The Michigan Daily-Sunday, January 29, 1978-Page 7 Blow out! Orr empties bench in 92-73 rout By DAVE RENBARGER Contrary to popular belief, the Michigan Wolverines are not a five- man basketball team. For the first time this season, the main- stays of the Michigan bench made their presence felt, providing the spark behind yesterday's 92-73 Wolverines triumph over their one-time arch rivals, the Indiana Hoosiers. Faced with an early 27-18 deficit along with an acute rash of foul trouble and a lethargic starting quintet, Coach Johnny Orr went to his bench early in the first half. He couldn't have been happier with the result. LEADING, THE CHARGE from the sidelines was none other than Toni Bergen, a frequent target of Crisler Arena fans' jeers in years past. The backup center turned those boo's into thunderous cheers, registering six big points in the final five minutes of the first half to help erase a 30-22 Hoosier margin. - Bergen teamed with fellow bench- warmer Mark Lozier, to give Michigan a 42-36 halftime lead, and after that the Wolverines never looked back. Dozier, subbing for . foul proned freshman Mike McGee, notched eight points during the 4:45 blitz as Michigan outscored the Hoosiers by a total of 22-6. Of their 44 first half points, non-starters contributed 18. "It's the best game I've ever played here," said Lozier. "Since I'm from In- diana it's gratifying to do this against them. " THE VICTORY was a crucial one for the second place Wolverines, upping their conference mark to 5-2. Michigan now faces the most grueling six day stretch of its schedule. Monday night the Wolverines host Purdue, before hit- ting the road to play league leading Michigan State on Thursday and Pur- due again on Saturday. "Our bench did a good job," said Orr after the game. "We played a great game. At times we had lapses, but overall we played well." After the halftime intermission the hot shooting Wolverines did nothing but extend their lead, McGee, who picked up three fouls in the first three minutes of the game, returned to action and tallied twenty points to lead the Wolverines. McGEE'S SHOOTING was again sharp as he hit on eight of 12 floor at- tempts. As a team, Michigan blistered the nets at a 70 per cent clip in the second half going 34-53 overall (64.2 per cent). Starting center Joel Thompson followed McGee with 17 points, keeping the Wolverines in the game by hitting 15 in the first half, In fact, Thompson was the only Michigan player to score a basket over the first 15:17 of the game. Forward Alan Hardy chipped in with 14, and Lozier pumped in 12. Hoosier Mike Woodson grabbed scoring honors with 31 points, while backcourt mate Wayne Radford netted 14. Indiana coach Bobby Knight did not grant post game interviews to any reporters, but still managed to exercise his vocal chords, interrupting play on numerous occasions to argue with the officials. AT THE OUTSET the sloppy nature of play suggested that the game originally slated for Thursday evening, be postponed yet another day. Both teams had trouble finding the range from the field and the Hoosiers were especially plagued with turnovers. Quite a few of the Indiana miscues were caused by Michigan's stifling zone press which Orr employed throughout the game. During the second half the Hoosiers apeatedly lost control of the ball trying to break the press, and, with 7:53 remaining Michigan established a N~ <~ full court IL PRESS 1 Postponements hurt... .. .play and players By ERNIE DUNBAR Whatever happened to the classic basketball games the clashes between perennial Big Ten powers Indiana and Michigan were supposed to produce? As of yesterday afternoon, no one in the snow reduced crowd at Crisler Arena would have believed that these same teams have played some of the most memorable moments in Big Ten basketball the past six years. You see, yesterday's 92-73 Michigan victory, was the first time in 12 con- secutive meetings that either the Wolverines or the Hoosiers haven't been in first place at this point in the season. Yer both teams were even lucky to be playing at all, given the immense amount of snow which played havoc with Michigan's basketball schedule. First the game was supposed to be switched fro m itsriginal-starting time of Thursday night to Friday night. Then from Friday to yesterday afternoon.' All this switching in the starting time found both teams waiting by their telephones to be told when this game would finally be played. The indecision and sitting around definitely had an effect on the early portion of the con- test. Both teams came out playing the sloppiest game to be seen yet this year at Crisler. Errant passes, short shots, and a multitude of turnovers made the first half seem like something short of an intramural game. This sloppy play was reflected quite clearly in the statistics from the first half. Seven players had committed three fouls or more, Michigan had 11 turnovers for the first half, while Indiana was giving the wolverines the ball 15 times. All told, Michigan racked up 14 fouls while Indiana collected 16 in the fir- st period. Ready and Waiting Much of this weak play may be attributed to the fact that both teams have been ready to play this game since Wednesday. The Hoosiers