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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Nine

ROBINSON, GROTE LEAD 90-75 ROUT

Revenge!

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By KATHY HENNEGHAN ed in the beginning," said Illi-'
Michigan's zone press sparked nois coach Lou Henson.
a 17-1 burst in the game's open- "The zone press was veryE
ing minutes and the Wolverines good," said Frieder. "I talked
went on to defeat Illinois 90-75 to John (Orr) this afternoon,
at Crisler Arena last night. and we decided the zone press
Assistant coach Bill Frieder was the thing to do to get the
ran the team in the absence of game moving, and it worked.
Johnny Orr, who was home in We didn't stay in it after the
bed with the flu and a tempera- first few minutes because we
ture of 1050. got into foul trouble."
The win c 1 i n c h e s second Both John Robinson and
place in the Big Ten for the ;Steve Grote had their season

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Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS
ENCORE PERFORMANCE . . . Rickey Gree n seemed to spend a great amount of time in
the air last night. However it was John Robin son and Steve Grote who paced the speedy
Wolverine attack with season high totals of 24 and 20 points respectively.

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Indiana wa
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MMJU upsets
By The Associated Press I
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-Guard
Quinn Buckner broke from a
season-long scoring slump with
24 points last night and top-
ranked Indiana rolled past Iowa
101-81 to clinch a tie for its
fourth consecutive Big Ten bas-
ketball championship.

1 reider rows on
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Wolverines, now 12-3 in the con- highs, as Robinson led all
ference and 19-5 overall. The scorers with 24 points and?
chances for an NCAA tourna-1 Grote added 20. Robinson was
ment bid lookavery good indeed. 9 for 11 from the floor and a
"I remember the Rose Bowl perfect six for six at the freet
vote," Frieder cautioned. "I throw line, while leading thet
don't take anything for grant- team with eight rebounds.
ed. We have the characteris- "Robinson does e r y few
tics it takes to be successful th inswro ngd"esaiderotew
in the tournament-IF we're "He's not flashy out there on
selected. It's not automatic." offense, but he's always aC
The Wolverinessused their threat. Rob's always a team
pervasive zone press from the plrae."' T
opening tip and surged to the Groye hi negto iea-
opnn i n ugdt h lyr i negto iea-i4Goe17-1 lead in the first 3:19 of the tempts and was four for five at
contest. "It was the best three the line for his 20 point total
or four minutes in a game all dishing out six assists.'Rickey
season," Frieder enthused. The Greenfollowed with 13 points,
Illini never recovered. and Hubbard and Tom Bergen
"I think we were shell-shock- canned ten points apiece.
The win avenged an earlier
76-75 loss to Illinois at Cham-
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that upset, is out with an injury
and could not make the trip.
"There was a lot of pride
invJolved in this ore," said
Frieder. "We didn't have a
lot of time to prepare for Illi-'
nois, but our theme Sunday
and Monday was 'We owe
them one.' "
A'idie Matthews was high
scorer with 16 for Illinois, whichj
dropped to 7-9 in the Big Ten!
and 14-11 overall.
"We didn't get the ball off
the boards. That's the thing that
killed us," said Henson. "We
were weak in two areas-ball-
handling and rebounding. With
the exception of that, I thought
we played a pretty good ball
game."
Only ten Illinois players made
the trip. Hensonsshuffled seven
of them in and out of the game
at almost every dead ball.
"Heck, I was just trying to find
somebody with enough nerve to
try and bring the ball up the
court," said Henson.
Michigan emptied its bench

down to the last player
couldn't tell who was a st
and who was on the ben
said Henson, "because
all played well. The b
played extremely well.
"I'm confident Michigar
play very well in the play
Henson continued. "You
have to be big-you just
to have quickness and ju:
ability and they have it."
Early in the game, some
brought the fans' wrath

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Illinois
. "I other debris upon the officials.
arter "I thought it was really bad
ich," the way people were throwing
they things," said Grote. "I got hit
ench while I was on the bench, and I
slipped on something out on the
n will floor and almost hurt myself.
offs,"! There's no excuse for throwing
don't things, ever."
have The Wolverines' next action
rnping is on the road this weekend
when they take on Iowa Satur-
calls day and the Minnesota Gophers
and. on Monday night.

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Michigan Assistant Coach Bill
iters following the Wolverines 90-75
rust into an unaccustomed role by
flu, Frieder assumed the coaching

you ask questions" asked
Frieder of the assembled
win over Illinois last night.
John Orr's absence due to.

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"You read about those things in the paper, but you never
pect them to happen to you. This is the first time Orr has
ssed a game since he's been at Michigan," said the 33-year-
I owner of the best winning perecntage in Michigan coaching:
tory.

