The Michigan Daily-Sunday, February 17, 1980-Page11 VINCENT PUMPS HOME 36 Spartans outlast Wolverines, 82-74 i By SCOTT M. LEWIS Special to The Daily EAST LANSING - With less than ten minutes remaining in last night's basketball game, Michigan led Michigan State, 63-53, seemingly on their way to a crucial win in the Big Ten-a win which would have left them one game out of first place. , But something went wrong in those final ten minutes. Very wrong. The Spartans, inspired by a rabid, deafening crowd and paced by Jay Vin- cent's 23 second-half points, roared back to defeat the Wolverines, 82-74. THE LOSS, which dropped the Wolverines to 7-7 in the Big Ten, puts a damper on Michigan's conference title hopes. With only four contests remaining, the Blue cagers are two games behind the leaders. The Spartans, who according to head coach Jud Heathcote are playing solely for "pride and prestige," raised their conference mark to 6-8. There won't be any post-season hoopla for the defen- ding NCAA champions, but they will claim state bragging rights during the off season, having defeated Michigan in overtime, 59-58, at Crisler Arena January 24. In last month's game, Michigan State stormed back in the latter stages after trailing by about ten points midway through the second half. The story repeated itself last night, only this time Vincent was even more devastating than before. The junior from Lansing Eastern High, a cross-town rival of Magic Johnson during his prep days, hit twelve points down the stretch en route to a 36-point performance, tops in the Big Ten this season. VINCENT'S EFFORTS over- shadowed an outstanding showing by Michigan's Johnny Johnson, who set a career high with 26 points. Johnson was unstoppable from long range during much of the second half, but failed to score in the final 7:46 as Heathcote made a defensive adjustment. "He (Johnson) did a great job," said Wolverine coach Johnny Orr. "He hurt us a little on defense but I'd say, overall, that was his bestperformance of the year." J ohnson's heroics notwithstanding, the Spartans quickly chopped the deficit from ten to five, 63-58, in less than one minute. A Johnson foul shot made it 66-60, but during the next two- and-one-half minutes, Michigan State reeled off an 8-0 spree, 'Ron Charles' lay-in tying the count at 5:47 and Vin- cent's short hook giving MSU its first lead since the opening half. Mark Lozier then clicked on a jumper from the key, drawing the Wolverines even at 68, but at 4:28 it was Vincent again, this time from 15 feet, to hand Michigan State a lead it wasn't to relinquish. BUT MICHIGAN had not finished yet. Mike McGee, who registered 22 points despite going nine for 25 from the field, sank a pair of free throws and a bomb from the corner, bringing the Wolverines to within one, 73-72, at 1:45. MSU's Kevin Smith, however, foiled the Blue surge, making both ends of a one-and-one. Then with about a minute to play, Michigan freshman Joe James was long from twenty feet. The Spar- tans came down with the rebound and Mike Brkovitch was fouled in the back court. Brkovich hit one of two from the line, and when McGee's shot rimmed the Stymied MICHIGAN STATE cylinder and fell into Spartan hands with thirty seconds left, the Wolverine cause was lost. KEVIN SMITH climaxed the dramatic MSU win by heaving a fifty- foot shot directly into the net, after which the 10,004 Spartan fans rushed. onto the court in celebration of their team's triumph. at State Min. Brkovich ..... Charles ....... Vincent ....... Smith, Kevin .. Donnelly .. Gonzalez... Longaker. James, Kurt ... Bostic......... Team Rebounds Totals ....... 38 36 40 36 35 5 3 1 6 FG/AFT/A R 5/9 4/5 3, 5/8 1/2 8 13/21 10/15 9 2/5 4/4 0 4/6 5/7 2 0/0 0/1 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0/1 0 5 29/49 24/35 28 A 5 1 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 PF 3 3 2 2 5 0 0 1 Pts. 14 McGee ...... G1 Garner ........ 36 Heuerman..... 8 Bodnar, Marty 13 Johnson ... 1 Lozier....... 0 Smith, Keith... 0Garris ....... 0 Person ....... 0 James, Joe .. Team Rebounds 82 Totals ........ MICHIGAN Min. FG/A FT/A R A PF 32 9/25 4/6 6 1 1 31 2/5 0/1 7 5 4 21 1/3 0/s 1 3 5 28 6/7 0/0 3 3 3 39 10/156/7 3 6 3 14 1/3 0/0 2 3 3. 