The Michigan Daily-Sunday, December 11, 1977-Page 11 Strong second half comeback crucial as, . . 'listless' roundballers squash Dayton, 71-61 By HENRY ENGELHARDT In Michigan's pre-season practices coach Johnny Orr told his players they had to force themselves a little bit, that nobody was going to give anything to them. After yesterday's first half against Dayton the message may have sunk in. THE WOLVERINES reached new heights in lethargy in the opening 20 minutes and trailed 32-27. But in the locker room Orr reiterated his message and his squad dominated the final 15 minutes enroute to a 71-61 victory. "We were listless," said Orr, 'we had no enthusiasm or desire. The second half we decided to come out pressing all over to get us running." The press, may not have been that successful, but it did pump up the Woi Brines, now 4-1. "W a had to run against the press. It was exactly what we wanted to do," ex- plained a frustiated Flyer coach Don Donoher. "The three-on-two's, the two- on-one's, the three-on-one's; we'd do it every time, but we must convert." The most vivid example of Dayton's problems after breaking the press star- ted with 12:48 left when Mike McGee hit a ten foot jumper, cutting the Flyers' lead to 46-43. Michigan slapped on the press but it was broken easily. DAYTON FOUND itself with a two- on-one break at the other end. Erv Gid- dings was poised and ready to pull the trigger from about five feet out along the baseline. Tommy Staton blurred into the pic- ture, blocked Giddings' shot from behind, then lunged out of bounds to keep the ball alive. Michigan zipped it quickly up court to McGee who missed a shot, got his own rebound and tossed home a short jumper. Moments later Dayton, now 4-2, called timeout and the same fans who booed Michigan at the end of the first half stood and cheered. ON MICHIGAN'S next possession Staton drove the left side and jammed in a one-hander off the glass, putting Michigan up 47-46 and, though it was close for a while, the final outcome was no longer in doubt. "We knew that if we could catch them we could beat them," said Orr. There were a number of excuses for Michigan's plodding imitation of basketball in the first half. "We expec- ted it," said a not-worried-more-than- usual Orr, "because of our great effort on Wednesday (against Louisville)." Added to that is Joel Thompson's sore ankle. "JT didn't practice for the two days after Louisville. We wanted to rest him, but we never would have gotten any rebounds." Thompson pulled down a game-high 12 boards and also blocked four shots. PLUS DAVE BAXTER was sick. "He was weak," Orr noted, "we had to take him out. Despite the cold, he was very good." Baxter had 18 points and is now hitting 58 per cent of his field goals on the year. After all the excuses the fact remains that in the last three games Michigan has not played all out all the time. The Wolverines floundered for 20 minutes against Fordham, blew an 11 point lead against Louisville and played the first 25 minutes of yesterday's game in a fog. "We have to play consistently hard," said Baxter. "It seems after two or three baskets we relax. Sometimes we just stand around and watch him (Thompson) jump. At halftime we went over working hard." "WE KNEW we could beat them," reasoned Alan Hardy, "but we had to overcome ourselves mentally. At half he (Orr) told us to hawk them on defen- se and put the press on." Michigan's inconsistent effort was indicated by its free throw statistics. "Free throws are concentration," Or' said, "it's got to be mental." The Wolverines hit one charity toss of five in the opening half (20 per cent) and six of 12 in the closing half. Their season percentage seems to be the only thing they can sink. It is now .620, in- cluding many misses on front ends of one-and-ones. Michigan next travels to Bir- mingham to play Alabama, then it returns home for a Saturday afternoqn contest in Crisler Arena against Central Michigan. Second half surge dumps Dayton DAYTON MIN FG/A FT/A R A PFi Paxson ....:.... 40 10/21 3/4 4 3 3 Giddings.........32 5/14 1/2 it 2 3 Zimmerman .... 38 5/12 0/0 4 5 4 Ross..........31 3/7 1/2 7 0 4 Harris.......... 17 214 0/1 0 1 2 Abel ...........6 1/2 2/4 1 0 1 Montague.........9 1/8 0/0 1 0 2 Pohlman.........21 0/2 0/0 1 1 0 Lee ............. 2 0/2 0/0 1 0 1 Brannen......... 2 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 Tyra .............2 0/0 0/0 1 0 1 Totals......... 27/70 7/13 46 12 23 MICHIGAN T 23 11 10 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 61 MIN Baxter .......... 32 McGee .......... 34 Thompson . 40 Staton .........32 Hardy ......... 33 Johnson........6 Mark Bodnar .... 6 Lozier..........6 Heuerman...... 