Sunday, February 18, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven-
Sunday, February 18, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Elevenl
Gopher
By FRANK LONGO
Special to The Daily
MINNEAPOLIS-Balanced scoring and
an unbelievable two to one rebounding ad-
vantage carried nationally fourth ranked
Minnesota to aa 82-75 basketball victory
over number 11 Indiana here last night,
keeping the Gophers a half-game behind 1
Purdue in the Big Ten title race.
Coach Bill Musselman's squad sported
six in double figures, led by 6-8 guard
Clyde Turner with 18 points. Center Steve
Downing led Hoosier scorers with 23
markers.
"We had a better line-up on the floor,"
remarked Musselman rather bluntly fol-
lowing the Gophers 16th win in 18 starts
this season. "We are a much better bal,
club."]
And they were last night especially oni
the boards! Dave Winfield, Jim Brewer,
Ron Behagen, and Corky Taylor all had
more rebounds than Indiana's Downing,+
with Minnesota holding a total advant-
age of 46-23.
The Hoosiers jumped out to a 21-14 lead
halfway through the first half, but Min-+
nesota slowly closed within one point
late in the half, and outscored Indiana
13-2 in the final four minutes to take a
49-30 lead into the locker room.
tip
I
The Hoosiers narrowed the gap to four
points twice in the second half, but with
three minutes left the Gophers put on
the stall to lock up the win.
"Our subs did a tremendous job,"
praised Musselman of Taylor and Keith
Young. "It was the first time this year
they had to play that long under pres-
sure."
Minnesota's shifting defense appeared to
confuse Indiana, and forced the Hoosiers
to take the'weak side shot.
4 * *
Purdue powers
EAST LANSING (R) - Purdue outscored
Michigan State 16-7 in a six-minute spurt
early in the second half to take a 61-51
lead and then withstood a Spartan surge
to win a Big Ten basketball game yester-
day, 88-84.
The Boilermakers, paced by sophomore
center John Garrett with 23 points and
junior forward Frank Kendrick with 22,
improved their Big Ten record to 7-2 to
remain in contention for the Big Ten
crown.
The Spartans fell to 3-6 in conference
play.
The Spartans tried to rally behind the
hotshooting of Big Ten scoring leader Mike
ndiana,
Robinson. On a three-point play by Bill
Kilgore and a basket and a layup by Rob-
inson, after he stole an inbound pass, MSU
closed the score to 86-84 with 26 seconds
remaining in the game. But Purdue's
Bruce Tarkinson was fouled and sunk two
free throws to ice the contest for Purdue.
Purdue is now 14-6 for the season while
MSU is 10-9.
* * *
Buckeyes battered
CHAMPAIGN (A') - Nick Weatherspoon
and Jeff Dawson kept Illinois' 'Big Ten
basketball hopes alive yesterday by spear-
heading a 79-68 triumph over Ohio State.
Weatherspoon took charge in the second,
half when he scored 17 of his game-high
28 points while Dawson, scoring 11 of Il-
linois' first 13 points, finished with 23.
The victory gave Illinois a 5-3 Big Ten
record while Ohio State dropped out of
the title picture with a 4-5 recora.
Paced by Dawson's 16 points in the first
half, Illinois ran to a 40-34 halftime lead.
* * *
Hawkeyes romp
IOWA CITY (A')-Iowa's basketball team
reached 100 points for only the second
time this season as the Hawkeyes cruised
to a 100-76 Big Ten Conference victory
over Wisconsin last night.
Junior guard Candy LaPrince paced
Iowa with 18 points in a game which saw
Iowa's leading scorer, 7-foot Kevin Kun-
nert, on the Hawkeye bench for slightly
more than 14 minutes. Kunnert left the
game early in the second half after
receiving his fourth personal foul.
Big Ten Standings
Purdue
Minnesota
Indiana
Illinois
MICHIGAN
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Northwestern
W
7
6
7
5
6
4
3
3
3
1
L
2
2
3
3
4
5
6
6
7
7
Pct.
.778
.750
.700
.625
.600
.444
.333
.333
.300
.125
YESTERDAY' RESULTS
MICHIGAN 110, Northwestern 76
Minnesota 82, Indiana 75
Purdue 88, Michigan State 84
Illinois 70, Ohio State 68
Iowa 100, Wisconsin 76
AP Photo
BILL KILGORE (32) tries to move around Purdu e defenders Frank Kendrick and John Garrett in
yesterday's game in East Lansing.
full court
PIMI
The running game . .
Michigan haS some fun
By GEORGE HASTINGS
"WHEN YOU run, the game becomes fun. We had fun out there
today. It was like we were back on the playground."