4 1/1 0/0 0 2 1 17 2/3 0/0 5 0 5 13 0/1 0/0-1 0 0 1 0/1: 0/0 0 0 1 5 32/64 10/14 33 23 y26 Pts. 22 4 2 12 26 2 2 4 0 74 PURDUE DUMPS BADGERS: 18 17 Indiana. buries Gophers, 67-54 Fouled Out-Heuerman (Michigan), Garris (Michigan) Technical Fouls-arner (Michigan) Halftime-MICHIGAN 38, Michigan State 36 Attendance-10,004 By The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON - Senior Mike Woodson had 18 of his game-high 24 points yesterday as Indiana scored the game's final ten points to defeat Min- nesota 67-54 in a battle for a share of the lead in the Big Ten basketball race. The two teams began yesterday's ac- tion in a four-way tie for first place with Purdue and Ohio State. Mark Hall's layup with 1:44 to play cut a 56-48 Minnesota deficit to three points, 57-54. But the Hoosiers then made eight consecutive free throws with Woodson hitting six to insure the victory. The victory gave Indiana a 9-5 con- ference record, while Minnesota slip- ped one game behind the Hoosiers at 8- ,6. Overall, Indiana is, 16-7 and Min- nesota is 15-8. Freshman Steve Bouchie helped the Hoosiers open a 30-24 halftime lead by scoring 10 of his 14 points before the in- termission. In the second half, center Ray Tolbert helped the Hoosier offense by scoring 10 points after being held to only two in first half. Purdue 69, Wisconsin 61 WEST LAFAYETTE - Junior Drake Morris and sophomore Keith Edmon- son scored 14 points apiece in the second half yesterday as 17th-ranked Purdue held off Wisconsin 69-61 to maintain a share of first place in the tight Big Ten basketball race. Morris finished with 19 points and Edmonson had 18 for the Boilermakers. Junior Wesley Matthews scored a game-high 30 points for the Badgers, who cut a 53-43 deficit to two points late' in the game before Purdue started con- verting free throws to pull away. A Matthews jump shot with two minutes to play cut Purdue's advantage to 59-57, but Morris then made two con- secutive field goals, and Edmonson hit a pair of free throws. Purdue made ten of 11 free throws in the final three-and-a-half minutes in climbing to 9-5 in conference play and 16-7 overall. Wisconsin slipped to 5-9 and 14-11. Ohio State 71, Illinois 57 COLUMBUS - Ninth-ranked Ohio State, led by Herb Williams and Kelvin Ransey's 35 combined points, whipped Illinois 71-57 lastbnight to retain a share of the Big Ten basketball lead. The victory gave the Buckeyes a 17-6 overall record. They are 9-5 in the con- ference for a piece of the lead with Pur- du and Indiana with four games left for all three contenders. Williams pumped in 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Ransey, rid- dling the Illini zone, contributed 17 points. Illinois missed all but one of its first 15 shots and fell behind 16-8 in the first eight minutes. Illinois never recovered and fell to 16- 10 overall and 6-8 in the league. Reno Gray paced the Illini with 15 *points. Ohio State's aggressive man-to-man defense held the Illini to 22 first half points. Illinois sank only 28 per cent of its shots in the first 20 minutes, falling behind 3 1-22. Freshman forward Clark Kellogg scored ten of his 11 points in the second half to lead the Buckeyes' rout and also collected 15 rebounds. Iowa 60, N'western 58 EVANSTON-Vince Brookins' 12-foot jumper at the buzzer last night gave Iowa's Hawkeyes a dramatic 60-58 victory over Northwestern in Big Ten college basketball action. Brian Jung canned a pair of free throws with 11 seconds remaining to lift Northwestern into a 58-all tie before Brookins, who finished with nine points, scored the game-winning basket just as the gun sounded. The victory gave Iowa a 17-6 overall record and left the Hawkeyes at 8-6 in the Big Ten, one game behind Indiana, Purdue and Ohio State, who are tied for the league.lead Northwestern slipped to 3-11 in the conference and 8-15 overall. Big Ten Standings LEA CH DOMINA TES ND's #1 Blue netters shut out Irish, 9-0 By BUDDY MOOREHOUSE While their ice skating counterparts were busy battling the Wolverine icers next door at Yost Ice Arena, the Notre Dame tennis team was being thoroughly battered at the Track and Tennis Building, as the Michigan netters blanked the Fighting