Buckner, whose best previous
ouitput this year was 16 points,
rifled in 18 during the first half,{
making nine of 12 shots over an
ineffective Iowa zone.
THE 6-3 SENIOR, Indiana's
floor leader and defensive ace
for four years, had averaged
just 7.5 points a game this sea-
son, but fired the undefeated
Hoosiers to an early lead that
never was seriously threatened..
Indiana, 15-0 in the Big Ten
and 24-0 over-all, raced to a 16-
point lead midway through the#
first half and widened it to 33
before the Hawkeyes chopped
off 13 points against a group of
freshmen and sophomore Hoo-
sier reserves.
Coach Bobby Knight, with his
54th consecutive regular-season
victory safely in his pocket,

Frieder upped his record in Crisler Arena to 3-0, having
picked up a pair of wins with his state championship teamsf
at Flint Northern High School in 1971 and 1972.
Orr, stricken with a fever of 105 degrees, could only discuss
'ategy in painful whispers with Frieder yesterday afternoon.
left him at six o'clock," Frieder said. "He couldn't move and
uld hardly talk. I don't think he listened to the game on the
dio, he was pretty nervous this afternoon. Rommie (Orr's.
fe) probably listened and told him the score every once in a
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"I talked to John and we thought the zone press was the pulled all his starters midway
ing to do and it worked," Frieder said. Indeed, it was the
olverines' spiderweb zone defense that meant the difference. IOWA, 8-6 in the conference;
)rcing turnover upon turnover, the Wolverines raced to a 17-1 'and 18-7 overall, was led by
ad just over three minutes into the game. The Illini cut the Scott Thompson with 22 points
ad to 17-3 and came no closer the rest of the way. and Bruce King with 20.
Kent Benson backed Buckner
"We didn't hit some shots and we didn't get many because with 15 points while All-Ameri-
p didn't get the ball down the floor," said Illinois coach Lou can Scott May and Bobby Wil-
nson of the early ambush. "I kind of like to play in our end kerson added 14 apiece and
the floor sometimes," Henson added wistfully. Tom Abernethy chipped in 12
in a balanced Indiana attack.
A thirst to avenge a loss at Illinois earlier in the season
detonated Michigan's early explosion.
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"I was fired up," said guard Steve Grote, who tallied a EAST LANSING-Terry Fur- I
ason high 20 points and passed for six assists. "I really think low's four-point play midway L.
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"Our them Sunday and Monday yas: We owe them one," Michigan State to an 89-76 Big
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The win, coupled with Iowa's 101-81 loss at the hands of
ndiana, clinched a tie for second for Michigan, with three f
games remaining. Presently holding a ,19-5 record, the 13th
ranked Wolverines are a sure bet to receive an NCAA tourna-
ment bid March 4.
Barring an astonishing jilt from the NCAA or an equally
tonishing collapse, Michigan will be sent to either the East.
Midwest regionals, beginiig on March 13. Should the Wol-I
rines travel East, they would play their first game in either
iarlotte, North Carolina or Providence, Rhode Island. A win
either of those two places, would advance them to the re-
nal semi-finals in Greensboro, North Carolina.
In the Midwest, the first-round sites are Denton, Texas and
wrence, Kansas, the winners proceeding to Louisville, Ken-.
cky.
Michigan certainly has the ability to make a run for the
itional championship. And in the past month the Wolverines
Ive demonstrated a new-found consistency that is necessary,
wear the NCAA crown.
"We've hit a spell now, where I can't remember the last
d game we played," said Grote.?
Well Steve, it was at Illinois, but you certainly made up for
last night.

FURLOW SWIPED the ball
from the Boilermakers' Walter
OrrieSs!!1!

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Mathews
Adams
Washington
Leighty
Tucker
Lubin
Gerhardt
Ferdinand
Graff
Team
TOTAL
Britt
Robinson
Hubbard
Green
Grote
Bergen
Hardy
Baxter
Thompson
Staton
Schtnnerer
~illard
Jones
Team
TOTALS

ILLINOIS
FG FT
7-12 2-4
2-5 2-4
6-13 0-0
1-2 0-0
3-10 4-4
3-6 1-1
4-5 0-0
5-5 2-2
0-1 0-0
32-62 11-15
MICHIGAN

FG
3-4
9-11
5-8
6-14
8-9
4-6
1-5
0.1
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
37-59

FT
0-0
6-6
0-0
1-3
4-5
2-2
0-0
2-3
0-0
0-0
1-2
0-0
0-0
16.21

R
5
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
7
29
R
4
8
4
1
3
3
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
32

F Pts
0 16
4 12
2 21
2 12
4 12
20 75
F Pts
3 6E
1 24!
4 10
1 131
3 20
3 10
3 2
0 2
0 2
0 0{
0 i
0 0,
0 0
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maybe you'd be less quiet. Maybe
fewer people would die.
What you should say is, "I'll
drive you home." Or, "Let me call a
cab." Or, "Sleep on my couch
tonight."
Don't hesitate because your
friend may have been drinking only
beer. Beer and wine can be just as

coffee never made anyone sober.
Maybe it would keep him awake
long enough to have an accident:
But that's about all.
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