their chances.
basket. Johnson t o o k the
The Wolverines have one game left with second-place Pur- ball, drove the length of the
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A stunned Bill Musselman,
the Gophers' head coach,1
thought that the finale was a
masterpiece of improvisation.
"I don't think it was a plan-
ned play," Musselman com-
mented. "I think the kid (John-
son) just recognized the open-
ing, used his great speed, and
took advantage of it.
"There's no way that can
be a planned play," Mussel-
man said. "It takes too much
time to dribble the ball down
court, and they couldn't have
figured that we would extend
our defense f a r t h e r than
usual."
Michigan's Grote disagreed.
"Our plan was to make Joe
the key to that final play,' the
sophomore g u a r d explained.
"He was supposed to take the!
ball down and either drive the
lane or pull up and take a jump
eliberate or not, the Wol-
ines' last second heroics
re a fitting climax to one
he most exciting Michigan
ketball games in recent
mory. The teams battled
rly throughout, with neith-
side gaining a commanding
rantage at any point of the
test.
ter the teams played to a'
3 deadlock at intermissi n,
lead seesawed back and
h through the first half of
second stanza. Minne:;ota
s reeled off eight straight
ts midway through the per-
and held a seven-point
until the six and one-half
ute mark.
en, Minnesota's freshman
-ation, 6-8 forward Mark 01-
ing, fouled out in a rare
>le foul confrontation with
ever-present Grote. This
elopment seemed to spur
1 the Wolverines and the sur-
prisingly vocal Michigan ;ans.
The Orrmen steadily nar-
rowed the gap, until Johnson's
two free throws tied the score
with 1:06 to play.
Michigan regained the ball
quickly on a Gopher turnover,
and stalled until the last five
seconds to play. But an errant
pass cost the Wolverines a
chance for a victory in regula-
tion play, and sent the game
into overtime.
The overtime saw Michigan
establish an early superiority,
and maintain a slim lead
largely through its effo 'ts at
the free throw line. MinnesotaF
charged back determinedly in
the last minute, however, to
tie the score, setting the stage
for the thrilling finale.
Many factors were in 3tru-
mental in helping the roundboll-I
ers to their third succe;sivei
win. J o h n s o n opined that,
"... .the (full-court) press kill-
ed them," and Orr thought tnat,
"their big men may have tired
at the end of the game." ButI
Grote stressed the importanceI
of another, more emotionally-
oriented key.
"That's the first time I've
ever heard the fans scream
so loud," Grote exclaimed. 'I
wish they could realize how
much that helps. Everyone
just feels like playing so much
more."
Musselman had a different
view of the reason for M'ch-
igan's triumph.
"I'm really disappointed with
our guard play," Musselman
stated. "Our freshmen on the
front line played a great game,
but the upperclassmen in the
backcourt just didn't produce."
Michigan's win ties them
for third place in the Big Ten
race with Michigan State, one
game b e h iEn d second-place
Purdue.
due, and also one of the tougher road contests in the league-
a game with Ohio State.
A loss down the stretch to either of these teams
wouldn't be too surprising-so the Minnesota clash wasI
crucial. A discouraging defeat to the Gophers would have
sapped any gathering momentum from the Maize and Blue.
who are currently on a three game winning streak and
now 8-5.!
So, Michigan did emerge victorious, 67-65, on a last second
shot 4y Steve Grote in overtime. The exciting win should supply
all the extra momentum the Wolverines will need if they plan
to streak through the remainder of their schedule.
Michigan remains in the heart of the race for a tournament
berth. The Wolverines performed down the stretch last night
just as they must if Michigan is to see post season action.
Steve Grote came off the bench, much to the pleasure of
Crisler Arena's unusually rowdy crowd, and netted 14 points.
He played 25 minutes, hit five of seven shots from the floor,
canned all four of his charity tosses and added four assists.
'Grote's shots were often converted via twisting drives.
He scored often from the inside last year and last night's
performance was a shade of a season ago.
His layup at the buzzer in overtime should not overshadow
the fact that his defensive play-the reason for his benching-
was rock solid.
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Big Ten
Standings
Conf.