Irish in both team's first dual meet of the season, 9-0. Sophomore sensation Michael Leach got the Wolverines off to a good start as he totally dominated Notre Dame's Mark McMahon, winning 6-0, 6-2. Leach never let up, throughout the match, as he scored numerous aces with his 100 mph-plus serve. "I'M AWFULLY PLEASED with the way we played," said Leach after the match. "We were really inspired." Michigan's number two man, Matt Horwich, also won in straight sets. He displayed tremendous consistency in beating Carlton Harris, 6-3, 6-1. Freshman Mark Mees of the Maize and Blue kept Herb Hopwood running throughout his match as he won, 6-1, 6-2. At number four singles, team captain Jack Neinken beat Notre Dame's Mark Hoyer, 6-2,6-2. TOM HAMBY OF MICHIGAN parlayed his strong, powerful strokes into a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tom Hartzell in fifth singles. The closest match of the meet was at sixth singles, where Dan McLaughlin of the Wolverines, a freshman making his first singles start, beat Jim Falvery, 5- 7,6-4,6-2. "Dan was really nervous tonight making his first start, but he did really well for us," said head coach Brian Eisner after the meet. Probably the best tennis of the evening was seen at first doubles where Leach and Horwich, devastated Harris and Hopwood of the Fighting Irish, 6-0, 6-1. The match caused one disgruntled Notre Dame tennis enthusiast to mutter, "They (Notre Dame) are playing high school tennis!" MICHIGAN FINISHED the match off by winning both number two and three doubles. Eisner was satisfied by his squad's performance. "I was very pleased with the way everyone played. We didn't expect this to be our tougher matches, but this was a good Notre Dame team," said Eisner. So while the Irish netters might have wished they had stayed in South Bend, the Wolverines were obviously glad they came. Conference All Ohio State .... Purdue ....... Indiana..... Iowa ....... Minnesota .. MICHIGAN .. Illinois ..... Michigan St.. . Wisconsin .... Northwestern 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 11 17 16 16 17 15 14 16 12 14 8 6 7 7 6 8 9' 10 11 11 15 .........:....:...t...... .. . . ..:... :... ..::"}...... .tt..; <>Y.tillt .. ' OSU synchronized iswimm ers, edge Blue: By KIM HANAFEE aOhio State won the Michigan Invitational synchronized swim meet at Margaret Bell pool yesterday with a score of 55. Michigan finished second with 50. Of the five teams that were scheduled to compete, a flu epidemic kept Bowling Green out of action, and Northwestern University was absent due to poor driving conditions. OF THE REMAINING teams, (Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State), OSU was expected to be the top contender, with Michigan right behind them. Sue Cassidy, Michigan's team captain, said before the meet, "As usual, we ex- pect Ohio State to be really tough. We'll probably come in right behind them. Everyone is back, so we should be looking better." Coach Joyce Lindeman said of the Buckeyes, "They're a very strong team with a lot of depth." THE SECOND-PLACE finish didn't disappoint the team. Assistant coach Sue Neu said, "With two girls back, we are in the rebuilding stage. This is the first time the girls have all swum together." The synchronized swimmers' goal is the Nationals, where they hope to finish in the top three. Their practices have been geared to peaking at the Nationals. Nue said, "We train really hard, then cut back for two weeks between Regionals and Nationals, then peak for Nationals." They will be held here, and the home pool will be an advantage. Nue said, "It will be a good meet for us." Their present goal, however, is to "improve in our competition with OSU as well as continue to beat the teams around the country." The only other tough com- bpetition the swimmers have is the team from Arizona. University of Michigan Center for Afro-American and African Studies Presents: A m1ack Histoiy Month Event Pane . Discu.in SCORES College Basketball Michigan State 82, MICHIGAN 14 Purdue 69, Wisconsin 61 Indiana 67, Minnesota 54 Ohio State 71. Illinois 57 Iowa 60, Nprth western 58 Notre Dame 90, South Carolina 66 Syracuse 72. 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