That was the way Campy Russell summed up the Michigan-
Northwestern basketball game yesterday afternoon, and perhaps
it was the best description anyone offered for the slaughter. The
Wolverines did a lot of running out on the basketball court yes-
terday, and they had a lot of fun at the expense of the hapless
Wildcats.
The game was Michigan run-and-gun basketball at its best, as
the Michigan men whipped the'outlet pass outside and whisked
the ball downcourt on the fast break time and again, usually re-
sulting in a picture book basket by either Russell or Henry Wil-
more.
At Crisler yesterday The Wolverines returned to the
style of basketball that seems to fit them best, and all the
players seemed to love it. "We're a better team when we're
conscious of running," Campy said, and his alleyball moves
and pin-point passes and shots said it too.
Wilmore agreed heartily. "The type of ball we played today
is the kind that suits us best. Campy does his scoring, I do my
scoring, everybody's satisfied. We should be able to do this four
more times."
And how Campy and Henry did their scoring! Their com-
bined total of 70 points, 39 for Wilmore and 31 for Russell set an
Arena scoring for two players on the same team.
The dynamic duo teamed for
30 of their team's first 38 points
in each of the two halves, and
at the time they were taken out
late in the contest the two of
them alone had outscored the
entire Northwestern team by a
70-61 margin.
Russell had perhaps his best
game since the romp over Toledo,
as the shots finally began to drop
*for him. His amazing 12 of 17
from the floor for 71 per cent as
compared to his season average
of 41 per cent was no coincidence.
Campy was taking better shots
yesterday than he has been get-
ting all season.!
Wilmore's floor-shooting stats
were almost as impressive, as he. . .
gunned for 55 per cent, and also ;
drew a plethora of fouls to account
for 15 more points. Orr contribu-
ted Henry's success in the last>
two contests (he had 34 last Sat-4
urday against Michigan State), in
addition to the resurgence of the
fast break, to the fact that Michi
gan has gone back to an offense k
which uses Wilmore on the base~r
line, much like a fourth forward
"It seemed like during the
offseason 'jackass' pro scoutsh
had Henry talked into thinking
he could play nothing but
guard," Orr explained. N;~,.°:
"After the Illinois game, I told
him "We're going to put you back AN UNIDENTIFIABLE W
where you play the best, closer to Kupec, Joe Johnson, JakeV
the basket."
The result has been that Wilmore has been much more ac-
tive, has had his two best scoring games of the season, and
has garnered 20 rebounds in his last two games.
The deliriousness of the win even resulted in a little
innocent hot-dogging for the crowd on Henry's part, but Orr
only smiled. "Henry might get a little fancy, but that's how
he gets juiced up. He may do a few crazy things, but more
often than not they turn out well."
The crazy things indeed did turn out well for Wilmore, but
he and Russell were not the only reasons the Wolverines played
as well as they did. Orr credited the difference in the fast break
from previous games to a fellow named Wayman Britt.
ntBritt's contribution in his second start at guard perhaps did
not stand out so well at first glance, as he shot only four times,
hitting three for six points.
But, as Orr put it, "Britt makes our running game go.
When he grabs the outlet pass, he moves it downcourt so quickly.
He really is making the difference in our running."
There is no doubt that the Wolverines are playing well
at nawid-nnn stvi nf h ketbAlL Thev're mnr relxled and
HotU
By BOB HEUER
Led by the dazzling duo of
Henry Wilmore and Campy
Russell, the Michigan cagers
mounted a double-barreled of-
fensive attack and gunned
down Northwestern 110-76
yesterday at Crisler Arena.
The devastating victory kept
Michigan's faint post-season hopes
aliveandtgave the 12,124 partisans
on hand the two-man shot-making
exhibition they had awaited since
December. Wilmore, in a repeat of
last week's virtuoso performance,
hit a season-high 39 points; while
Russell, moving to the basket with
unparalleled excellence, tossed in
31, also a season high.
The twosome's combined total
missed outscoring the entire Wild-
cat delegation by a mere six points.-
Their 70 points stands as a Crisler
Arena record for two man efforts.
JOHNNY ORR, revelling in his
first full-fledged trouncing of a
Big Ten foe, gushed with praise for
both his superstars, especially Rus-
sell, who has been noticeably be-
low par at times this year: "That's
the best Campy's moved since the
log
Blue
devour
cold
side of the Hudson. While leading
a break, the recently rejuvenated
senior dribbled behind his back
once and through his legs twice
before looking left and passing
1 right to Russell for the basket.
Of his unique ball-handling style,
SSUNDAY SPORTS K Wilmore echoed Russell's senti-
ments of having a good time. "All
NIGHT EDITOR: MARC FELDMAN I'm doing is basically having fun,"
he explained. "Some people might
call it crowd pleasing, but I've
been playing like that all my life
Toledo game in December," beam- time out with 13:02 remaining in and I see no reason to change
ed Orr. the half.; now."
