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PURDUE WINS, 85-84
Cagers dr
By GEORGE HASTINGS game-tying bucket with less than
Special To The Daily 10 .seconds left in regulation time.
WEST LAFAYETTE-The Mich- Then the Boilers watched as Joe
igan Wolverines' lack of depth, Johnson missed a last-second shot
lack of height, and the nemesis of in the extra period that still would
a Big Ten road contest finally have won it for Michigan.
caught up with them last night as The roof had really fallen in for
they dropped a heart-stopping, the Wolverines with three minutes
heartbreaking 85-84 overtime game to go. Despite the loss of Grote on
to Purdue before a bloodthirsty fouls after only five minutes of the
horde of more than -13,000 at second half and with Russell on
Mackey Arena. the bench for seven minutes of the
Michigan led by as many as 14 second stanza with four personals,
points, and still led by 12 with Michigan was still hanging on, and
less than five mnutes to go in the led 74-65.
contest, but when three Wolverine
starters, Steve Grote, Campy Rus- But then everything really be-
sell and Wayman Britt fouled out, gan to go wrong. Russell drew his
the Boilermakers came on in the fifth personal foul and exited at
final minutes to, overwhelm the 2:34, then Britt got the heave-ho at
Michigan reserves and score the 2:00. Still, two clutch free throws
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The agony of defeat.. .
..for Orr and the Blue
by Jim Ecker -
WEST LAFAYETTE
HOPE JOHNNY ORR has a strong heart, for last night's
ballgame was enough to break the strongest. The way this
Big Ten season is going, Johnny Orr is going to need all the
strength he can muster.
The Wolverines did it to their coach again last night, in
a nerve-gangling, heart-rendingtovertime defeat at the hands of
Fred Schaus' never-say-die Purdue Boilermakers. Immediately
following the game, not one stunned Wolverine could muster
any comments for the press. In the long tunnel leading from
the playing court to the Wolverines' dressing room, the stunned
and dejected Michigan ballplayers trudged slowly to their
dressing quarters.
Campy Russell was the last Wolverine to make it into
the refuge of the Maize and Blue's shelter. He wandered
slowly down the hall, aimlessly looking at the ceiling, and
tapping the concrete wall with his right index finger. He
was speechless.*
Assistant coach Jim Dutcher trudged by. A reporter offered
his condolences with a "tough break, coach." Dutcher did not
reply.
After a short regrouping session with his shellshocked
troops, Coach Orr emerged from the sullen Michigan locker
room. The query "How's your heart, coach?" drew no response
as the forlorn Wolverine mentor drifted away.
After a brief respite with his own thoughts, Orr finally
shared his innermost emotions.
"We're very proud of them for hanging in there the
way they did," praised Orr. "I'm sincerely sorry for them.
They played their hearts out."
It is difficult to analyze what exactly led to the Wolverines'
bitterly disappointing overtime defeat. "We had all sorts of
problems getting here," revealed Orr. "We rode the bus five
hours to get here today."
Michigan's original plans called for an early Sunday after-
noon Detroit Metro departure for the game, but fog cancelled
their projected time schedule and necessitated the lengthy bus
ride this morning.
Michigan's head man also pointed to the horrendous foul
trouble which plagued his Wolverines last night. "But I thought
we overcame those things well," complimented Orr. "I can't
say enough about our kids. I thought they played admirably.
I guarantee-that they (Purdue) never would have caught us if
we'd had our players. Don't you think so?" Orr asked the
ever-growing throng of curious reporters. '
"But our guys were also In trouble," retorted a local
scribe.
"If you don't feel that way, then get the hell out of
here," blasted the normally sedate Michigan coach. "I
don't have to talk to you."I
Inside the Michigan locker room, some ten minutes after
the final buzzer had sounded Michigan's death last night, the
frustrated Wolverine ballplayers had regrouped enough to bare
their anguish. "We played our hearts out. Everybody did,"
offered the fatigued C. J. Kupec. "We played well. Everybody
did. It's a real shame."f'
Kupec withstood all 45 minutes of the physically and emo-
tionally draining ballgame. Overmatched in height against the
Boilermakers towering center, John Garrett, Kupec more than
held his own. An assortment of foul-line jumpers, drives to the
hoop and layups following loose balls gave Kupec a season high
total of 26 points.
