Page 10-Thursday, January 26, 1978-The Michigan Daily SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y: Carr steers Piston win I ' I Pucldin9 J1/'1uh49 b By ERIC OLSON Special to The Daily 'Y'DETROIT-In a game which Detroit eoAch Bob Kauffman termed, "a pos- ' ible turning point this season," the Pistons staged a furious second half cbmieback to edge the Golden State Warriors, 99-95. Down by 22 points, 70-48, in the third quarter, the Pistons rallied behind the .fast-break shooting of M. L. Carr and Eric Money, to trail only 81-76 at the 'irart of the final stanza. a "Carr and Money each netted eight 1"ijnts in the quarter which saw the 'pistons hit a blistering 59 per cent from the floor. -h, The Pistons took the lead for the first time in the game, 90-89, with 5:22 remnaining on a rolling hook by Bob U of M SKI CLUB MEETING HENDERSON RM. 3rd Floor--Mich. League 7:30 P.M. " Thursday, January 26 Everyone Welcome Discussing weekly and weekend trips Lanier. Lanier took game high scoring honors with 32 points. With 1:11 left, Chris Ford put Detroit on top for good as he hit a three-point play off of an inbounds pass to make the score, 99-95. In the first half, the Pistons looked as if they were at the point of no return as they were down by 18 at the half. Led by the play of center Robert Parish, the Warriors steamed to an early ten-point advantage, scoring 11 unanswered points in the first four minutes of the game. Parish paced the Golden State attack in the first half with 13 points and 13 rebounds, but he was held to a mere two points and six caroms in the final half. Forward M. L. Carr was instrumen- tal in the secondrhalfsurge as he collec- ted 24 points, 0 rebounds, and a career high 7 steals for the game. He also held Warrior scoring whiz Rick Barry to 19 points. Barry only managed two in the final period, and the Warriors only net- ted 14 in the final stanza. Phil Smith led Golden State with 26 points and Nate Williams added 11. Money helped Detroit with 21. The Pistons may now be pointing towards the playoffs, but Kauffman thinks, "The team needs to win five out of the next six and be within one game of five hundred at the all-star break to be in playoff contention." The loss was the Warriors' third straight, and also their 18th road loss in 20 games. Tolbert named MVP CHICAGO (AP) -FreshmanaRay Tolbert of Indiana has been named Big Ten basketball player of the week for his performances against Ohio State and Purdue. 'olbert, a 6-9 center from Anderson, Ind., was selected Tuesday for scoring 24 points in Indiana's 77-63 victory over Ohio State last Thursday and 19 points in the Hoosiers' 77-67 loss to Purdue last Saturday. In the two games, Tolbert hit 20 field goals in 32 attempts. Also considered for the honor were three other freshmen, Mike McGee of Michigan, Mark Smith of Illinois and Earvin Johnson of Michigan State. Women snowed out Due to inclement weather, the wom- en's basketball game scheduled for last night was cancelled.. The game may be rescheduled for a later date. Gloria Soluk's 5-8 cagers next take to the hardwood this Saturday against ar- ch-rival Michigan State. Tipoff time with the Spartans is at 11:45, prior to the men's game versus Purdue, in Cris- ler Arena. Icers split with NoDak . . , can they rebound? By GARY KICINSKI IT WAS SUPPOSED to have been the game that turned around the Michigan icers' season. Instead, last Fri- day's 12-10 loss to North Dakota may prove to be the most devastating defeat of the year. Earlier in the season, things had been moving along pretty nicely for the dekers. Cruising with a 7-3 confer- ence record, Michigan faced its stiffest challenge in a home series with defending NCAA champion Wisconsin. The icers responded in impressive fashion, and looked like world-beaters in the process, as they dumped the Badgers 11-3 and 7-3. But then the club went into a swoon. A pair of losses at Michigan Tech preceded two embarassing perform- ances in the Great Lakes Tournament. Hitting the road again, the icers were defeated twice each by Wisconsin and Minnesota. Six straight conference defeats had plunged the icers into fifth place. During the slump it seemed that the team was holding its collective breath, praying for survival until it got back home. The dome series against the lower divi- sion NoDaks was supposed to be just what the doctor or- dered - the cure-all for all the icers' ailings. Thne Great Transformation But Michigan goaltender Frank Zimmerman gave up a few quick goals, as he has been prone to do on several occasions this year, and Michigan was down 4-0 after six minutes. The situation then was as gloomy as it had been at any point this season. Then a transformation seemed to take place. Dean Turner's aggressive play in front of the net resulted in a Dave Debol power play goal. The rest of the team picked up the pace, scoring five goals in 3:11. You could see the momentum shifting to the Michigan side, as visibly as a locomotive changing gears and rapidly rolling forward. The stirring come- back gave the icers a 6-4 lead and a standing ovation as they left the ice after the first period. That comeback could have turned the season around right then and there. We all know what happened in- stead. Michigan went up 8-4,and sat on their lead, ap- parently oblivious to the fact that the Fighting Sioux could come back just as easily as Michigan had. Which of course is exactly what happened. North Dakota won 12-10 and the icers skated off looking like they had just played 60 days of hockey instead of 60 minutes. It is true that Michigan came back to win 5-2 on Saturday night, but it is doubtful that that win carried as much impact as the Friday night game could have. Two good things did emerge out of the NoDak series however, leaving hope that Michigan can still get enough momentum going to carry them into a home playoff berth. The first was the return of the Michigan offense to the scene. The icers had scored an average of only three goals a game during the six road losses, and the 15 goals in two games were diefinitely a sign of a return to early- season form. Dave Debol looked like the Debol of old Friday in scoring his hat trick, in response to criticism (from Coach Dan Farrell, among others) that he had not been playing with his usual intensity. And Farrell's line- shuffling finally paid off, with a solid performance from the combination of Coffman-Lerg-Thayer. The second was Saturday's play of goaltender Rick Palmer. It was the first time a Michigan goaltender had played well in a conference game since early December, and if Palmer can get hot like he did last season, he might carry the club all by himself. Solid goaltending essential A repeat performance by Palmer would be fine and dandy with Farrell. "We had been having a problem with our goaltending but last weekend Palmer played very well. We needed something like that. If Palmsy can get hot, we'll stick with him." Michigan's defense and goaltending will have to assert itself in the remaining games if the'team hopes to do well in the playoffs. Both have been problem areas. Michigan has given up 103 goals this year, topped only by last place Michigan State, Colorado College and NoDaks. The blame for this falls not only on the shaky goal- tending but also on the defense. Too many opponents have been left unguarded in front of the net while the defensemen went after the puck in the corner. They're also getting beaten on the outside. "The problem with the defense is they're not moving the puck out of the zone," Farrell said. "They haven't got great quickness and it's sometimes hurting us." A solid defense will keep you in every game, given that you can mount a minimal amount of offense. Every- one knows that the Michigan offense can score - what's needed is a stronger defensive effort. 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