W L
All
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Indiana 14 0 25 0
Purdue 9 4 14 7
MICHIGAN 8 5 15 6
Mich. St. 8 5 15 6
Minnesota 8 6 15 7
Ohio St. 8 6 14 10
Iowa 4 10 7 15
Illinois 3 10 7 14
Northwestern 3 10 5 16
jWisconsin 2 11 5 16
LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
MICHIGAN 67, Minnesota 65, ot
Michigan St. 90, Iowa 78
Indiana 93, Wisconsin 58
Ohio St. 84, Northwestern 66
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MICHIGAN (67)
Britt
Robinson
Kupee
Johnson
Baxter
Grote
White
Thompson
Team
TOTALS
MID
Landsberger
Olberding
FG
6-12
2-5
8-20
4-10
1-5
5-7
1-1
1-3
FT
0-0
0-0
2-2
3-5
2-2
4-4
0-0
0-0
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4
5
0
1
0
2
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2
3
1
1
2
1
TP
12
4
18
11
4
14
2
2
Winey 0-0
Saunders 3-5
Shaffer 4-7
Thompson 8-14
Sims 0-0
Nelson 0-0
Lockhart 1-2
Team
TOTALS 30-51
SCORE BY
0-0 2 0 0
0-0 2 3 6
0-2 6 3 8
2-2 5 3 18
0-0 0 1 0
0-0 0 3 0
0-0 1 1 2
5
5-8 36 20 65
PERIODS
28 25 14--67
28 25 12-65
sAllen and Dave
Ne tters
By JON CHAVEZ
Although there is still snow on the ground,
the NCAA tennis season has already begun
for the Michigan Wolverines.
Unknown to many, the Maize and Blue
netters participated this past weekend in
the second annual National Intercollegiate
IndoorsTennis Team Championships at
Wisconsin.
. If their performance can be taken
as an indication of how they will per-
form this coming season, the Wolver-
ines are a team to watch out for.
They finished second, falling only to
defending NCAA champion Stanford in
the finals, 6-3.
Unlike the NCAA championships in
which a team can win on the basis of
strong individuals, the team championships,
like the name implies, pits one team against
another. That is the number one singles
against each other and so on down the
line.
This concept enabled Michigan to defeat
such strong teams as SMU (fourth in
NCAA's) and Texas, who, in turn knocked
off perennial power Southern Cal.
Especially pleasing to Coach Brian
Eisner must have been the play of
Freddie DeJesus, who incurred only one
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Minnesota
second
that I'd be ready to play that well," con-
fided DeJesus who had incurred an injury
some months back in a match against Ilie
Nastasse and Jimmy Connors.
In the final round against Stanford, De-
Jesus was the only singles player to win
for Michigan as he defeated the Cardinals
Patrick DuPree 6-4, 7-6.
Somewhat disappointing for the Wolver-
ines was the play of number one singles
player Victor Amaya.
Amaya had recently lead the U. S. to
its first team title in the B-P. Under 21
tournament held in London by his bril-
liant singles play.
In the first round of the NCTCC
Amaya was upset by Alabama's Sam
Vuillie 6-2, 6-2 and then in the final
round he succumbed to NCAA singles
champion John Whittlinger 6-3, 7-6.
However, as DeJesus pointed out, he and
Amaya "beat the NCAA doubles cham-
pions" in the combination of Whittlinger
and Tim Delaney.
To get a shot at the Cardinals, Michigan
first had to beat Alabama on Thursday,
Southern Methodist on Friday and Texas
Saturday night. But according to DeJesus,
"The team concept is more fair. I think
you're more able to evaluate as a team
who is best."
Michigan Coach Brian Eisner and other
team members were unavailable for com-
ment.
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Attendance-7,242
Hoosiers
blitz
Nevertheless, Michigan trailed throughout the second half
and at times, by as much as eight points. Michigan coach John From Wire Service Reports sophomore, finished with 16 point first half lead and cruiseds
Orr called time before the Piargins ballooned. Each time, the B L 0 0 M I N G T O N - points, while 6-3 guard Quinn to an 84-66 Big Ten basketball
Wolverines hung close. Top - ranked Indiana clinched Buckner added 12 for the bal- victory over Northwestern Mon-;
Even though Minnesota shot better from the floor than a share of its third straight Big anced Hoosiers. The Badgers, day night.