Freshman guard Steve Grote was not as fortunate as his
junior co-captain. The "Cincinnati Kid" ran into foul trou-
ble early, rode the pines for a while, and finally was elimi- !
nated early in the second half.
"I got screwed, man. I only made two fouls," protested
Grote. "I felt they were out to get me.
"I had heard that on the road you get screwed. Now I be-
lieve it."
A few minutes later, after most of his teammates had dress-
ed, Campy Russell was still fumbling at his locker. He didn't
seem ready to leave the scene of this crime.t
"I think we're the best," emphasized Campy. "We're not 4-0,
but we didn't get the breaks."
Asked for a prediction on the Michigan-Purdue rematch in
Ann Arbor on February 23, Campy responded, "I don't know.
We're just going to win, or at least try to. That's all I can say."
And really, there isn't much more to add. The Wolverines
lost a ballgame that was rightfully theirs. It's a real shame.
op
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thriller
at 1:38 by Johnson seemed to
have iced the contest, as the Blue
led 77-69.
SECONDS later, Purdue's great
forward Frank Kendrick tipped in
an offensive rebound, and John-
son lost a dribble. Hendrick hit
a pair of foul shots, and the Boil-
ers' Bruce Parkinson stole an in-
bounds pass and his teammate,
John Garrett, hit another bucket.
Jake Whitten, Michigan's little-
used eighth man, connected on a
pressure pair of free throws and
it was Michigan, 79-75, with 42 sec-
onds left. Then Parkinson hit an-
other layup and was fouled. His
foul shot missed, theblessed Boil-
ers snagged the rebound and Gar-
rett tied it to send the game into
overtime.
In the extra period, the patch-
work Michigan lineup played Pur-
due evenly, and held the ball in
the final minute before taking and
missing the ill-fated last shot. In
the last few seconds, Johnson tried
desperately to get it to Kupec, the
hero of Saturday's thrilling win
over Michigan State, but the Boil-
ermakers sagged all' over C. J.,
and Johnson's own 20-footer was
just off the mark.
THE FIRST half had started off
the way most games have at Pur-
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due this year, with the Boilers
turning the ball over time and
again. However, the Wolverines
were cold at the outset. and after
six minutes it was only 8-8. At
that point, Michigan got the fast
break going and went on a 10-2
streak to open an 18-10 bulge.
But with 6-11 Garrett and Ken-
drick going to the hoop, Purdue
came back to tie the score at 26-26
as the Riveter pair combined for
21 straight Purdue points. From
there, the Wolverines edged slight-
ly ahead, and by halftime had
opened a 40-35 advantage.
Kupec, from the perimeter, and
Russell from underneath did most
of the first-half Michigan damage
as each had 12 points, while Gar-f
rett's 15 and Kendrick's 11 led
Purdue.
Grote, who had spent most of
the first half on the pines with
three personals, sparked a quick
Michigan rally after the intermis-
sion before his untimely exit. The
Wolverines dashed out to a 57-43
margin, and then began to slow
the game down.
Playing without Russell, the Wol-
verines held the margin stable for
a period of ten minutes before the
desperation Boilermaker press did
them in.
KUPEC, WHO played the whole
game and made 11 of 19 shots,
led the Wolverines with 26 points
and 12 rebounds. Russell, although
he spent much time on the bench,
also canned 26."
For the home team, the leaders
were Garrett with 28 points and
Kendrick with 20, before they also
fouled out near the end of the
overtime period.