11 Totals . . FG/A 8/15 7/15 7/16 5/11 3/4 1/2 0/0 0/1 32/65 FT/A 2/3 4/6 1/S 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 7/17 R A 7. 7 6 7 0 1 0 4 2 44 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 tl PF 1 4 3 5 3 0 0 0 S0 16 T 10, 'zT 'o- 7", Daily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN ALAN HARDY of the Wolverines tosses in a reverse layup over Dayton's Jack Zimmerman. Hardy's second half hustling helped propel Michigan from a nine-point deficit midway through the second half to a 10-point 71-61 victory over the Flyers. Halftime score: Dayton 32, Michigan 27 Attendance: 13,549 Swept away Huskies hu By GARY KICINSKI Special to The Daily HOUGHTON - Will the real Michi- gan icers please stand up?, Are they the high-scoring freewheel- ers that poured in 18 goals against the Wisconsin Badgers last weekend? Or are they the frustrated youngsters who couldn't seem to connect on anything, as in last night's 7-3 loss to Michigan Tech? Senior centerman Stu Ostlund was the top dog on the Huskie team last night, as he netted three goals and an assist. The Wolverines' play improved slightly from Friday's lackluster per- formance, but the results were the same. 'We couldn't get any real momentum going," said Michigan coach Dan Far- rell after the game. "We'd get off the initial shots, but they'd clear away the rebound. "It's like in basketball, if you take away the inside game, you're going to have a tough time scoring from the out- SCOR ES COLLEGE BASKETBALL MICHIGAN 71, Dayton 61 Michigan State 79, Western Michigan 57 Indiana 85, Murray State 61 Central Michigan 77, Toledo 76 Northwestern 60, Valparaiso 66 Askansas 64, Oklahoma 53 Wake Forest 103, Richmond 73 Indiana St. 102, Evansville 76 N.C. State 76, Penn State 60 N. Carolina 101, Rochester 43 Tennessee114, Georgia St. 62 Holy Cross 67, Yale 62 Louisville 104, Robert Harris 68 South Carolina 72, Clemson 66 Syracuse 107, St. Bonaventure 81 Kentucky 73, Kansas 66 Marquette 81, Florida 67 NBA Detroit 104, New Orlenas 6 Celveland 102. Atlanta 87 NHL Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2 Boston 6, Pittsburgh!2 New York Islanders 7, Detroit 4 NFL Cincinnati 17, Pittsburgh 10 Washington 26, St. Louis 20 DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP Lehigh 33, Jacksonville St.0 imble side." Michigan played e' in the first period, scored his 17th goal Dave Debol scored w left in the period. Meanwhile, the H from Ostlund, and G period at 2-2. In the second per frustrated several tin and Doug Todd both the puck in front of ti get off a strong shot. Ostlund scored hi Warren Young tallie lead going into the pe In the third period Michigan goaltender all three goals comin beleaguered, deflections. venly with Huskies Ostlund scored his third gc as Kip Maurer 1:48 mark when a Bjer of the season and caroomed off the boards rig ith just 16 seconds hind in front, who quickly slip: Palmer. Ostlund's goal sentt Huskies got goals into a frenzy and prompted o ord Salt, to end the deposit his Huskie hardhat oi tribute. iod the icers were Tech's next goal came wh mes as Mark Miller Keller shot was nudged into t had their sticks on Bjerken, who screened Palim he net, but couldn't way. 4 Michigan's John Olver wa s second goal and put the light on, but the d to give Tech a 4-2 disallowed as he batted it in riod. . stick well above his shoulders Tech was all over But moments later, John Rick Palmer with scored his first goal of the se ig on rebounds and, power play effort. While th Tech-ed Off Blue icers 7-3 ROSE BOWL AIRFARE ONLY From $231 Detroit to Los Angeles Round Trip CALL 769-1776 SGRE-T PLACES 216 go. town"hAVe. was delaying another Tech penalty call, Rick Palmer skated to the bench and Michigan managed to get six attackers in on the play. "We played very bad defensively," Farrell added. -4 4 4 I .4 I 1st Period Scoring: 1. M-Maurer (Hampsop, Thayer) 12:32. 2. MT-Ostlund (Bjerken, Drazenovich) 1$:02.3. MT -Salt (Moy, Hay) 18:57. 4. M-Debol (Kawa, Olver) 19:44. Penalties: MT-Bjerken (interference); MT-Salt (elbowing) 14:24; M-Hoene (tripping) 18:29. 2nd Period Scoring: 5. MT-Ostlund (Bjerken) 6:54. 6. MT- W. Young (Joelson, waters) 18:15. Penalties: MT-Hjolmquist (hooking) 3:56; MT- Drazenovich (holding) 7:06; MT-W. Young (rough- ing) 10:15; M-McCahilI (elbowing) 10:15; M- Miller (holding) 13:04. 3rd Period Scoring: 7. MT-Ostlund (Bjerken, Drazenovich) 1:48. 8. MT-Bjerken (Ostlund, Keller) 9:13. 9. M- McCahill (Debol, Todd) 12:35. 10. MT-Ferguson (Keller, Goddard) 19:43. Penalties: MT-Salt (elbowing) 6:23; MT-D. Young (elbowing) 10:55. Saves 1 2 3 T Homsch(MT) 12 12 16 34 Palmer(M) 912 183 Attendance: 3,693 Scoring 1i a3 Michigan 20 Mich. 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