Tuesday, February 17, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine' Hoopsters stroll past Eastern !OPREPARE FOR *.*.g.**.******** U*** NAT'L MED.& DENT. B'DS * FLEXIBLE PROGRAM and HOURS ! w " ANN ARBOR, MI. 48103 N 1945 PAtWINE, SUITE A .a"E"M 61 -31494 TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS S CE 1438 !!!!I!!!!! BRAHS I N MAJOR U.S. CITS *05*@5 04 By TOM CAMERON .4 An unspirited Michigan bas- ketball team slumbered to their )O tenth straight victory over East- ern Michigan last night, 94-76, in a front of a small crowd of 5,867 P0 ri at Crisler Arena.H T "We played just like the NIGHT EITOR. crowd, head coach Johnny TOM DURANCEAU Orr said, referring to the scat- tered and relatively unenthu! siastic spectators. Eastern when you know they Michigan led by only two: have lost so many games." points midway in the first half,, but then reeled off four straight We tried everything I baskets to take a ten point lead could think of to motivate which they carried into the them (hisplayersY," Orr said, locker room when the half "but it was to no avail. I ended. don't think they heard me." "I've been in this business In the second half the Wol- long enough to know that it is verines slowly pulled to a 19 harder to nr fnr- The lack of fans braving the rainy weather added insult to: the game. "Everyone told me that Eastern would draw for us," Orr said. However, by not playing a conference game last night, the Wolverines took a stronger hold on second place as Purdue lost to Indiana. Michigan now holds a two game advantage over Purdue and Michigan State with only five conference games re- maining. DAILY CLASSIFIEDS BRING QUICK RPLTS ooLey point lead but a determined Eastern team came back with 12 straight points to reduce that lead to only six in a five minute span. Michigan's Rickey Green took control of the next five minutes tiuuvwp, cpa c r a game like this than it is to prepare for Indiana." This was the first time that Orr had to play a non-confer- ence game in the middle of a season and the nine-year coach was obviously not happy about . IPF, -TONIGHT- HAPPY HOUR though, and scored 14 points of it. his own to put Michigan up by "There was nothing for us to 14 and the game was virtually gain in a game like this," he I over as only 80 seconds re- said. "In, December' it is a dif- mained. I ferent thing-teams don't have Green took scoring honors for any records yet." the game with 25 points-the eighth straight:.ime he has led IcHIGAN the team in the scoring column. Bt'-0- 4 F Pts Phil Hubbard added 24, John Robinson 7-15 2-4 12 3 16 Robinson scored 16, and Dave Hubbard 12-19 0-4 13 4 24 Baxter hit for a career high 14 Green t8-17 9-10 4 0 25 Grote 2-4. 0-1 1 5 4, points. Bob Riddle: led the Baxter 51 4-4 5 1 14 Huirons with 18. Hardy 2-3 0-0 0 0 4 "No one was up for the Bergen 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 game," said Green. "It's really atmsonsonf o-o o-o i0 0 3 hard to get up for a team like Team 4 TOTALS 39-80 16-25 48 16 94 AP Photo Pfffffft !- Indiana's super sub Mert Nurd expresses his intelligence to Coach Bobby Knight after Knight yanked him out of the game for assaulting the cheerleaders during a game with Alaska. Tech. "Rip my jersey but not my straw hat," Nurd reportedly yelled to Knight after the incident. A c il S. . .A comical coachj By ANDY GLAZER ANN ARBOR (XYZ) - The Michigan Wolverines rallied from a ten point halftime lead and went on not to lose to the East- ern Michigan Hurons, 94-76, before 7,742 empty seats at Crisler Arena last night. ANN ARBOR (XYZ) - The Michigan Wolverines moved to a ten point halftime lead, held off a surprising rally by East- ern Michigan and went on to defeat the Hurons 94-76 before 5,8671 rain-braving fans at Crisler Arena last night. Like they say, there are two ways of looking at every- thing. While last night's basketball mismatch may not have. .been an aartistte snessa sme interestin A oservatinsu can IU escapes Purdue upset EASTERN MICHIGAN' FG FT R F Pts Jones 6-12 4-8 7 1 16+ Riddle 8-14 1-1 7 5 17 Reynolds 2-4 0-0 2' 3 4 Hoff 2-5 0-0 2 3 4 Weaver 8-12 0-1 2 4 16, Brooks 3-3 0-0 0 0 6 Schubert 3-3 1-2 2 2 7 Person 2-3 0-0 0 3 4 W~alden 1-21 0-2 1 1 2 Bradley 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Aash 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Harris 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 8 TOTALS 35-59 6-14 34 22 76 SCORE BY PERIODS MICHIGAN 38 56 94 Eastern Michigan 28 48 76 Attendance; 5867 y fir k 5 t b . h i f r < r _rc1 ti. { 4 *l: y t f' as: HALF PRICE ON ALL DRINKS or Weds. from 6-8:3.0. 