The key to the Wolverines' de-
feat was the loss of their key per-
formers on fouls. Michigan had
only used seven players in its first
three Big Ten games, and when
,SECOND IN CUP
they had to go beyond those seven,
it was curtains for the Maize and
Blue.
Michigan coach John Orr com-
mented after the game -hat "no
way would they have caught us if
we'd had our first team in there."
ADDING TO the Wolverines'
woes was the fact that the Boiler-
maker team simply had bigger
players than theirs, with the refs +
calling a tight game. The smaller
Wolverines' attempt to guard Gar-
rett, Kendrick and 6-10 Tom Shef-
fler resulted in too many fouls and
kept the remaining Michigan play-
ers from playing much defense in
the game's crucial closing minutes.
Lionel Worrell, Chuck Rogers,
Whitten, Bill Ayler and even Lloyd
Schinnerer found their way into
the Maize and Blue lineup late in
the contest. Considering their lack
of experience, they didn't do that
poorly, but before the berserk
Purdue crowd, the Michigan subs
simply wilted under the pressure.
The Wolverines had been forced
to spend seven hours Sunday wait-
ing at the airport, and then en-
dured a five-hour bus ride to get
to West Lafayette. After the fiasco
of the final minutes at Mackey
last night they wished they'd never MICHIGAN'S Joe Johnson a
made it. control during last night's 85
Sp'-artans shoot u
Hawuke yes, 95-86.
AP Photo
End Boilermaker John Garrett watch helplessly as another ball sails out of
5-84 overtime victory for Purdue.
Russell
Grote
Kupec
Johnson
Britt
Worrell
Rogers
Whitten
Ayler
Schinnerer
TEAM
Totals
Nichols
Kendrick
Garrett
Luke
Parkinson
Steele
Rose
Scheffler
McCarter
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Totals
MICHIGAN
Purdue
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FG
9-16
2-2
11-19
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3-14
3-8
1-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
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8-9
2-2
4-5
4-4
1-2
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0-0
2-2
1-2
4-0
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1
12
6
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3
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7
41
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5
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2
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31
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26
6
26
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7
6
2
2
1
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84
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2
20
28
3
13
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PURDUE
FG FT R
1-3 0-0 3
6-20 8-11 12
12-24 4-9 12
1-5 1-2 2
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2-4 1-2 6
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By The Associated Press State ahead 82-79.'
EAST LANSING - Senior guard LaPrince narrowed the gap to
Mike Robinson and junior center 82-81 on a 18-foot jumper, but
Lindsay H a i r s t o n made some Hairston made two more free
clutch shots late in the game to throws to ignite a string of nine
turn back an Iowa rally, as the straight points to give the Spar-
Spartans took a 95-86 Big Ten tans a comfortable 89-82 lead.
basketball victory last night. Robinson finished with 29 points,
Iowa's Candy LaPrince, who had while Hairston had 19.
32 points for the night,' scored four The Spartans held a 12-point
of Iowa's six straight points that lead, 50-38, in the first half, before
put the Hawkeyes briefly into a taking a halftime margin of 52-42.
79-78 lead with 5:12 to play.
Hairston then hit two free throws
after Iowa's Jim Cowens fouled Wild
out and Robinson hit a jumper TUSCALOOSA-Sophomore Leon
from the foul line to put Michigan Douglas scored 24 points and grab-
_ bed 11 rebounds to help Alabama
remain in a tie for the Southeast-
ern Conference lead with a 81-77:
victory over Kentucky yesterday.
The Wildcats jumped out to an
early 5-0 leaddand led by as 'many
Slo ps as 11 points during the first half.