The Wolverines led in the contest . "He got a little fancy out there,"
from start to finish, outscoring TWO JUMP shots by Greg Wells said Orr in reference to Henry's
Northwestern 25-8 at one point in and Bryan Ashbaugh brought the tricks. "But more often than not,
the first half, en route to a 55-31 Wildcats back to 22-16, but that those things work out pretty well."
intermission lead. was as close as they ever got. A Orr had continued praise for the
Michigan's man-to-man defense Russell-to-Wilmore-to-Russell fast team's running game and freshman
proved a bit loose in the opening break basket, a Brady tip-in and a starter Britt's part in it. "He moves
moments as Northwestern hung Russell lay-up brought the count the ball up court real well," said
close at 13-12. But the Wilmore- to 28-16. Johnny. He makes our running
Russell express, which garnered Then with 8:31 left, Wilmore went game go. Joe's playing well too.
the Wolverines' initial 11 point on a scoring binge which netted We had no reason to make a
and 30 of the first 38, soon left the him 10 points in less than two min- change when we were winning.
outclassed 'Cats coughing in its utes. The two-time All-American But Joe shot poorly in a couple
exhaust. scored on a long jumper, a twisting games, so we decided to give Way-
A patented one-man fast break reverse lay-up, four free throws man a chance. He's very strong
by Wilmore, and a goaltending call and a goaltending call to give the and a great competitor."
giving Russell two points sand- Wolverines a 38-22 bulge. Mean- Dynamic Duo
wiched between converted red' while, the Wildcats could muster MICHIGAN
bounds by Ernie Johnson and Ken only a single two-pointer by Mark FG FT R P TP
Brady put Michigan in command Sibley, who led the 'Cats with 25 E. Johnson 3-5 0-0 1 6
22-12 when Northwestern called points. rady4 -11 3-4 14 3 11
Brady 4il -4 (1 3 122
Cats
Northwestern toundt the going no i
easier with Henry on the benchI
as the first half waned. Both Way-
man Britt, who started for the
second, week in a row, and Joe
Johnson converted steals into
breakaway buckets to widen the'
first-half lead.
The Maize and Blue shot a sizz-
ling 51.2 per cent. in the first
stanza, only to come back with an
even better performance after half-
time. Russell hit on 12 of 17 shotsj
the majority of which came on
short bank shots and drives.
"I was having a tendency toI
stand around more before," com-
mented Russell after the game.
"I'm moving now. When the game
is wide open like these last two,
it's fun. When you come down and
set up this, and set up that, it's;
not as much fun."
THE 6-7 SOPHOMORE epitomiz-
ed the fun he was having when he
turned a quick outlet pass into a
semi-fast break in the second half.
He dribbled the ball into the fore-
court, put it behind his back, turn-
ed away from the basket as if to
slow things down, then whipped a'
blind side bounce pass into Joe
Johnson, who turned the play into
three points and a 98-57 Michigan
lead with 6:29 to play.
RUSSELL'S razzle-dazzle paled
alongside that of Wilmore, who had
performed perhaps the most un-
mitigated bit of hottdoggery this
Maryland,
49ers Win
From Wire Service Reports
Ed Ratleff scored 24 points and
pulled down nine rebounds to lead
third-ranked Long Beach State to
an easy 85-64 victory over PCAA
rival Pacific. Also on the West
Coast, Washington helped UCLA
open up a two game lead in the
Pac-8 with a 73-70 upset win over
the Bruins' closest challenger, USC.
On the East Coast, Maryland
held off a late rally by Clemson
to score a 69-66 win in College
Park. Tom McMillan led the tenth-
ranked Terps with 24 points and
Jim O'Brian added 18.
In other games of interest, North
Carolina trimmed Florida State,
9 1-79 Villnona wac whinned hi
Britt
Wilmore
Kupec
J. Johnson
Whitten
Rogers
A'vler
Schinnerer
TEAM
Totals
Ashbaugh
Wes
Wallace
Sibley
Kachan
Otis
Teasley
Dammeier
Brodnan
Jackson
TEAM
Totals
Officials:
12-22. 15-19 7
0-2 0-0 3
5-9 1-1 0
1-1 2-2 4
0-1 0-2 1
0-2 0-0 0
1-i 0-0 0
6
41-75 28-36 55
NORTHWESTERN
2
3
1
0
1
1
39
0
11
4
0
0
2
17 110
FG FT R P TP
6-19 3-4 11 4 15
5-12 0-0 9 4 10
4-9 0-0 3 5 8
10-19 5-7 6 5 25
2-9 1-2 1 2 5
0-5 0-0 2 2 0
2-7 0-0 3 3 4
0-1 0-0 4 0 0
0-1 0-0 0 0 0
3-5 3-5 0 2 9
9
32-87 12-18 48 27 76
Richard Weiler, Robert
Showalter, Tom Rucker
Attendance 12,124
Score By Periods
MICHIGAN
Northwestern
Dailv Photo by DENNY GAINER
ERNIE JOHNSON runs a post prttern in yesterday's game with
Northwestern. The pass fell incomplete in the endzone and the
Wildcats took over on downs.