Michigan, the Wolverines took more shots. Minnesota shot 60 Ten basketball championship now 2-11 in the Big Ten and 5-
per cent on 51 shots while Michigan hit 44 per cent on 63 Monday night as forward Scott 16 overall, were topped by THE TRIUMPH was the third
attempts. May scored 23 points for the Bruce McCauley with 10 points. straight for the Buckeyes and
Included in the Wolverines' misses were five missed Hoosiers in their easy 93 - 58 marked the return to action of
layups in the first half. However, these mistakes were more romp over Wisconsin. INDIANA, WINNER now of 28 three of their four suspended
than made up for by the Michigan press.straght games through two players.
Joe hnson said, by (thehg press reallyTHE UNBEATEN Hoosiers seasons, can clinch the outright Mark Bayless, Andy Stiege-
JkeJthus in sher. It rough rss)back ayputeahwred. had no difficulty with the Bad- Big Ten championship Saturday meier and Terry Burris, who
otetsi talke about theghnnesoa-MkU ameu layed. la gers and never trailed en at archrival Purdue, currently had missed the last two games
Grote talked about the Minnesota-MSU game played last route to their 25th straight vic- in second place in the confer- for disciplinary reasons, made
Saturday and said of the Gophers, "They looked like a grade- tory of the season and 14th ence standings at 9-4. brief appearances in the final
school team against the press." The Gophers had 21 turnovers- I straight in the Big Ten. * * * two minutes.
Michigan had 13. Indiana blew open the gameb z
Orr firmly believes that the team that is outrebounded is with an 18-2 spurt midway Spartansbreeze-
usually the team which loses. That adage didn't apply last night, through the opening period, EAST LANSING, - Terry
because Minnesota outrebounded the "tiny" Wolverines 36-27. took a 20-pnint edge at the Furlow, the Tg Ten conference
half, 42-28, and coasted the rest 'scoring leader, had another i Sports
And perhaps the stats can t show how the entire team per- of the way. hat hand Monday night to leadf
formed in the clutch,.ftewy o adMna ih ola WEDNESDAY
"It's starting to feel like last y ,".JohnsonMay, a 6-foot-7 junior, scored Michigan State to an easy 90- AESREsAY
"' trgtsyear," Joe J nobserved. 18 points on nine of 11 attempts 78 college basketball victory -ARSI EsER BAhKE at
"It might not be a big win-but we always get it done." in the first half before Coach over Iowa. Ypsilanti, 6:00 p.m.
The sign that says, "We need a streak" on Michigan's locker Bobby Knight sent in the re- The Spartans, down 8-0 at the FRIDAY
room door is clearly having an influence on that room's in- serves. outset, led Iowa 41-28 at half- HOCKEY-Michigan vs. Denver at
habitants. Center Kent Benson, a 6-11 time and never trailed after in- Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m.
-termission. WRESTLING-Michigan vs. Tole-
THE VICTORY LIFTED do a Crisler Arena, 4:00 p.m.
Michigan State to 8-5 in the WOMEN'S SWIMMING-Michigan
Big Ten and 15-6 overall. The BloinBg tn Caposisa
Hawkeyes fell to 4-10 in the Bloomington.!
conference and 7-15 for the SATURDAY
ea .MEN'S BASKETBALL - Michigan'
season. p vs. Northwestern at Evanston.
Furlow, with a 20.9 points
per game scoring average, HOCKEY-Michigan vs. Denver at
gunned 31 points to pace the Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m.
MSU attack. TRACK-Michigan in Central Col-
The Hawkeyes got balanced legiates at Kalamazoo.
scoring; forward Scott Thomp- GYMNASTICS-Michigan vs. Iowa
Fson pumped in 17 points and at Crisier Arena, 1:00 p.m.
guard Larry Parker added 16. wOMEN'S swIMMING-Mlchigan
- .:... .';> " i* * * iT Chamionshis at
loss in the tournament to
Plock, 7-5, 7-6.
"I played very well. I
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MICHIGAN FORWARD WAYMAN BRITT grabs a long pass and blazes in for a fast break
bucket in last night's heart-stopping victory over the massive Minnesota Gophers. Britt
played an outstanding game as he scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out
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