Al^abama trimmed the difference
to 44-39 at the half, then took onlyI
two minutes in the second half to
two runs. The top nine women take the lead.
earn team points, with nine ooints They were never seriously threat-
for first, eight for second, and ened after that, leading by nine
so on. The men earn points for points with two minutes left.
the first 18 spots, with 18 for C h a r I e s Cleveland and Ray
first, etc. There were about 30 Odums each had 16 points for Ala-;
women skiers and twice as many bama and Charlees Russell hit1
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By DEBORAH J. LEWIS
The Michigan w o m e n ' s ski
team took second place in Satur-
day's Governor's Cup slalom be-
hind the strong third place fin-
ish of Mary Czbulski. Winner
Rondi Wuerfel of MSU crossed
the line with a time of 88.57 sec-
onds, followed by runner-up Pat
Tunney of Northern Michigan in
88.73 a n d Czbulski in 89.53
seconds.
Powerful NMU turned in a
solid performance to pick up 17
points and first place. Mich-
igan's 10 points enabled the wo-
men to ski off with the runner-
up trophy.
In addition to Czbulski's third,
the team scored with an eighth
place finish by Deb J. Lewis
and a ninth from Deb D. Lewis.
MSU FINISHED third, with all
of its nine points accounted for
by Wuerfel. Lake Superior State
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Vanderbilt 82, Tennessee 63
Marshall 66, Stetson 58
Gettysburg 86, Franklin & Marshall 71
Va. Commonwealth 82, Centenary 79
Mississippi 83, Florida 73
Oklahoma 71, Iowa St. 69 OT
Alabama 81, Kentucky 77
LSU 90, Georgia 83
Austin Peay 80, E. Tenn 67
Cincinnati 109, N. E. Illinois 73
LIU 86, Bentley 74
Virginia St. 92, Morgan St. 79
Ithaca 71, Lock Haven 53
Rider 77, Dickinson 46
Auburn 87, Mississippi St. 81
Sam Houstonn 87, Howard Payne 71
Midwestern 74, Trinity 72
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excel o:
was fourth and Ferris State Col-
lege fifth, followed by Central
Michigan, Western Michigan, and
Notre Dame.
The Governor's Cup, run on
Thunder Mountain's Whiteface, is
the only meet of the season in
which all of Michigan's skiing
colleges participate. NMU and
Michigan Tech race in the strong
NCAA league, while the other
teams p r e s e n t Saturday are
members of the Midwest Col-
legiate Ski Association.
A SLALOM course consists of
alternating pairs of red and blue
poles, which form gates through
which the racer must pass. Since
there are a number of possible
ways through a course, the racer
must determine the fastest line
of travel from start to finish.
The course is reset after every
skier has made one run, because
ice and ruts quickly form in the
turns.
Individual finishes are ranked
by fastest combined times for
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men.
Michigan's men had a raugh
day and were only able to finish
fifth o v e r a 11. Gary Edwards
placed twelfth, with Rick Revn-
olds thirteenth, to pick up the
team's 17 points. Dave Perkins,
Jim Sempere, and Pete Daukss
were the other racers.
FOUR MICHIGAN skiers raced
as individuals, but were not
eligible to be counted for team
points. Among this contingent,
Jim Elder took tenth place.
NMU again won the team
trophy, followed by Michigan
Tech, MSU, CMU, Michigan,
Grand Rapids Junior College,
WMU, and Ferris, with Lake Su-
perior State and Notre Dame
tied for ninth.
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Last night's results
Purdue 85, MICHIGAN 84 (OT)
Michigan State 95, Iowa 86
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Michigan's gymnasts are improving. With their
solid triumph over Southern Illinois last Saturday,
the Maize and Blue tumblers have reinforced coach
Newt Loken's characteristic optimism.
"We've been getting good support from our all-
around men,' Loken enthused yesterday, referring
specifically to Joe Neuenswander and team cap-
tain Monty Falb. "This team can qualify 27 or bet-
ter, which will put us consistently in the 160-162
non was tremendous!"
"We're taking one meet at a time," Loken em-
phasized when asked to discuss his team's pros-
pects. "I don't like to predict too far into the
future."
Nevertheless, Michigan's gymnastics genius fore-
sees some difficult barriers in his team's path to
a championship-especially Iowa.
"They beat us in the Windy City tournament in
December," Loken explained, noting that "while
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