2
55
31
4
55
45
F
110
76
GOPHERS, 3-2:
De hers
Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI
ildcat cager seems to be playing the wrong sport as Wolverines (1-r) C. J.
Wh ten, and Ken Brady look on in apparent disbelief.
SCORES
ABA
Kentucky 112, Virginia 105
NHIL
Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 3
Toronto 6, New Islanders 2
NBA
Cleveland 106, Detroit 104
Milwaukee11l, Kansas City-Omaha 104
New York 107, Philadelphia 89
College Basketball
St. John's 98, Dayton 83
Long Beach St. 85, Pacific 64
Maryland 69, Clemson 66
N. Carolina 91, Florida St. 77
N. Carolina St. 81, Wake Forest 59
Princeton 56, Cornell 44
E. Michigan 69, N. Michigan 68
Colorado 77, Missouri 68
Kentucky 94, Florida 83
Ohio University 101, W. Michigan 80
Trinity 83, Bowdoin 80
Toledo 67,'Miami 63
Bowling Green 77, Kent St. 67
Tennessee 85, Georgia 71
High Point 64, Catawba 61
Kansas St. 89, Iowa St. 76
Temple 56, LaSalle 54,
Boston U. 73. New Hampshire 60
Gettysburg 69, Lehigh 66
Brown 80, Dartmouth 68
Tufts 84, Amherst 70
Williams 71, Wseleyan 59
Oberlin 66, Ohio Wesleyan 63
Penn 59, Columbia 52
Thurman 79, Citadel 59
Buffalo 67, Army 64
ni.
By FRANK LONGO
Special to The Daily
MINNEAPOLIS-Once upon a time Michigan
freshman goalie Robbie Moore made 121 saves
in ' a two game hockey series between the
Wolverines and Minnesota at Williams Arena,
here. The end.
Once upon the same 'time the maize and blue
icers extended their road loss record to ten
straight by dropping a 3-2 game to the Gophers.
The end.
That was the whole story yesterday afternoon
for the 2,984 fans who resisted the eight degree
mid-afternoon heat and stumbled inside to watch
the Gophers push their season record above 500,
at 11-10-3, while Michigan tumbled to 3-22-0.
A decided contrast to the previous evening's
affair, which saw both teams skating around
in a proverbial swoon, yesterday's game was
highlighted by some sparkling net-minding, and
along with some heavy hitting and a few pretty
scoring plays, it made for quite an interesting
visit to Golden Country.
"THAT WAS one of the finest displays of goal
tending I've ever seen in this building," remarked
first year Minnesota coach Herb Brooks, some-
what enthusiastically. He had reason to be, his
team extended its winning streak to four games.
"I was worried for awhile whether we were
going to dent that kid today," continued Brooks.
Time after time Moore had thwarted the Gopher
forwards who more or less fired at will and;
re eze is on
Moore wrote his name into the book on that
one, too, registering his first WCHA assist, when
he passed the puck to Don Fardig, who did, all
the work of faking the Minnesota defenders before
leaving it for Lindscog at the Gopher blue line.
Mike Polich countered for Minnesota on another
of the all-alone variety to knot the score six
minutes later.
Frank Werner put the Wolverines ahead half-
way through the second stanza in one of the
few times the blue applied some continuous
pressure on Gopher goalie Brad Shelstad.
WERNER'S BACKHAND of a loose puck,
through a melee of players in front of Shelstad
for his -twelfth tallie of the season, tops on the
Michigan team.
MINNESOTA came out storming in the final
period and Les Auge finally tied it up with six
minutes gone on a blistering slap shot that flew
by Moore's left shoulder.
The Gophers continued to control play and
scored the eventual game winner half-way through
the period, a screen shot by Tom O'Brien, 21
seconds after Angie Moretto had been sent to
the penalty box for cross-checking.
Cryogenics in action
MICHIGAN 1 1 0 - 2
Minnesota 1 0 2 - 3
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING: 1. M--Lingskog (Fardig, Moore)
622. u 7 n-Pnli . .,nnagt2A 1 0.