were in town by original game time and the Wolverines were sitting in their apar- tment and dorm rooms, waiting for Johnny Orr to tell them to lace up their sneakers and tackle Indiana. But the call was not to come until two days later. "This will be the third day we've run our pregame warmup," Orr said on Friday. "We were high on Wednesday, we thought better than any time before. We were ready to play. Then Thursday we had a let down and then we thought we were going to play yesterday. Then today it was cancelled." So Orr's conceding that the cancellationpostponement may have hurt his team somewhat. But then he was quick to point out that Indiana was in the same situation. Well, not quite. Wouldn't you much rather be sitting in your apartment and relaxing in a familiar surrounding, rather than being locked up in a Briarwood Hilton like the Hoosiers were? Laying around a hotel When you stay in a hotel and start laying around you kind of feel sluggish," said Joel Thompson, who was the only Michigan player to score a basket over the first 15:17 of the game. I know the two postponements had an effect on the way I viewed yester- day's ballgame. Being a member of the Greek community on campus it was my duty all week long to take part in a function known as rush. It was to culminate on Thursday with a party I was looking forward to miss by atten- ding the basketball game. But without the cooperation of Mother Nature I was supposed to be at a party while moving my plans for an evening of Big Ten basketball back one day. As it turned out the ladies of Delta Delta Delta sorority made for an en- joyable evening. Then I woke up of Friday morning, all my classes cancelled, and only a basketball game to salvage the weekend. But once again I-was disappointed to the tune of one more postponement. Well, by the time I slid into the Crisler lot the game had lost its flare. I wasn't as fired up yesterday as I was prior to the starting time Thursday and I'm sure the players must have felt the same way. 72-56 lead. McGee Thompson Hardy Lozier Bergen Staton Baxter Mk. Bodnar Robinson Heuerman My. Bodnar Johnson Team OTALS Risley Eells Tolbert Woodson Radford Carter Wisman Isenbarger Baker Roberson Grunwald Kirchner Team TOTALS MICHIGAN FG/A FT/ 8/12 4/7 7/11 3/3 5/7 4/6 3/4 6/6 2/3 4/5 3/7 0/1 2/6 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/1 1/2 0/0 2/2 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 34/53 24/32 INDIANA 0/2 0/0 4/4 0/0 1/6 1/2 13/24 5/8 4/6 6/6 0/0 2/3 1/3 5/5 1/3 2/3 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/1 0/0 0/0 26/52 21/29 R A TP 1 3 20 5 0 17 6 5 14 3 2 12 4 1 8 1 6 6 0 7 4 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 66 25 25 92 1 1 0 2 1 8 6 0 3 6 3 31 1 3 14 1 1 2 0 1 7 3 1 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 ,A 2 4 0 0 4 33 14 73 Havicek set to quit following 15th season By The Associated Press BOSTON-After 16 years as one of the greatest players in National Bas- ketball Association history, John Hav- licek of the Boston Celtics is ready to pack it in. The Associated Press learned from sources Friday night that Havlicek, who will be 38 on April 8, will announce today his retirement at the end of the (current season. HAVLICEK, a former Ohio State star, reportedly has another year to go on a contract paying him more than $250,000 a year. However, sources said he has become disenchanted with ad- vancing years and the Celtics' dismal seasson, 14-29, which already has cost Tommy Heinsohn his coaching job. Although a star quarterback in high school football, Havlicek stuck to basketball at Ohio State. However, his first goal after graduation in 1962, was a pro football career as a wide receiver. He survived until the Cleveland Browns' final preseason cut that year. Pro football's loss proved pro basket- ball's gain as he immediately joined the Celtics. ALTIIOUGII ONLY 6-5 in a world of giants, Havlicek has been a star at both forward and guard, breaking virtually every record in the Celtics' book. He holds the NBA record for the most games ever played-1,231. He also is the only player in NBA history to score more than 1,000 points for 15 con- secutive seasons. And, with more than 25,000 points, he ranks third among the league's all-time scorers, trailing just Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Rober- tson. ALAN HARDY of the Wolverines and the Hoosiers' Steve Risley paint a portrait in determination and concentration durin" yesterday's game at Crisler Arena. The victory over Indiana kept Michigan in a tie for second place in the Big Ten col ference. Score by Periods MICHIGAN ............ 44 Indiana ................ 36 Attendance 13,609paid 48 37 92 73 Purdue wins In an important Big Ten clash yesterday, the Purdue Boiler- , makers defeated Minnesota 82- 74. The win keeps the Boiler- Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 7-9 makers in a tie for second place Sat., Sun., Wed., 1-3-5-7-9 with Michigan while Minnesota drops into a tie with Illinois for third. Monday night Purdue rolls into Crisler Arena for the ti -breaking clash. The game, origi ally to be played yesterday, was postponed due to inclement weather. 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