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.