15c HOT DOGS every Friday from 2-5 p.m., while they last. $1.00 OFF ANY PIZZA with this ad this Sunday or Monday. NO COVER 310 MAYNARD HALF-mPRI.CE,: on BEER 6-8 :3Q Movies every Mon. & Tues. Nites By The Associated Press WEST LAFAYETT'E, Ind.- Top - ranked Indiana rallied from an 11-point deficit in the first half Monday night and, led, by All-American Scott May'sI 25 points, edged Purdue 74-71 in Big Ten basketball action. May, a 6 foot 7 forward, had' just six points' in the first peri- od as Indiana's starters got into early foul trouble against Purdue's fired up attack. But the Hoosiers, now 22-0, battled back from a 27-16 defi- cit with four reserves in the lineup and pulled within -two. point late in the first half. Bu cke yes ,f(a11 C H A M P A I G N, Ill. - Rich Adams drilled in 29 points to lead Illinois to a 91-73 vic- tory Monday night over Ohio State in a Big Ten basketball contest. The score was tied at 16 all early in the first half when the Fighting Illini got rolling and ran it out to 28-18. They stayed in control the rest of thegway, piling uo a 48-37 ad- vantage at the half. The match left Illinois 7-7 in conference play and 14-9 over- all, Ohio State. fell to 2-11 in the Big Ten and 6-15 on the year. cKYK^" , _ ..-......V.... ..... , ,..,,,H.. vGtilLCfl* tO VD ~lt an mde.INDIANA'S STARTERS were b. .back in at the beginning of the *.There is just so much that a coach can do for his players. second half and the Hoosiers The Wolverines' zone press, which nearly beat Indiana and de- led by May and Tom Aber- molished Michigan State, was almost totally ineffective against a nethy, outscored the Boilermak. comparatively inept EMU team. ers 10-2 to take the lead for "When you don't move the press does nothing," said a be- good. calmed Michigan coach Johnny Orr. "You can't just stand there The Hoosiers, 13-0 in the Big and hope that they fumble the ball. We tried everything to mo- Ten, widened their, lead to 10, tivate them, but I don't think they heard me." points before Eugene Parker t The NCAA's ideas of how to make money needs some re- and Walter Jordan' sparked a working. Last night's game was not on the original Michigan late Boilermaker rally that basketball schedule; it was added because the NCAA decided to closed the gap to one point allow its member schools one additional game for revenue pur- with four seconds remaining. poses. With the sparsecrowd, the Michigan Athletic Department TWO FREE throws by May just about broke even on the game. two seconds later gave Indiana "Everyone told me, 'Eastern's gonna draw, Eastern's gonna the victory. draw,"' said Orr. "Well, next time I'm not going to listen." Purdue, topped by Parker's " Johnny Orr is one of the most realistic - and funny - 23 points and Jordan's 14, fell coaches to be found anywhere. Witness some of his post-game to 8-5 in the league and 13-9 remarks: over-all. "There was nothing for us to gain by playing this game. If you can think of something, tell me, but I can't." (To the assembled reporters) "I want to thank you all for coming tonight I'm surprised to see any of you here on a night like this. Is there anyone here not from Ypsi or Ann Arbor? Really? Well, hell, nice to see ya." (Commenting on a Walt Jones dunk that was allowed by the referees in the first half). "I don't know how you can have three Big Ten officials and not see a dunk. But I guess when you have a game like that you can't expect the officials to be FEATL up for it either." The Wolverines return to the real world on Saturday, when the third place Purdue Boilermakers come to town. There will BKA IN ! be no funny business-just serious basketball by a superior -PL team that was human enough to let down for an easy one. 50c OFF ON f f 7 F 4 . r r; t } {SCORES College Basketball MICHIGAN 94, EMU 76 Illinois 91, Ohio State 73 Indiana 74, Purdue 71 Minnesota 98, Wisconsin 74 Notre Dame 92, Butler 79 Marquette 75, Tulane 63 Auburn 73, Tennessee 72 Baylor won the 1974 South- west Conference football cham- pionship, its first since 1924. Jockey Mike Venezia rode his first winner on March 19, 1964, a filly named Julia Bellerina. Pitchers on the St. Louis Car- dinal roster show a major league record of 87 wins and 74 losses for 1974 activity. URING: STORM I ALUS- ALL DRINKS WHY WALK FURTHER! LEVI'S BRAND Available at Wild's Varsity Shop BETWEEN 9 P.M.-10 P.M. WEEKLY HOURS FRI. & SAT. HOURS 9 0.m.-2 a.m. 8 p.m.-2 am. 516 E. 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